Harris and Farris
Getting to school each day is an exciting adventure. Endless battles with dragons and monsters and armies of warriors… Unfortunately, the only thing I have encountered the last few days is a tangled mess of gray rags. I can see it beneath the bridge. At first I thought someone had discarded some old clothes. Today, however, the tangled rags moved. Really, I tell you. No, it’s not my imagination running wild again. The tangled rags are moving. The tangled rags aren’t… tangled rags. They are… a child. A child? And what is it doing down there? Alone… Doesn’t it go to school? This is a story about friendship that defies borders, language barriers and prejudices. In the book’s appendices, one will find afterwords and team games from the heroes’ native lands; teachers, however, will also find suggestions on how to approach the story with their students in order cultivate in them a sense of empathy and to help them develop a critical view about attitudes and perceptions.
Addendum from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Representation in Greece.
(from the book’s back cover)
Harris and FarrisAuthor: Giota AlexandrouPublisher: VivliofonoDate of Publishing: 2013Pages: 64For children in grades 3 and 4
[date of posting: May 28, 2015]