Kende! Kende! Kende!

by Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, Rahana Dariah (Illustrator)

Overview

A multilingual story of love and learning, joy and journey
Inspired by the families throughout Central Africa who are forced to leave their homes, this is an honest but hopeful own-voice narrative about displacement, migration, and finding a new home.
Having fled their village as conflict approaches, Mamá, Papá, Lolie, and Nico live in a refugee camp until they are chosen for resettlement in North America. Their new city is a go, go, go of new challenges, but also a return to love and learning, joy and journey.
A text woven from three languages celebrates multilingual speakers and the resilience of refugees.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781786289612
Publisher:	Child's Play-International
Publication date:	10/01/2024
Series:	Child's Play Library
Pages:	36
Product dimensions:	9.88(w) x 9.88(h) x 0.25(d)
Language:	French
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Kirsten Cappy is the co-founder of I'm Your Neighbor Books, a US non-profit organization that places Immigrant and New Generation children's literature in homes, schools, and libraries to build an environment of welcoming and belonging.

Yaya Gentille is a former educator from the Democratic Republic of Congo who now works with children's books in the United States. 

Rahana Dariah is a London based digital illustrator. Her illustrations are inspired by her environment and personal relationships and are mainly a narrative of black and brown people, full of colour and world building.