Product Description: Children's illustrated picture book in English

Title: The Unexpected Friend – A Rohingya Children’s Story

Author: Raya Rahman

Illustrator: Inshra Sakhawat Russell

Format: Hardback 

For ages: 4 to 8 years

Pages: 40

Size: 8”x10"

ISBN: 978-1-946747-10-5 (English Hardcover)

ISBN: 978-1-946747-09-9 (English Paperback)

In the midst of a sprawling refugee camp in Bangladesh, Faisal, a young Rohingya boy, finds an injured bird and decides to take care of it with his sisters. Life in the camp is not always easy and the children are thrilled to have a pet to look after. But as the bird's wing slowly heals, they face the dilemma of holding on to or losing something they dearly love.

Thoughtfully illustrated with detailed imagery, The Unexpected Friend is a fictional story based on the real lives of Rohingya children living in the refugee camps of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Their individual stories were compiled through the dedicated work of aid agencies Save the Children, Plan International and World Vision and transformed into a storybook in partnership with Guba Publishing, for the purpose of gifting it to the children in the camps.

The Rohingya are a Muslim minority of 1.3 million, formerly living in the Rakhine State within Myanmar. Risking death by sea or on foot, nearly 700,000 have fled the destruction of their homes and persecution in the northern Rakhine province of Myanmar (Burma) for neighboring Bangladesh since August 2017. Bangladesh now houses 1.1 million Rohingya refugees in the world’s largest refugee camp.

Available to schools and school district libraries on Follett Titlewave (USA only).

Did you know there are 196 countries in the world? Discover some of them with these flashcards. A fun and easy way to learn about nature, geography and culture!

26 illustrated flashcards of the English alphabet featuring countries for each letter. Plus an information booklet to explain all the illustrated features presented for each country.

Illustrator: Humairah Shams

Format: 26 Flashcards in a box and an information booklet

For ages: 4+ years

Size: 5" x 7”

ISBN: 978-1-946747-05-1

Tiny is a dreamer. She’s very curious about the lake next to her house and has been dying to explore it for a while. But there are obstacles she must overcome - practical ones like learning to swim, and psychological ones like the fear of doing something new for the first time. What will Tiny discover once she takes the plunge?

With vibrant hand-drawn illustrations, author-illustrator Inshra Sakhawat Russell takes the reader and listener on an exciting underwater-adventure with Tiny, an empowering female character, that children of all genders can relate to.

Author & Illustrator: Inshra Sakhawat Russell

Format: Paperback

For ages: 4 to 8 years

Pages: 32

Size: 8”x10”

ISBN: 978-1-946747-00-6

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