Irene’s Wish is about a little girl whose Papa is so good at making things grow that he is constantly being asked to help their neighbours – but that means he’s kept too busy to play with Irene and her brother Jimmy. Her book In My Momma’s Kitchen, on the other hand, is inspired by her own childhood and her powerful chapter-book Eliza’s Freedom Road chronicles a young slave’s escape to freedom in 1854, from Virginia all the way to Canada, helped on her way by the stories her mother had told her and the symbols on the quilt she had left her. Award-winning author Jerdine Nolen‘s picture books often tell stories that blend fantasy and realism in an unsettling way that delights young readers and fires their imaginations, from her first book Harvey Potter’s Balloon Farm, which was made into a ‘Wonderful World of Disney’ television film, right up to her latest story, Irene’s Wish.
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