Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 3-6 age category 2014. Authentic setting drawn from the author's own experience, this is a wonderfully fun introduction for small children to a completely different culture.
Up the downy dunes, across the dark, wide river and up and down the steep, steep mountain, Penda lovingly carries a bowl of milk to her father in the grasslands. But will she manage to get it there without spilling a single drop?
This rich, vivid story is a great introduction for small children to different cultures. Telegraph, Best Books of 2013
A riot of colour and simple emotion. Sunday Telegraph, Best Children's Books for Summer
Corr's intensely colored gouache paintings are an appealing mixture of simple figures and detailed patterns. New York Times
A charming, positive story about resolve, family love and community spirit. Children's Books Ireland, INIS
Delightful ... A good one to share, and to read aloud The School Librarian
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About Stephen Davies, Christopher Corr
Stephen Davies lives with his wife and two baby daughters amongst Fulani herders in West Africa. He speaks Fulfulde, accompanies cattle-drives, and has been involved in the set-up of a Fulfulde radio station. but spends several months of the year in the UK. He also writes for the Guardian Weekly (Letters from Burkina Faso) and occasionally for the Sunday Times. He won Africa Geographic's 'Travel Writer of the Year' competition in 2003. Check out his website: https://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk. Christopher Corr was born in London and studied at The Royal College of Art. He has worked on numerous commissions including a Royal Mail millennium stamp about the UN Peace-keeping Force in Bosnia. He has also painted posters and cards and other materials for London Transport, National Aids Trust, Body Shop, Habitat and Ikea, UNICEF, Kensington & Chelsea Healthcare Authority, and Waterstones. His round the world travels provide the inspiration for his work.
