4+years
April's Garden
Author: Isla McGuckinIllustrator: Catalina EcheverriApril doesn't believe she and her mum will ever get to have a place of their own, and all the seeds of hope she plants refuse to bloom... until, one day, things start looking up! This beautiful picture book tells the moving story of April and her mum, who fled their home to start a new life.
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- Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration 2024
- Female lead
- Single parent
- Class/socio-economic diversity