The Girl at the Front of the Class

<p><b>From Onjali Q. Rauf, the bestselling and award-winning author of <i>The Boy at the Back of the Class, </i>and award-winning illustrator Pippa Curnick<i>,</i> comes a moving picture book that helps young children understand and empathise with the refugee crisis, and shows the power that friendship, kindness and generosity can have.</b><br><br>There''s a new girl in my class. She has eyes as wide and as golden as a tiger''s, skin as pale as a glass of milk, and hair as shiny as a mirror. I''d like to be her friend. But she never plays with me in the playground or makes sandcastles in the sandpit. She''s doesn''t even like Story Time. <br><br>The cleverest people I know say that the new girl is sad because she had to leave her home, her family, her school, her toys, her books and all her friends too. <br><br>But I''ve got an idea! There is something I can do to make her feel better when she''s missing everything she''s left behind ...</p>