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We Sang You Home receives an honour mention from the 2019 BolognaRagazzi Awards

Richard Van Camp and Julie Flett’s board book, We Sang You Home (Orca Book Publishers), received an honour mention from the 2019 BolognaRagazzi Awards in the toddler category (books aimed at 1-3 year olds) – which is a new and special category this year.

When referring to We Sang You Home – which is about welcoming a new baby into the world – the jury wrote: “The book becomes a special place, a house of friendship where diversity is welcome and everyone has her own special traits.”

The is the second collaboration for Van Camp, who lives in Fort Smith, NWT, and Flett, who’s in Vancouver, after their 2013 board book Little You (Orca).

The BolognaRagazzi Awards have been given out since 1966 and are considered among the most highly regarded international prizes for illustrated children’s books.