Our Rights!: Stories and Poems About Children's Rights

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Stories and poems from prizewinning and internationally acclaimed authors, each highlighting different rights of the child, as declared by the United Nations

Stories and poems from a galaxy of authors and poets, highlighting a range of childrens rights from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, including:

The right to life, survival and development
The right to protection from violence, abuse and neglect
The right to education, to reach full potential
The right to be raised by or have a relationship with parents
The right to express opinions and be listened to

Jake Hope, a leading authority on contemporary childrens literature, has chosen stories from Cathy Cassidy, Maisie Chan, Joseph Coelho, Frank Cottrell Boyce, AM Dassu, Anne Fine, Paul Jennings, Chitra Soundar and Elizabeth Laird; and poems from Valerie Bloom, Sita Brahmachari, Dom Conlon, Nicola Davies, Maurice Gleitzman, CG Moore, Jackie Morris, Beverley Naidoo, RR ONeill, Rashmi Sirdeshpande, Jordan Stephens and Benjamin Zephaniah.

Author Bio

Jake Hope is Chair of the Working Party on Diversity and Inclusion for the Yoto Carnegie Awards, the UKs oldest and most prestigious book awards. Jake has curated exhibitions on childrens literature and written articles and chapters on childrens reading. He has spoken at book fairs and festivals around the globe and is passionate about libraries and reading. Jake has judged or chaired numerous awards, including the Costa Children's Fiction Prize, and has been a jury member on the Bologna Ragazzi award. He lives in Preston, Lancashire.

Ruthine Burton, Habiba Nabisubi and Chih-An Chen are recent graduates from the Pop-Up Pathways project. Pop-Up Pathways is a national initiative sponsored by the Arts Council, that develops emerging illustrators from under-represented groups.