Granny Came Here on the Empire Windrush

Patrice Lawrence • Illustrated by Camilla

Sucre

A heart-warming and heartfelt picture book introducing readers to immigration histories and the Windrush generation.

Ava is asked to dress up as an inspirational figure for her school assembly, but who should she choose?

When Ava finds a mysterious old suitcase and Granny shares how she came to England on the Empire Windrush. Ava realizes she has a hero very close to home—her very own granny.

Ages 3-5 • $17.99/$22.99 • 40pp

Hardcover • 979-8-88777-033-8

Trim 9.8" x 11.4" • On sale 5/2/2023

Stories Aloud

From Patrice Lawrence, author of Our Story Starts in Africa, named a 2022 Best Book for Kids by the New York Public Library

Patrice Lawrence is an award-winning writer. Her debut YA novel, Orangeboy, won the Bookseller YA Prize and the Waterstones Prize for Older Children's Fiction, and was shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award. Patrice was awarded an MBE for Services to Literature in the Queen's Birthday Honors 2021. Born in Brighton, and raised in an Italian-Trinidadian family in mid-Sussex, Patrice now lives on the South Coast of England.

Camilla Sucre, a Trinidadian-American artist who resides in Baltimore, has found a different kind of home in narrative illustration. Interested in illustration since she was a child, her dreams are finally coming true! Camilla has a passion for movies and hopes she can one day express that in her work. Her current favorite movie is The Red Shoes, an old movie—which is very fitting because she loves old things!