The Can Caravan
Published on 1. August 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-1-78628-615-4 (ISBN)
Description
When Janie's neighbor Mrs Tolen goes into hospital with a broken hip, it looks as though she will have to move out of her old caravan and into a house. Janie is desperate to help, but all seems lost until her school visits a local recycling plant. All it takes from there is imagination, a supportive community, and lots and lots of hard work to transform Mrs Tolen's old caravan into a safe and secure new home! The latest picture book by renowned Romani storyteller Richard O'Neill celebrates the traditional Traveller virtues of resilience, adaptability, loyalty and independence.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Swindon
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Child's Play International Ltd
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Kindergarten to Fourth Grade, Interest Age: From 4 to 9 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
32 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 246 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
209 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78628-615-4 (9781786286154)
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Persons
Richard O'Neill was born and brought up in a large traditional Romani family in the North of England. He is an award-winning storyteller and writer who tells his original stories in schools, museums, libraries and theatres across the UK.
A sixth-generation storyteller, he grew up in a vigorous oral storytelling tradition, learning his skills from some of the best Travelling storytellers in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Richard is the author of six children's books published with Child's Play, and his stories and plays have been broadcast on BBC Radio to be heard across the world.
In 2024, he was awarded an MBE in the New Years Honours List and in 2013, he was the recipient of the National Literacy Hero award.