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Warmth in its forms

What You Need to Be Warm by Neil Gaiman

August 16, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am just going to say that this awesome book of poems was created by Neil Gaiman. They called it, What You Need to Be Warm. And they had a long list of illustrators, some I knew and others were new to me. And then I will say it is about refugees and other displaced people and what images, things, places or people that made them feel warm. And then just gush that this is both the best and worst thing I have read this […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Bagram Ibatouilline, Benji Davis, Beth Suzanna, Chris Riddle, Daniel Egneus, Emigration & Immigration, Majid Adin, Marie-Alice Harel, Nadine Kaadan, Neil Gaiman, Oliver Jeffers, Pam Smy, Petr Horacek, Poverty & Homelessness, Richard Jones, Social Themes, Yuliya Gwilym

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:598 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Bagram Ibatouilline, Benji Davis, Beth Suzanna, Chris Riddle, Daniel Egneus, Emigration & Immigration, Majid Adin, Marie-Alice Harel, Nadine Kaadan, Neil Gaiman, Oliver Jeffers, Pam Smy, Petr Horacek, Poverty & Homelessness, Richard Jones, Social Themes, Yuliya Gwilym ·
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