BookDragon blog reviews The Sky of Afghanistan

Terry Hong dedicates one of the posts of his blog at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program webiste to this children's book written by Ana A. de Eulate, illustrated by Sonja Wimmer, translated by Jon Brokenbrow and published by Cuento de Luz.

“'I look at the sky, I close my eyes, / and my imagination begins to soar …,' so begins this beautiful, but bittersweet picture book – bittersweet because for now, the little girl can only imagine, dream, wish for peace in her war-torn country of Afghanistan,” reads the opening paragraph of the post. “For decades, her country has been decimated by violence, which means this little girl (and her entire generation and more) can only know peace in her sky-high dreams.”

Read the complete review here.

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