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Book and Activities: The Promise

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This is a picture book, with supporting teacher's notes, of great beauty and hope about the power we have to transform our world.

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Age level

Primary education

Education theme

Introducing human rights

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On a mean street in a mean city, a thief tries to snatch an old woman’s bag. But she finds she can’t have it without promising something in return – to ‘plant them all’. When it turns out the bag is full of acorns, the young thief embarks on a journey that changes her own life and the lives of others for generations to come.

This is a picture book of great beauty and hope about the power we have to transform our world.

This resource is part of the Carnegie CILIP Using Fiction Anniversary Notes.

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