I Have the Right
★ Longlisted at the 2023 World Illustration Awards for Children’s Publishing
★ A 2023 Bookstagang Future Classic
A stunningly illustrated and essential volume on children’s rights: an introduction for kids and a reminder for adults.
I have the right to have a name and a nationality.
I have the right to the best healthcare.
I have the right to an education.
I have the right to a home where I can thrive.
With poetic text and exceptional art, internationally acclaimed Iranian illustrator Reza Dalvand introduces children to the universal rights they are entitled to under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Adopted in 1989 and ratified by 140 countries, the convention promises to defend the rights of children and to keep them safe, respected, and valued. Dalvand’s stunning illustrations speak to children all around the world, some of whose rights are often challenged and must be protected every day.
The afterword, by renowned paediatrician Dr Catherine Gueguen, links these rights to the fundamental building blocks of a stable, safe, and fulfilling life.
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Ages 3–7 | 275mm × 240mm | 36pp | CMYK | Gloss on cover
Author & illustrator: Reza Dalvand
AU Edition (Hardback) | AU$26.99
Publication Date: 30 May 2023
ISBN: 9781761380082
UK Edition (Hardback) | £12.99 | Buy at Bookshop.org
Publication Date: 8 June 2023
ISBN: 9781915590084
US Edition (Hardback) | US$18.95 | Buy at Bookshop.org
Publication Date: 6 June 2023
ISBN: 9781957363448
‘Consider countries worldwide where children don’t have rights like education or safety. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child created this in 1989, which reminds and assures us all that children have rights, too. Use this picture book in the classroom to teach human rights and at home to discuss childhood in some other countries.’
—Melissa Taylor, Imagination Soup
‘Timely, necessary, and potentially the stimulus for some eye-opening conversations. A must-have for all schools.’
—Jo Cummins, Library Girl and Book Boy
‘In 1989, the 140 nations of the United Nations unanimously adopted the Convention of the Rights of the Child … These rights are named on separate pages so the weight of them can be felt. Rights included are the right to a name, a nationality, healthcare, nutritious food, an education, safety, shelter, protection from violence, and freedom from discrimination. This can be a heavy topic for young readers, but is made easier with lively, comforting, and emotive illustrations done with oil paints, crayons, and markers and assembled digitally.’
—Youth Services Book Review
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