On the Way to Egypt
Children & Young Adult, Children's Books, Children's Books Age 6+, Children's Books Friends / Family
A book so moving it makes you want to laugh and cry at once
One day Sister Salvadora finds a little boy on the doorstep of the Children’s Hospital in Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. Filemón is about six years old and very ill. He’s taken in and cared for by Sister Salvadora and Doctor Fernando Silva, who are seriously concerned about him. Then one day he submits a request which touches everyone’s heart—and the result is a small miracle...
• from the Great Stories for Little Readers series: short texts that won’t overwhelm fledgling readers, and stories that make them want more!
• with numerous colour illustrations
Awarded as Book of the Month by the German Academy for Children's and Young Adult's Literature
Hermann Schulz was born in East Africa and managed the Peter Hammer publishing house for many decades. He has been writing books for children, adolescents and adults since 1998 and been to more than fifty countries, including Nicaragua, where this story is set.
Tobias Krejtschi was born in 1980 and spent his childhood in Dresden before moving to Germany’s Franconian Odenwald region as a teenager. He studied illustration in Hamburg, and now works as a freelance illustrator, author and picture book artist.
A book so moving it makes you want to laugh and cry at once
One day Sister Salvadora finds a little boy on the doorstep of the Children’s Hospital in Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. Filemón is about six years old and very ill. He’s taken in and cared for by Sister Salvadora and Doctor Fernando Silva, who are seriously concerned about him. Then one day he submits a request which touches everyone’s heart—and the result is a small miracle...
• from the Great Stories for Little Readers series: short texts that won’t overwhelm fledgling readers, and stories that make them want more!
• with numerous colour illustrations
Awarded as Book of the Month by the German Academy for Children's and Young Adult's Literature