
Title
My Two Blankets
Author
Kobald, Irena
Illustrator
Blackwood, Freya
Publisher
Little Hare
Published Date
2014
Annotation
Kobald, an Austrian-Australian author, creates young Cartwheel’s story as a new refugee arriving in Australia. Cartwheel ‘wraps herself’ in a metaphorical blanket of comforting memories as she gradually learns new words and cultural traditions through her Australian friend. Through this friendship, she ‘weaves’ herself a ‘new blanket’ as the two cultures and their ‘colours’ mingle in this moving picture book.
Key Concepts
Cross cultural relations, Cultural traditions, Friendship, Language, Refugees, Resilience, Social life
Audience
Primary
AC Links/EYLF
English, Geography, HASS, History, EYLF Outcome 1, EYLF Outcome 2, EYLF Outcome 3, EYLF Outcome 4, EYLF Outcome 5, ACELA1475, ACELT1594, ACELT1596, ACELT1599, ACHASSK063, ACHASSK064, ACHASSK065, ACHASSK067, ACHASSK068, ACHASSK069, ACELA1487, ACELA1498, ACELT1602, ACELT1603, ACELT1605, ACELA1500, ACELA1502, ACELT1608, ACELT1609, ACELT1610, ACELT1612, ACHASSK111, ACHASSK112, ACELA1515, ACELA1518, ACELT1613, ACELT1614, ACHASSK134, ACHASSK135, ACHASSK136, ACHASSK137