Unis Par Le Jeu (Paperback)

Description

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See below for English description.

S par de sa famille, Deo vit dans un camp de r fugi's au nord-ouest de la Tanzanie. Il adore jouer au soccer, mais il n'a pas de ballon. Gr ce son ing niosit , il en fabrique un avec des feuilles de bananier. Un jour, un entra neur arrive au camp et rassemble les enfants pour une partie de soccer. Deo n'est pas rassur , car il y a un intimidateur dans son quipe, celui qui s'en prend toujours lui. Mais le plaisir du jeu et l'esprit d' quipe viendront bout des tensions, et de cette joie partag e na tra un sentiment d'appartenance r confortant et r conciliateur.

Inspir d'une histoire vraie, le r cit de Katie Smith Milway d montre comment le jeu peut unir les jeunes et les aider s'accepter les uns les autres. Ce r cit est un excellent point de d part pour aborder le th me de la justice sociale dans le monde.

Separated from his family, a young East African boy named Deo lives alone in the Lukole refugee camp in Tanzania. With scarce resources at the camp, bullies have formed gangs to steal what they can, and a leader named Remy has begun targeting Deo. Then one day a coach gathers all the children to play soccer. Though Deo loves soccer and has even made his own ball out of banana leaves, he's unsure at first about joining in when he sees Remy on the field. But as Deo and the other boys get drawn into the game, everything begins to change. Their shared joy in playing provides the children--including Remy--with a sense of belonging.

Based on a true story, Katie Smith Milway's inspiring tale shows how a desperate situation can be improved by finding common ground through play. It provides a perfect starting point for discussing the social justice issues surrounding the growing number of refugees worldwide.

Original title: The Banana-Leaf Ball: How Play Can Change the World

About the Author

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Katie Smith Milway est une auteure ? succ's de livres jeunesse. Elle s'est donn? pour mission de faire conna?tre les probl?mes mondiaux aux ?l?ves de l'?l?mentaire. Katie fait partie du Bridgespan Group, un organisme philanthropique ? but non lucratif. Elle si?ge ?galement au conseil d'administration de World Vision US, du Veritas Forum, de One Hen Inc. et de la fondation Anna B. Stearns. Originaire de Vancouver, elle habite maintenant ? Wellesley, au Massachusetts.Shane W. Evans a illustr? plus d'une trentaine d'albums pour enfants, dont Olu's Dream, Underground et We March dont il est ?galement l'auteur. Il a remport? de nombreux prix pour son oeuvre comme le Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe Award for New Talent et le Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Voyageur passionn? et curieux, il habite ? Kansas City, au Missouri, o? il dirige Dream Studio, un espace communautaire artistique. Katie Smith Milway, a native of Vancouver, B.C., has coordinated community development programs in Africa and Latin America for Food for the Hungry; consulted on village banking in Senegal with World Vision and was a delegate to the 1992 Earth Summit. She has written books and articles on sustainable development and is currently a partner at nonprofit consultancy The Bridgespan Group.Shane W. Evans is the illustrator of more than thirty picture books for children, including the critically acclaimed Olu's Dream, Underground and We March, which he also wrote. He has received numerous awards and honors for his work, including the Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe Award for New Talent and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. A passionate and curious world traveler, his home base is in Kansas City, Missouri, where he runs Dream Studio, a community art space.