Backwards, forwards, across the sea by Yvonne Baker #giftbags for children aged 8+ to

for children aged 8+ to read on their own

testing the emotional valences of each

love in all its many forms and guises

The work stays with you

Backwards, forwards, across the sea by Yvonne Baker #giftbags for children aged 8+ toYvonne Baker has the ability to conjure a world that is at once recognisable and fresh. In this two part collection we travel with those whose migration brings new worlds and loss in equal amounts. Who do we become in a different place separated from a land that still calls us? Who do we become if we remain behind? Baker interrogates these questions in sequences alive with vivid details, illuminated with affection and empathy. Here lives flutter down