A sweet, lyrical picture book which celebrates the joy of childhood, imagination, and finding common ground.

A special book review, as part of the Multicultural Children's Book Day 2021

Though Anne Frank is familiar to most of us, Miep Gies is less well known. A wonderful biography of the woman who saved Anne Frank's diary.

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