Introducing Ollie
Ollie’s mother has gone away to help children in far away Niger, Africa during the “hunger season;” a time when many children are hurt because they don’t have enough food – or enough good, nutritious food – to eat. Ollie’s mother tells her the children are suffering from malnutrition.
Ollie is happy her mother can help the children – but when Ollie receives a letter and photos from her mother she becomes inspired!
She decides she wants to tell the story about the children hurt by the hunger season and how they are being helped.
She sets out on a journey through 4 countries with her fact-finding equipment, 100 questions and 3 things she really wants to know:
- What malnutrition is and why does it happen?
- How can children suffering from malnutrition be helped (!)?
- Why mothers make the best doctors
Ollie interviews many people along her journey. And while in Niger, Ollie visits 2 types of hospitals and sees for herself how the children are being helped.
She is happy to report that the findings from her journey are 9/10 happy.
Let’s learn more about Ollie’s journey and what she learned.
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Winner! Children’s & Young Adult and Book Illustration of the Year at the 2009 Alberta Book Awards