Raymond Antrobus
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Publication Date
2024.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"For one little boy and his older sister, fights are always waiting to happen -- when he takes something without asking, jumps on her bed without asking, even wanders off without asking. And when they fight, they don't use words: it's all push, pull, hurt, hide. To cool off after, the boy retreats to his room to write and draw stories -- stories about terrible horses trampling and galloping, while he is a lone pony unable to compete or speak or sleep....
Author
Publisher
Hogarth
Publication Date
[2025]
Physical Desc
190 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"At the hospital where Raymond Antrobus was born, a midwife snapped her fingers by his ears and gauged his response. It was his first hearing test, and he passed. For years, Antrobus lived as a deaf person in the hearing world, before he was diagnosed at the age of six. This "in-betweenness" was a space he would occupy in other areas of his life too. The son of a Jamaican father and white British mother, growing up in East London, it was easy for...






