Jafta - The Homecoming

Every child should have access to the Jafta books. Following Jafta's own story which analyses and values his feelings and moods, through to one of the most powerful evocations of motherhood that has ever been penned for children of this age in Jafta - My Mother, we move on to the bitter-sweet exploration of a family divided by politics yet held together by love in Jafta - My Father. Lewin and Kopper chronicle the reality of family life in a culture different from our own, yet with universal truths. Sharing concepts such as these with infants isn't easy, but they're a vital humanising force to help us grow and understand this difficult world. In Jafta - The Homecoming there is no shirking the issues of a child's mixture of anticipation, happiness and nervousness at the changing pattern of his life and sadness at the things his father has missed; but it is all implied by Lewin's deliberate yet delicate choice of words and Kopper's incomparable illustrations of mood.