Delaunois, Angele.

The little yellow bottle / written by Angele Delaunois ; illustrated by Christine Delezenne ; [translated by Barbara Creary]. - Toronto : Second Story Press, c2011. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 cm.

"Handicap International"--P. opp. t.p. Translation of: Une petite bouteille jaune.

Marwa and Ahmad live in an unnamed country that could be any one of dozens touched by war. While they know that there is a war going on, life in their village goes on largely as normal. Marwa is the narrator of the story, and she tells of a day when planes flew over their village "like a cloud of angry wasps". They are warned that these planes dropped bombs, but after being frightened for a few days they forget of the danger. Until a day when the two are playing and Ahmad finds a small yellow bottle and out of curiosity picks it up. It explodes, and Marwa describes the aftermath as she is cut and scarred, and Ahmad is more gravely hurt - losing a hand and one leg. Both recover and regain hope, and Lisa says she is sharing this story to honour Ahmad's courage and other children like him.

ISBN: 9781926920344

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: C20119032759

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cluster bombs--Fiction.
War--Fiction.
Best friends--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Children's literature--2012.
Canadian fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: jC843/.54