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What You Need to Be Warm
Neil Gaiman
Illustrator: 13 illustrators
Ages: 9+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Quill Tree Books/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-06-335808-9
Keywords: refugees, migrants, homelessness, poverty
What are your memories of being warm? The UN Refugee Agency goodwill ambassador has woven the responses to his question into a free-verse poem. Illustrated by 13 notable artists. Back matter.