Explore the lives of the Windrush Generation in this full-colour anthology. With a foreword from Baroness Floella Benjamin, DBE. Drawn from the Black Cultural Archives, this book presents 12 stories inspired by the real people of the Windrush Generation.
My Story: Ignatius Sancho is the extraordinary true story of a young boy's journey from slave to abolitionist. Greenwich 1738, and eight-year-old Ignatius lives with three sisters. He fetches and carries, does their bidding and all without thanks or a smile. Ignatius must escape and start to build a real and brilliant life for himself.
I Was There. is a perfect introduction for younger readers into stories from the past, allowing children to imagine that they were really there.