In a Syrian refugee camp, six-year-old Sydu holds something in his hands, something small, frail and abandoned, cupped in both palms like a treasure, and whispers to it his hopes and dreams.
This story for all ages sheds light on the gentle, unyielding protest against fear, conflict and separateness through our innate capacity to love and to care: life’s simplest key to meaning and happiness.
 
10% of the proceeds from the sale of this book is donated to KEPYR, an award-winning nonprofit organization of children's media professionals devoted to leveraging their industry's skills and resources in support of the world’s 50 million forcibly displaced children.
 
Author Juliette Rogasik is a kids' TV creative director and Officer of the Board of Directors at KEPYR. This book, adapted for print with consulting from FUNdamentally Children, is based on Rogasik's multi-award-winning animated short film “Fledgling,” Social Impact Media Awards Finalist 2018. Watch the film on the Planet Classroom Network: www.planetclassroom.world/fledgling.