A Home for Gully​ by Jo Clegg

A Home for Gully

Title: A Home for Gully
Author: Jo Clegg
Illustrator: Lalalimola
Publisher: OUP Oxford (2017)
ISBN: 9780192747983
 
A Home for Gully by Jo Clegg is a poignant picture book that promotes resilience, perseverance, homelessness and relationship skills.
 
A city sweeper cleans away Gully’s home every morning. Fetch, a neighbourhood dog asks Gully what he is looking for. He responds, “A home that doesn’t get swept away, where my feet are warm, my feathers are dry, and my tummy is full.” Fetch, and his fleas, help Gully find a new home, meeting new friends along the way.
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Resources

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Oxford Owl UK: Learn How to Draw Gully
Wellspring Family Services: 14 Ways to Effectively Explain Homelessness and Poverty to Your Child
PBS Parents: Empathy in Action: How to Help Your Five-Year-Old Treat Others With Compassion
Kitson Press: Jo Clegg Biography
Lalalimola Official Website
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