'The Girl with the Seeds in Her Hair' by Nancy Bosmans Wins Thea Beckman Prize

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Nancy Bosmans' *The Girl with the Seeds in Her Hair* has won the Archeon Thea Beckman Prize. This is the award for the best historical children's book of the year. Bosmans' book deals with slavery and follows the Ghanaian girl Yaa. She is about 4 years old when she, along with her mother and others from her village, is kidnapped by slave traders. Yaa's mother hides seeds from their homeland in the girl's braids. Yaa secretly plants the seeds an…

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The picture book The Girl with Seeds in Her Hair by Nancy Bosmans has been awarded the Thea Beckman Prize this year. The award ceremony took place on Saturday morning at the Archeon in Alphen aan den Rijn.