"Kristof, and the Chocolate Doll" by Angela Harrison

Nicely done Angela.

Why thank you Stephen. I happened to find this charcoal/pastel illustration the other day...the story has about 39 chapters and it's about repatriation as this boy helped to free himself, his sister and mother along with another Hungarian refugees from Lodz prisoner of war camp.They built a raft and escaped from the camp one night , along the canal out to the Vistula river ..hiding in the forest until they reached Gnaske and embarked on a trawler , sailed to an island called Fin near Denmark where repatriation changed the course of their lives... I wrote this story in 1996 inspired from one dear Polish friend who had emigrated to Australia from Warsaw .....did meet quite a few Polish people and their stories are colourful and shows how determined they are to survive hardship and rise above poverty too.... Here Kristof is sculpting a chocolate bar into a doll for his mother's birthday.

I like the story and the painting

A great painting and story.

Why thankyou Heather and Spencer.