Jo McDougall has been telling us the stories behind her first two books for the children of East Timor. In this post she explains her latest book, which is prepared and awaiting publication: My son Michael is 8 years old. He collects seeds and loves growing plants. Michael lives in the tropics where tropical plants …

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I can well remember the complete astonishment on during a teaching time on the Indonesian Island of Nias when my friend Rudy Furlong was preaching and mentioned ‘Michael Jackson’. Blank look from the interpreter and all the locals assembled. Turns out they’d never heard of him. I think the negotiated settlement on a famous music …

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