”This picture book…is touching from start to finish. Through the journey of a family forced to flee their African village and migrant in Europe, we learn to count through the gestures of welcome and solidarity that the characters encounter during their journey. It starts with one boat, then with two hands that protect the children from danger…. to end with 10 players from a football team. This sober and deliberately joyful story illustrates the characters’ suffering while emphasizing the necessary gestures of humanity that offer these refugee children a childhood. A very successful, poignant and nuanced exercise in building awareness and empathy.”