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• Finding Home

  Words From Kids Seeking Sanctuary

  Agna, Gwen

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  In this photographic picture book, the authors record and transcribe the words of displaced children, raising up their voices-who they are, where they came from, and the many different reasons that they had to leave their home country.

• Alone

  the Journeys of Three Young Refugees

  Tom, Paul

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  Each year, more than 400 minors arrive alone in Canada requesting refugee status. They arrive without their parents, accompanied by no adult at all. Alone relates the journey of three of them: Afshin, Alain and Patricia. Their story opens…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Kids Book About Immigration

  Calderon, MJ

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  How do we convey to kids what immigration really means? How do we explain all the difficult decisions people make when they choose to leave their home country to start over somewhere new? This book will help! It breaks down many of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Migrants

  Altarriba, Eduard

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  This book concisely explains what migration is, its causes and consequences, and the humanistic and legal aspects regarding it in the simplest, most objective ways possible, so that children have all the information they need to understand…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Salma Makes a Home

  Ramadan, Ahmad Danny

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  After a year, eleven months, and six days apart, Salma's dad is finally joining her family in their new home. Salma is so happy to see her baba -- but she's also worried. What if he misses Syria so much that he leaves them again? She…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When Clouds Touch Us

  Lai, Thanhha

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  When Clouds Touch Us is a novel in verse inspired by the author's experience follows Hà and her family, refugees from the Vietnam War, as they move to Texas for a new job, and despite not wanting to start over again, Hà discovers unwanted…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Baba's Gift

  a Persian Father's Love of Family

  Amini, Ariana Shaheen

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  Baba enchants his six daughters with his stories, transporting them to his childhood in Iran as they play on the flowering vines of the Persian carpet in California. He tells the story of a determined young man who comes to the United…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• No Place Like Home

  Nguyen, Linh S.

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  Lan, a teenager who recently came to Canada from Vietnam, spends every day searching for a sense of belonging. Books are the only things that make her feel at ease. But it comes as a shock when a mysterious wind whisks her right into the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Amy Wu and the Warm Welcome

  Zhang, Kat, 1991-

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  Amy Wu would love to welcome the new student in her class, but Lin has just come from China and does not speak much English, so with the help of her family Amy tries to work out a way to bridge the language gap.

• Isla to Island

  Castellanos, Alexis

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  A wordless graphic novel in which twelve-year-old Marisol must adapt to a new life 1960s Brooklyn after her parents send her to the United States from Cuba to keep her safe during Castro's regime.

• Our World Is a Family

  Our Community Can Change the World

  Whitehill, Miry

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  Demonstrates the importance of welcoming people from all over the world into the community with love, compassion, and acceptance.

• Finding Home

  the Journey of Immigrants and Refugees

  Lee, Jen Sookfong

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  From war zones to politics, there are many reasons why people have always searched for a place to call home. In this book, we discover how human migration has shaped our world. We explore its origins and the current issues facing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Belong

  Everman, Cookie Hiponia

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  Through a bedtime story to her daughters, a woman weaves together her immigration story and Pilipino mythology.

• The Magical Reality of Nadia

  Youssef, Bassem

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  Nadia loves fun facts. Here are a few about her: She collects bobbleheads. She moved from Egypt to America when she was six years old. The hippo amulet she wears is ancient... as in it's literally from ancient Egypt. But then a new kid…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Doll

  Tran-Davies, Nhung N.

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  A children's picture book inspired by author Nhung N. Tran-Davies's experience as a child refugee from Vietnam, and then sponsoring a family of Syrian refugees as an adult.

• Accused

  My Story of Injustice

  Bah, Adama, 1988-

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  Adama Bah grew up in East Harlem after immigrating from Conakry, Guinea, and was deeply connected to her community and the people who lived there. But as a thirteen-year-old after the events of September 11, 2001, she began experiencing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Carry on

  Poetry by Young Immigrants

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  Carry On began in a high school in Outremont, Quebec, where author and poet Simon Boulerice conducted creative-writing workshops for young newcomers to Canada. As the students began writing, their poems gave voice to their reflections on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Playing at the Border

  a Story of Yo-Yo Ma

  Ho, Joanna

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  Joanna Ho delivers a poignant picture book biography about the musician Yo-Yo Ma, immigration, and using music to build bridges. Before Yo-Yo Ma became one of the most renowned and celebrated cellists, he wanted to play the double bass.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls

  100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World

  Favilli, Elena

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  A lavishly photographed motivational treasury of true bedtime tales shares events in the lives of 100 diverse women who have shaped the world, from Asma Khan and Madeline Albright to Rihanna and Josephine Baker.

• Everything Sad Is Untrue

  (a True Story)

  Nayeri, Daniel

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  In this autobiographical novel, Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Daniel") tells a "patchwork story" about his dreamlike early childhood in Iran, a year in an Italian refugee camp with his sister and "unstoppable" mother (but without his…Read moreRead more of this annotation