Social Themes - Emigration & Immigration
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I’ll Be the Moon: A Migrant Child’s Story
$18.95 Add to cartI’ll Be the Moon is a heartening immigration story about a child’s courage and the distance traveled to be with loved ones.
“Bold hope is the theme of this picture book.” –Foreword Reviews In her jo- Author: Cortez, Phillip D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 24, 2023
- ISBN10: 1685552501
- Language: English
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Tomas and the Library Lady
$8.99 Add to cartA Common Core Exemplar Text by an award-winning author-illustrator team
Tomç–½ is a son of migrant workers. Every summer he and his family follow the crops north from Texas to Iowa, spending long, arduo- Series: Dragonfly Books
- Author: Mora, Pat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 22, 2000
- ISBN10: 0375803491
- Language: English
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My Diary from Here to There / Mi Diario de Aqui Hasta Allá
$11.95 Add to cartPura Belpr? Author Award Honor – American Library Association (ALA)
Bilingual English/Spanish. One night, young Amada overhears her parents whisper of moving from Mexico to the other side of the border
- Author: Irma Perez, Amada
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0892392304
- Language: Spanish
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The Orphan of Ellis Island: A Time-Travel Adventure
$8.99 Read moreAn exciting time-travel adventure to Italy in 1908!
One day, on a class trip to Ellis Island, Dominic Cantori faces his worst fantsty–a tour guide asks the children about their families. But Dominic i… [more below]
- Series: Time Travel Adventures
- Author: Woodruff, Elvira
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0590482467
- Language: English
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Rain Before Rainbows
$18.99 Add to cartFor anyone going through a difficult passage, this uplifting, beautifully illustrated picture book is about finding optimism in the darkest of places.
Rain before rainbows, clouds before sun,
night be- Author: Prasadam-Halls, Smriti
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 1536212830
- Language: English
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Blablablá: (Gibberish Spanish Edition)
$16.99 Add to cartIt’s Dat’s first day of school in a new country! Dat and his Mah made a long journey to get here, and Dat doesn’t know the language. To Dat, everything everybody says — from the school bus driver to … [more below]
- Author: Vo, Young
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1646142810
- Language: Spanish
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Unsettled
$9.99 Add to cartA Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year – Kid’s Indie Next List – Featured in Today Show’s AAPI Heritage Month list – A Kirkus Children’s Best Book of 2021 – A National Council of Teachers of E
- Author: Faruqi, Reem
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 20, 2022
- ISBN10: 0063044714
- Language: English
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The Peacock
$8.95 Read moreWhat do you do about a peacock in your backyard?
World War II has just ended and Barbara is waiting for things to get back to normal. But, instead, her father has to travel to Europe, leaving their T
- Series: Orca Echoes
- Author: MacLeod, Jennifer Tzivia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1459836456
- Language: English
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Return to Sender
$8.99 Add to cartAn award-winning, moving, and timely story about the families of undocumented workers by renowned author Julia Alvarez.
After Tyler’s father is injured in a tractor accident, his family is forced to… [more below]- Author: Alvarez, Julia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 14, 2010
- ISBN10: 0375851232
- Language: English
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Migrants
$18.99 Read moreA heartstoppingly beautiful wordless picture book about migration and empathy.
The migrants must leave the forest. Borders are crossed, sacrifices made, loved ones are lost. It takes such courage t
- Author: Watanabe, Issa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 1776573137
- Language: English
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Salma Makes a Home
$19.99 Add to cartCharming, creative Salma takes on big feelings with even bigger ideas as she navigates life in a new country, Syrian identity, family changes and new friendships in this engaging and heartfelt early c
- Series: Adventures of Salma #1
- Author: Ramadan, Danny
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: May 9, 2023
- ISBN10: 1773217615
- Language: English
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Home Is in Between
$19.99 Add to cartIn the timely yet timeless picture book Home Is in Between, critically acclaimed author Mitali Perkins and illustrator Lavanya Naidu describe the experience of navigating multiple cultures and embraci
- Series: Between Books
- Author: Perkins, Mitali
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 23 2021
- ISBN10: 0374303673
- Language: English
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Memory Garden
$18.99 Read moreA lively afternoon together in Nana’s garden is full of laughter, discovery, and connection. In lyrical text that blends past and present, Memory Garden takes us to the places we leave behind but neve
- Author: Ghahremani, Zohreh
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 27 2024
- ISBN10: 1250843030
- Language: English
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Mañanaland (Spanish Edition)
$8.99 Add to cartNewbery Honoree Pam Mu oz Ryan weaves an entrancing tale of courage and self-discovery.
A Maximiliano C rdoba le encantan las historias, especialmente la leyenda que le cuenta Buelo sobre un m tico gua… [more below]
- Author: Ryan, Pam Muñoz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 1, 2020
- ISBN10: 1338670093
- Language: Spanish
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Golden Girl
$9.99 Add to cartFrom the award-winning, ALA Notable author of Unsettled and Lailah’s Lunchbox, this is a captivating coming-of-age middle grade novel in verse about seventh grader Aafiyah Qamar, a Pakistani American
- Author: Faruqi, Reem
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 16, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063044765
- Language: English
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On This Airplane
$17.99 Add to cartA story about coming to a new home and the diverse people you meet on an airplane. For fans of Last Stop on Market Street.
On this airplane . . . Someone travels solo,
two travel as one,
three return
a- Author: Heuer, Lourdes
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0735268606
- Language: English
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The Only Road
$8.99 Add to cartPURA BELPR? HONOR BOOK
“An important, must-have addition to the growing body of literature with immigrant themes.” —School Library Journal (starred review) Twelve-year-old Jaime ma
ALA NOTABLE BOOK- Author: Diaz, Alexandra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 03 2017
- ISBN10: 1481457519
- Language: English
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In the Beautiful Country
$9.99 Add to cartFor fans of Jasmine Warga and Thanhh? Lại, this is a stunning novel in verse about a young Taiwanese immigrant to America who is confronted by the stark difference between dreams and reality.
Ann
- Author: Kuo, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 0063118998
- Language: English
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Boy, Everywhere
$19.95 Read moreWhat turns citizens into refugees and then immigrants? In this powerful middle-grade debut, Sami and his family embark on a harrowing journey to save themselves from the Syrian civil war.
Sami loves hi
- Author: Dassu, A. M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1643791966
- Language: English
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Three Keys (Front Desk #2)
$17.99 Add to cartThe story of Mia and her family and friends at the Calivista Motel continues in this powerful, hilarious, and resonant sequel to the award-winning novel Front Desk.
Mia Tang thinks she’s going to have … [more below]
- Series: Front Desk
- Author: Yang, Kelly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 15, 2020
- ISBN10: 133859138X
- Language: English
