Social Themes - Emigration & Immigration
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The Last Last
$19.99 Add to cartMum and Grannie rush about and pack our things … but I don’t want to leave our island home!
The girl in this story is immigrating with her family from Jamaica to Canada. On this last day before they
- Author: Whittingham, Wendy J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1773068652
- Language: English
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I Came Here for You
$20.99 Add to cartWhat the Book is About:
“I Came Here For You” tells the heartwarming story of Little Seed, who leaves his home in the Ancient Forest to find a new place to grow. With the help of an albatross, he disc
- Author: Boules, Marianne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 30
- Publish Date: August 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1662953585
- Language: English
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Nana’s Big Surprise / Nana, ?Qu? Sorpresa!
$11.95 Add to cartBilingual English/Spanish. Amada and her brothers try to comfort their grandmother, Nana, who has come to stay with them in the US from Mexico after abuelo passes away.
Nana’s move from Mexico should b
- Author: Irma Perez, Amada
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0892393076
- Language: Spanish
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My Home Is in My Backpack
$18.99 Add to cartClara and her family are forced to leave everything behind in this poignant but hopeful story of forced migration, told through the eyes of a young refugee.
“We all carry our special homes with us – i
- Author: Perrella, Eugenia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1782509259
- Language: English
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The Unexpected Lives of Ordinary Girls
$17.99 Add to cartA child of immigrants feels caught between two worlds and two selves in this powerful, luminous middle grade historical novel about self-determination, community, and what it means to belong–perfect … [more below]
- Author: Coats, J. Anderson
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1665968613
- Language: English
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Brown Girl in the Snow
$19.95 Add to cartPerfect for kids aged 4-8 comes a stunning picture book about persistence, being creative in the garden, and adapting to a new place.
When Amina moves from the Caribbean to a new snowy home, she misse- Author: Marshall, Yolanda T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1771649267
- Language: English
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Displaced
$18.99 Add to cartFourteen-year-old Kimathi has a comfortable life in the suburbs of western Kenya–until a contentious election explodes into violence.
His father is killed, his house is destroyed, and he and his mo
- Author: Ochieng, Patrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 9798765648698
- Language: English
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My Sister the Apple Tree: A Refugee Story of Hope and Resilience
$18.99 Add to cartIn this moving picture book, inspired by the author’s experience as a Syrian refugee, a child’s profound love for his family’s apple tree gives him courage when he must flee his homeland.
When a young- Author: Scott, Jordan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 059380841X
- Language: English
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Safe Harbor
$17.99 Add to cartAn uplifting novel in verse about an immigrant girl adjusting to life in the US through her love of nature, music, and poetry, by the award-winning author of The Bridge Home
When Geetha and her mom mo- Author: Venkatraman, Padma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0593112504
- Language: English
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Al Otro Lado del R?o / The Other Side of the River
$14.95 Add to cartDe la autora de Los sue?os descalzos de Petra Luna, Libro de Honor Pura Belpr? 2022, llega una nueva y fascinante novela sobre una ni?a de doce a?os que construye una nueva vida en Estados Unidos.
Pe- Series: Petra Luna
- Author: Dobbs, Alda P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1644738449
- Language: Spanish
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Kamau and Zuzu Find a Way: A Picture Book
$18.95 Add to cartA stirring story of African diaspora, resourcefulness, and intergenerational love by National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and renowned poet Aracelis Girmay, and acclaimed illustrator Diana Ejai
- Author: Girmay, Aracelis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 60
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 1592703895
- Language: English
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Ma?analand (Scholastic Gold)
$8.99 Add to cartThis timeless tale of struggle, hope, and the search for tomorrow has much to offer today about compassion and our shared humanity. Perfect for fans of Amal Unbound, The Bridge Home, and Beyond the Br
- Author: Ryan, Pam Muñoz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1338157876
- Language: English
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The Mango Tree (La Mata de Mango): A Picture Book
$18.99 Read moreFrom internationally renowned, award-winning artist Edel Rodriguez comes The Mango Tree, an enchanting wordless picture book and a moving, fantastical take on his childhood experience as an immigrant.… [more below]
- Author: Rodriguez, Edel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1419745867
- Language: English
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Until You Find the Sun: A Story about Discovering Home Wherever You Go
$18.95 Add to cartAn uplifting story about coping with change and finding your way in a new and unfamiliar place, by debut author Maryam Hassan, beautifully brought to life with illustrations by Anna Wilson.
Aminah’s l- Author: Hassan, Maryam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1623716934
- Language: English
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The Bluest Sky
$8.99 Add to cartA boy and his family must decide whether to remain in Cuba under a repressive government or risk everything for the chance of a new beginning.
“Heartbreaking yet hopeful” –Alan Gratz, bestselling au- Author: Gonzalez, Christina Diaz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 0593372824
- Language: English
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Caged
$18.99 Add to cartA poignant picture book about a young Hmong girl born and raised in a refugee camp who imagines what lies beyond the bounds of its borders.
A young Hmong girl has never been outside the camp she lives- Author: Yang, Kao Kalia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 28 2024
- ISBN10: 1984816365
- Language: English
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Home in a Lunchbox: (A Caldecott Honor Book)
$18.99 Add to cart**WINNER OF THE CALDECOTT HONOR**
Cherry Mo’s stunning debut is about a young girl who immigrates to America and finds home in an unexpected place. When Jun moves from Hong Kong to America, the only w- Author: Mo, Cherry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 0593661346
- Language: English
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A Kurta to Remember
$18.99 Read moreTomorrow is moving day and one little girl worries about moving so far, far away from her Aaji and Ajoba. But Aaji gifts her with a handmade kurta. A kurta with two big pockets for holding all the sma… [more below]
- Series: Own Voices, Own Stories
- Author: Pandya, Gauri Dalvi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 15 2024
- ISBN10: 153411310X
- Language: English
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?nh’s New Word: A Story about Learning a New Language
$18.99 Add to cartA child living in a Vietnamese refugee camp learns their first word in English with a little help from their teacher and grandmother in this heart-warming picture book based on the author’s childhood.
- Author: Bui, Hanh
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 1250842131
- Language: English
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A Tree of My Own
$23.95 Add to cartIn a village in Burma, Posada, an ethnic Karen girl, spends her days in the forests and mountains. She even has a tree of her own! When war forces her family to flee, Posada goes on a journey to find
- Author: Wilson, Nui
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 42
- Publish Date: October 27 2024
- ISBN10: 9798990803404
- Language: English
