Social Themes - Emigration & Immigration
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Super Cilantro Girl / La Superniña del Cilantro
$10.95 Read moreAn empowering story by former US poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera about a young girl who uses her newfound superpowers to rescue her mam? from the United States-Mexico border.
Young Esmeralda Sinfront
- Author: Herrera, Juan Felipe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 0892394684
- Language: Spanish
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Santiago’s Road Home
$17.99 Read moreThree starred reviews
A young boy gets detained by ICE while crossing the border from Mexico to the United States in this timely and unfl
“Harrowing but deeply illuminating.” —School Library Journal- Author: Diaz, Alexandra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 05 2020
- ISBN10: 1534446230
- Language: English
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Polar Bear Island
$8.99 Add to cart- Author: Bonilla, Lindsay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 28
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 145494658X
- Language: English
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A Thousand White Butterflies
$17.99 Read moreAs if being new to the United States wasn’t hard enough, Isabella’s first day of school is canceled due to snow
Isabella has recently arrived from Colombia with her mother and abuela. She misses Papa- Author: Betancourt-Perez, Jessica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1580895778
- Language: English
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Rosa’s Song
$17.99 Read moreIn this diverse picture book, a young immigrant from South Korea finds community and friendship in an apartment house filled with other newly arrived kids.
When Jae looks out the window of his new hom- Author: Rhee, Helena Ku
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 0593375491
- Language: English
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I Hate Borsch!
$17.99 Read moreAll Ukrainians are supposed to love borsch–but what if you hate the red stuff? A young girl despises Eastern Europe’s most beloved soup, and not even the grandmothers of Kiev can persuade her to chan
- Author: Nayberg, Yevgenia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 0802855806
- Language: English
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Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant’s Tale
$18.99 Add to cartPancho Rabbit and the Coyote is an allegorical picture book about the hardships and struggles of immigration from award-winning children’s book author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh.
A Pura Belpr? Au- Author: Tonatiuh, Duncan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 07 2013
- ISBN10: 1419705830
- Language: English
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The Elephant in the Room
$17.99 Read moreFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Counting by 7s comes a heartfelt story about “the importance of compassion and bravery when facing life’s challenges” (Kirkus) for fans of The One and Onl… [more below]
- Author: Sloan, Holly Goldberg
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0735229945
- Language: English
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A Star Shines Through
$18.99 Add to cart“A beautiful tale of loss and adjustment; for those who have never had to leave home, perhaps a lesson in insight and empathy. Highly recommended.” — School Library Journal (STARRED REVIEW)
“Beautif- Author: Desnitskaya, Anna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 0802856314
- Language: English
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The Home We Make
$21.95 Add to cartA moving story about a young girl and her family who are forced to flee their beloved home after violence erupts all around them, and their journey to make a new sense of home.
One day someone asks me,
- Series: New Voices
- Author: Khwaja, Maham
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1620149575
- Language: English
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Do I Belong Here?/ ?Es Este Mi Lugar?
$18.95 Add to cartAward-winning children’s book author René Colato LaÃnez teams up again with illustrator Fabricio Vanden Broeck to explore the experiences of newcomers in U.S. schools and affirm that yes! They do be… [more below]
- Author: Colato La?nez, Ren?
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1
- Publish Date: May 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1558859683
- Language: English
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La Frontera
$10.99 Read more“An authentic and humanizing perspective on immigration; a must-have for classrooms, libraries, and bilingual collections” – Mary Margaret Mercado, Pima County Public Library, Tucson, AZ Join a youn… [more below]
- Author: Alva, Alfredo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1782853928
- Language: Spanish
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It’s Okay, Just Ask
$18.95 Add to cartAn uplifting immigration story about tackling new experiences with curiosity
A little girl and her family are emigrating to a new country. As they say goodbye to their home and move to an unfamiliar pl
- Author: Leonardo Carlos, Monique
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1771476141
- Language: English
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Wings to Soar
$17.99 Add to cartA historically relevant middle-grade novel-in-verse about a girl’s resiliency when faced with hatred towards refugees. Readers of The Night Diary and Inside Out and Back Again shouldn’t miss out.
It’s- Author: Athaide, Tina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1623544319
- Language: English
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The Light of Home: A Story of Family, Creativity, and Belonging
$19.99 Read moreA universal story about displacement, migration, and the many ways we find home, from talented author-illustrator team Diana Farid and Hoda Hadadi.
Nur has always loved her home by the sea, where wate
- Author: Farid, Diana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1338890611
- Language: English
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The Brighter I Shine
$18.99 Read moreMama always tells me stories on my birthday.
She tells me the story of how I arrived in this world.
They say I first came to them in a quiet dream
and that I was a gift from our ancestors.Fo
- Author: Abrahamian, Kamee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1915244838
- Language: English
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The Diamond Explorer
$17.99 Add to cartFrom APALA-winning author and Guggenheim Fellow Kao Kalia Yang, a middle-grade debut about a Hmong American boy’s struggle to find a place for himself in America and in the world of his ancestors.
Mal- Author: Yang, Kao Kalia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1984816330
- Language: English
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The Samosa Rebellion
$16.99 Add to cartCritically acclaimed author Shanthi Sekaran makes her middle grade debut with this timely and stunning novel in which a young boy and his friends must rescue his grandmother from a relocation camp aft
- Author: Sekaran, Shanthi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 21 2021
- ISBN10: 0063051532
- Language: English
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A Contar Amabilidad / Counting Kindness: Diez Formas de Darles La Bienvenida a Niños Refugiados
$16.99 Add to cartA compassionate counting book that captures the power of a welcoming community.
Teach children about refugees and how each kindness can help them find a new home. More than half of the world’s refugee- Author: Kurman, Hollis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 162354310X
- Language: English
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Mama’s Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation
$17.99 Add to cartA touching tale of parent-child separation and immigration, from a National Book Award finalist
After Saya’s mother is sent to an immigration detention center, Saya finds comfort in listening to her m- Author: Danticat, Edwidge
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0525428097
- Language: English
