Social Themes - Emigration & Immigration
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All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel
$8.99 Add to cart“This immigration story is universal.” —School Library Journal, Starred
Dan Yaccarino’s great-grandfather arrived at Ellis Island with a small shovel and his parents’ good advice: “Work hard, but re- Author: Yaccarino, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 09 2014
- ISBN10: 0375859209
- Language: English
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From North to South / del Norte Al Sur
$11.95 Add to cartBilingual English/Spanish. This nuanced picture book tackles the difficult and timely subject of family separation and deportation.
Near the border, the cars began to move very slowly. “Pap?, go fast.
- Author: LaÃnez, René Colato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0892393041
- Language: Spanish
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A Través de Los Mares / Across So Many Seas
$14.95 Add to cartEl deseo de pertenecer a algún lugar y el amor por la vida unen a las cuatro protagonistas de la nueva novela de Ruth Behar, autora ganadora del Premio Pura Belpré
ESPAÑA, 1492: La familia de Benve- Author: Behar, Ruth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 9798890980458
- Language: Spanish
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Xochitl and the Flowers / Xóchitl, La Niña de Las Flores
$11.95 Add to cartBilingual English/Spanish. Miles away from their home in El Salvador, Xochitl (SOH-cheel) and her family make a new home in the United States, but nothing is the same.
Xochitl mourns a lovely garden an
- Author: Argueta, Jorge
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 01 2008
- ISBN10: 089239224X
- Language: Spanish
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Not Far from Here
$18.99 Add to cartA debut author and an award-winning illustrator unite to craft an entirely bilingual ode to the amor, courage, and memories we carry from one generation to the next, from one country to another.
We w- Author: Armendia-S?nchez, Nydia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1536227064
- Language: English
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When Clouds Touch Us
$9.99 Add to cartA Boston Globe–Horn Book Award finalist!
Inspired by the author’s own childhood, this stunning novel in verse, the sequel to the award-winning #1 bestseller Inside Out and Back Again, picks up two year
- Author: Lai, ThanhhÃ
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 0063047012
- Language: English
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Two White Rabbits
$19.99 Add to cartIn this moving and timely story, a young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the US border.
They travel mostly on the roof of a train known as The
- Author: Buitrago, Jairo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: October 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1554987415
- Language: English
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Mustafa
$19.95 Add to cartBoston Globe, Best 2018 Books for Children
TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award FinalistMustafa and his family traveled a long way to reach their new home. Some nights Mustafa dreams about the count
- Author: Gay, Marie-Louise
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1773061380
- Language: English
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Diarou’s Not So Different
$11.99 Add to cartDiarou is starting her first week in a new school, in a new country, speaking a new language… and she feels completely alone. She moved to the U.S. from Guinea over the summer and is determined to m
- Author: Bayo, Diarou
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 38
- Publish Date: November 19 2020
- ISBN10: 1950807118
- Language: English
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Seré La Luna (I’ll Be the Moon Spanish Edition): Una Historia de Inmigración
$10.99 Read moreSeré la luna es una historia de inmigración inspiradora acerca de la valentÃa y la distancia que recorremos para estar con nuestros seres queridos.
Bajo la inspiración y guÃa lunar, la niñe y su- Author: Cortez, Phillip D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1685554776
- Language: Spanish
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Hasta Siempre Cuba, Mi Isla (Farewell Cuba, Mi Isla)
$8.99 Add to cartBasada en las experiencias reales de la madre de Alexandra Diaz como una refugiada cubana en los Estados Unidos, una historia oportuna y conmovedora de la familia, la amistad, y la lucha por un futuro… [more below]
- Author: Diaz, Alexandra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1665911182
- Language: Spanish
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Five Stories
$18.99 Add to cartFive children, from five different cultures and in five different decades, grow up in the same building on the Lower East Side of New York City.
Jenny Epstein and her family arrive on a steamship from- Author: Weinstein, Ellen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0823451674
- Language: English
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Shoham’s Bangle
$8.99 Add to cartA Sydney Taylor Notable Book
Winner of the Crystal Kite Award
Tablet Magazine’s Best Jewish Kids Books of the Year
Shoham’s bangle jingles and jangles, clinks and clacks.
Shoham wears a golden ban
- Author: Sassoon, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1728439027
- Language: English
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The Little Girl
$15.99 Add to cartWhen the little girl arrives at her new home, the guard at the border takes away a little piece of her name. Then the teacher at her new school takes away the rest. This new home is beautiful, but it’… [more below]
- Author: Pham-Fraser, H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 28
- Publish Date: July 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1039132545
- Language: English
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We Came to America
$19.99 Read moreA timely and beautiful look at America’s rich history of immigration and diversity, from acclaimed artist Faith Ringgold, the Coretta Scott King and Caldecot Honor winning creator of Tar Beach.
Vividl- Author: Ringgold, Faith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 10 2016
- ISBN10: 0517709473
- Language: English
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Luz Para Todos (Light for All)
$8.99 Add to cartUn libro lÃrico y unificador que “inspirará a jóvenes lectores” y que “muestra magnÃficamente la experiencia inmigrante” (Kirkus Reviews, crÃtica estelar) en Estados Unidos, escrito por la ganado… [more below]
- Author: Engle, Margarita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1665929529
- Language: Spanish
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El Viaje de Kalak (Kalak’s Journey)
$12.95 Add to cartWinner at the 2018 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards. When home doesn’t shelter Kalak’s family, they decide to set off and find a new life elsewhere. Together, they will fight the odds to find the longe
- Author: Quintana Silva, MarÃa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: October 10 2022
- ISBN10: 8419464112
- Language: Spanish
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The Girl Who Slept Under The Moon
$13.78 Add to cartThe Girl Who Slept Under the Moon follows the story of Noor, who arrives in a new country and feels like she doesn’t belong in her new school.
To feel better, Noor takes comfort in the things that rema
- Author: Malherbe, Shereen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 46
- Publish Date: January 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1912356554
- Language: English
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The Girl Who Stitched the Stars
$13.78 Add to cartNon-uniform day arrives at Noor’s school. Noor hasn’t ever been to school without her uniform before, and the clothes she loves to wear are different.
What will she wear? What will the other children s
- Author: Malherbe, Shereen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 46
- Publish Date: January 31 2022
- ISBN10: 1915025095
- Language: English
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Big Red Lollipop
$18.99 Add to cartRubina has been invited to her first birthday party, and her mother, Ami, insists that she bring her little sister along. Rubina is mortified, but she can’t convince Ami that you just don’t bring your… [more below]
- Author: Khan, Rukhsana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 04 2010
- ISBN10: 0670062871
- Language: English
