Emigration & Immigration
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The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America
$19.99 Add to cartBy turns heartbreaking and hilarious, troubling and uplifting, these “electric” essays come together to create a provocative, conversation-sparking, multivocal portrait of modern America (The Washingt… [more below]
- Author: Shukla, Nikesh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 04 2020
- ISBN10: 0316524239
- Language: English
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In the Beautiful Country
$16.99 Add to cartFor fans of Jasmine Warga and Thanhhà 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.
An
- Author: Kuo, Jane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 006311898X
- Language: English
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Mama’s Love Language: Sometimes Love Tastes Like Hainan Chicken Rice
$21.99 Add to cartThe Flavor of Belonging in Culturally Diverse Families
Jade is a girl who lives in two worlds and, coming from a multicultural family, she’s on a quest to understand her identity and where she truly be… [more below]
- Author: Stad, Elisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 04 2023
- ISBN10: 9798988378518
- Language: English
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Freedom Soup
$19.99 Read moreJoin the celebration in the kitchen as a family makes their traditional New Year’s soup — and shares the story of how Haitian independence came to be.
The shake-shake of maracas vibrates down to my t- Author: Charles, Tami
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: December 10 2019
- ISBN10: 0763689777
- Language: English
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Out of Hiding: A Holocaust Survivor’s Journey to America (with a Foreword by Alan Gratz)
$19.99 Add to cartWith a foreword by Alan Gratz, New York Times bestselling author of Refugee.
Ruth Gruener was a hidden child during the Holocaust. At the end of the war, she and her parents were overjoyed to be free. … [more below]
- Author: Gruener, Ruth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 1338627457
- Language: English
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Anita and the Dragons
$18.99 Read moreA beautifully tender story touching on the range of emotions immigrants may feel when leaving their home countries – excitement and sorrow, fear and courage.
Anita watches the dragons high above her
- Author: Carmona, Hannah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1911373633
- Language: English
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Letters from Cuba
$8.99 Add to cartPura Belpré Award Winner Ruth Behar’s inspiring story of a Jewish girl who escapes Poland to make a new life in Cuba, where she works to rescue the rest of her family
The situation is getting dire f- Author: Behar, Ruth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 31 2021
- ISBN10: 0525516492
- Language: English
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Cuba in My Pocket
$8.99 Add to cartFrom Pura Belpré Honoree Adrianna Cuevas is a sweeping, emotional middle grade historical novel about a twelve-year-old boy who leaves his family in Cuba to immigrate to the U.S. by himself, based on
- Author: Cuevas, Adrianna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1250853168
- Language: English
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Where Can We Go?: A Tale of Four Bears
$18.95 Add to cartFrom a Hans Christian Andersen award-winning illustrator comes a moving and imaginative story of four polar bears searching for a new home.
One evening, Papa Bear announces, “we are moving tomorrow.” H
- Series: Aldana Libros
- Author: Yun, Dai
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 177164981X
- Language: English
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Hakim’s Odyssey: Book 1: From Syria to Turkey
$29.95 Add to cartWhat does it mean to be a “refugee”? It is easy for those who live in relative freedom to ignore or even to villainize people who have been forced to flee their homes. After all, it can be hard to ide… [more below]
- Author: Toulmé, Fabien
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1637790007
- Language: English
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Our World Is a Family: Our Community Can Change the World
$17.99 Read moreLearn how to welcome new neighbors into your community, particularly when they might be far from home, in this uplifting and diverse picture book that champions human connection and inclusivity. After
- Author: Whitehill, Miry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1728231833
- Language: English
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The Treasure Box
$18.99 Add to cartA moving and ultimately hopeful look at what we hold most dear — and carry with us — when we are forced to flee our homes because of war.
When the enemy bombs the library, everything burns, and only- Author: Wild, Margaret
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 25 2017
- ISBN10: 0763690848
- Language: English
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Hasta Siempre Cuba, Mi Isla (Farewell Cuba, Mi Isla)
$17.99 Read moreBasada 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: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1665911190
- Language: Spanish
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La Linea
$9.99 Add to cartOver a decade since its publication, Ann Jaramillo’s heartbreaking middle grade novel La Linea–about crossing the Mexican border into the US–is more timely than ever.
Miguel has dreamed of joining hi- Author: Jaramillo, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 22 2008
- ISBN10: 0312373546
- Language: English
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Last of the Name
$9.99 Read moreTwelve-year-old Danny O’Carolan and his sister, Kathleen, arrive in New York City in 1863, at the height of the Civil War. Kathleen finds a job in domestic service for herself and Danny, hoping to kee
- Author: Parry, Rosanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1728467667
- Language: English
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I Wish You Knew
$18.99 Add to cartA Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Children’s Book of 2021
A heartfelt story that explores the aftermath of deportation, I Wish You Knew celebrates the power of connection and empathy among chi- Author: Kramer, Jackie Azúa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 25 2021
- ISBN10: 1250226309
- Language: English
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The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream
$19.00 Add to cartIn this thrilling panorama of real-life events, the bestselling author of Empire of Pain investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tin… [more below]
- Author: Keefe, Patrick Radden
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 27 2010
- ISBN10: 0307279278
- Language: English
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The God Who Sees: Immigrants, the Bible, and the Journey to Belong
$16.99 Add to cartMeet people who have fled their homelands.
Here is a riveting story of seeking safety in another land. Here is a gripping journey of loss, alienation, and belonging. In Th
Hagar. Joseph. Ruth. Jesus.- Author: González, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: May 21 2019
- ISBN10: 151380412X
- Language: English
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Malaika, Carnival Queen
$18.99 Read moreMalaika learns about her father, who came to Canada as a migrant farm worker when she was just a baby and who shared her love of carnival.
Malaika dreams about a man with a basket of fruit and guesses
- Series: The Malaika #4
- Author: Hohn, Nadia L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1773068504
- Language: English
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Sugar in Milk
$17.99 Read moreA timely and timeless picture book about immigration that demonstrates the power of diversity, acceptance, and tolerance from a gifted storyteller.
An ALSC Notable Children’s Book of 2021
A Kirkus Bes- Author: Umrigar, Thrity
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 0762495197
- Language: English
