Written by: Karen Lynn Williams & Khadra Mohammed Illustrated by: Doug Chayka For ages: 7-10 years Language: English Topics Covered: Refugees, Friendship, Empathy, Immigration, Global Community. Summary: This is a very sweet and emotional story of two friends that meet in a refugee camp when each gets only one sandal from a supply truck. Lina and Feroza become friends and begin to…
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They Call Me Güero; A Border Kid’s Poems
Written by: David Bowles Cover Art by: Zeke Peña For ages: YA upper elementary/middle grades Language: English & Spanish Topics Covered: Growing Up, Mexican-American Experience, Immigration, Prejudice, Culture & Traditions, Poetry, Own Voices, Latinx. Summary: Our narrator is a twelve year old boy known only as Güero, a slang term/nickname for a person with red hair and freckles. He lives near…
Schomburg: The Man Who Built A Library
Written by: Carole Boston Weatherford Illustrated by: Eric Velasquez For ages: 8-12 years old, or a confident reading level. Language: English Topics Covered: POC-Centric Narratives, Historical Fiction, Historic Figures, Literacy, Trailblazers, Afro-Puerto Rican Figures, Professional Life, Schomburg Library. Summary: This book was sent to us by Candlewick Press, but all opinions are our own! This book is hefty! It is crammed with information about…
Front Desk
Written by: Kelly Yang Cover Art by: Maike Plenzke For ages: Middle Grades YA Book Language: English, slight Mandarin. Topics Covered: Immigration, Racism, Friendship, Family, Growing Up. Summary: Mia Tang and her parents emigrated from China two years before the book begins. When the book begins, it is summertime in California and the family is living in their car. Soon, a…
My Chinatown: One Year in Poems
Written & Illustrated by: Kam Mak For ages: 4 years & up Language: English Topics Covered: Poetry, Immigration, Asian-American Experience, Chinese Culture, Family. Summary: This book chronicles the first year that the narrator, a young boy, spends away from his old home in Hong Kong and instead in an American Chinatown. Reflecting on memories of Hong Kong, the narrator comes to…
Dear Primo, A Letter to my Cousin
Written & Illustrated by: Duncan Tonatiuh For ages: 5-7 years Language: English, Spanish. Topics Covered: Latinx Families, Love, Global Community, Family. Summary: Charlie and Carlitos are cousins, one living in America and one in Mexico. This story is told through excerpts of their letters the boys exchange. The penpals talk about their lives, and at the beginning it seems as though…
Dreamers
Written & Illustrated by: Yuyi Morales For ages: 4-8 years Language: English & Spanish Topics Covered: Immigration, Courage, Bravery, Family, Love, Community. Summary: This is the story about a woman and her young child immigrating to San Francisco. Trying to navigate this unfamiliar world was difficult, especially with a language barrier. The narrator admits mistakes are made in this new…
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World
Written and Illustrated by:: Pénélope Bagieu For Ages: teens Language: English Topics Covered: Historical Figures, Trailblazers, Women in STEM, Activism. Summary: This book is a graphic novel compilation of stories about strong women and historical figures. It is definitely written for teens and above. Some stories include plot lines with DV, death, civil war, and…
My name is Sangoel
Written by: Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed Illustrated by: Catherine Stock For ages: 6-10 years Language: English Topics Covered: Global Community, Family, POC-Centric Narratives, Self-Expression, Courage, Immigration, Refugees. Summary: Sangoel is a young Dinka boy that lives in a refugee camp with his mother and sister. They are leaving for America, and one of the camp elders reminds Sangoel that…
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant’s Tale
Written & Illustrated by: Duncan Tonatiuh For ages: 6-9 years Language: English, Spanish. Topics Covered: Latinx Families, Immigration, Courage, Bravery. Summary: Pancho is a rabbit whose father left two long years ago to travel to the North, to find work in lettuce and carrot fields to earn money for his family. On the day Pancho’s father is supposed to return,…