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1) Dreamers
Author
Language
English
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Description
"An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story"--
4) Rosa's song
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A young immigrant from South Korea finds community and friendship in an apartment house filled with other newly arrived kids"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
"Amy Wu would love to welcome the new student in her class, but Lin has just come from China and does not speak much English, so with the help of her family Amy tries to work out a way to bridge the language gap"--OCLC.
11) Light for all
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read text tell of travelers who have left their homelands to bring their talents, hopes, and determination to a land where Liberty's light shines for all.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In 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 Beast, but the little girl doesn't know where they are going. She counts the animals by the road, the clouds in the sky, the stars. Sometimes she sees soldiers. She sleeps, dreaming that she is always on the move, although sometimes they are forced to...
16) I hate borsch!
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
A Ukrainian girl finds a new way to appreciate her home country's national dish after she immigrates to the United States. Includes recipe for borsch.
17) Not this turkey!
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
" Although Mel and his family have lived in America for several years, they have never celebrated Thanksgiving, just the Jewish holidays. But this year, after Papa wins a turkey at work, Mama invites all their relatives to their Brooklyn tenement for dinner. There's just one thing -- Mel has a soft spot for the turkey! "--
18) My two blankets
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Cartwheel has arrived in a new country, and feels the loss of all she's ever known. She creates a safe place for herself under an "old blanket" made out of memories and thoughts of home. But when she meets a new friend, the relationship helps her take her first steps into a new culture, and Cartwheel begins to weave a "new blanket," one of friendship and a renewed sense of belonging.
19) The quiet place
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A little girl moves to the United States from Mexico with her family and writes letters to her aunt in Mexico about her new life.
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