Theme: immigration

From North To South/Del Norte Al Sur

By Book Importer | Published: July 5, 2011

José loves helping Mamá in the garden outside their home in California. But when Mamá is sent back to Mexico for not having citizenship papers, José and his Papá face an uncertain future. What will it be like to visit Mamá in Tijuana? When will she be able to come home? Award-winning children’s book author [...]

Descriptors: Americas, Mexico, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , , » 3 Comments

Heat

By Book Importer | Published: June 25, 2010

Michael Arroyo has a dream of pitching in the Little League World Series, and a pitching arm that throws serious heat. But that firepower is nothing compared to the heat Michael faces in his day-to-day life. Newly orphaned after his father led the family’s escape from Cuba, Michael has no one to watch out for [...]

Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction, United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

First Day in Grapes (Pura Belpre Honor Book. Illustrator (Awards))

By Book Importer | Published: May 3, 2010

All year long, Chico’s family moves up and down the state of California to pick fruits and vegetables. Every September, Chico starts at a new school. Often, the other kids pick on him — maybe because he’s always new, or maybe because he speaks Spanish sometimes. But third grade promises to be different. He likes [...]

Descriptors: Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Red Midnight

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

When guerrilla soldiers strike Santiago’s village, they shoot at everyone in their path. Dos Vías is on fire, and the night glows red. “Take the cayuco and sail to the United States of America. Now go!” Santiago’s uncle Ramos tells him, and Santiago, twelve, and his four-year-old sister, Angelina, flee.
With a map, a machete, and [...]

Descriptors: Guatemala, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction, United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Ask Me No Questions

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Nadira and her family are illegal aliens, fleeing to the Canadian border — running from the country they thought was their home. For years since emigrating from Bangladesh, they have lived on expired visas in New York City, hoping they could someday realize their dream of becoming legal citizens of the United States. But after [...]

Descriptors: Bangladesh, Realistic Fiction, United States of America, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , » 1 Comment

Touching Snow

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

‘”The best way to avoid being picked on by high school bullies is to kill someone.\”Karina has plenty to worry about on the last day of seventh grade: finding three Ds and a C on her report card again, getting laughed at by everyone again, being sent to the principal — again. She\’d like this [...]

Descriptors: Caribbean, Haiti, Realistic Fiction, United States of America, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Faraway Home

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

As her father prepares for a trip back to his childhood home in Ethiopia, Desta begins to worry. Where does her father truly belong–in the village of his youth or here in America with her? What was growing up in Ethiopia like? And will her father’s love for his family be enough to bridge these [...]

Descriptors: Ethiopia, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Going Home (Trophy Picture Books)

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

On the heels of their Caldecott Medal-winning Smoky Night, Eve Bunting and David Diaz have created a dazzling new picture book that glows with holiday joy and the spirit of Mexico. Carlos and his family are going home for Christmas—across the border from California to Mexico. Mama and Papa are excited, but Carlos and his [...]

Descriptors: All Ages, Mexico, Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , » 2 Comments

The Arrival

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

A man gives his wife and daughter a last kiss and boards a steamship to cross the ocean. He’s embarking on the most painful yet important journey of his life – he’s leaving home to build a better future for his family. Shaun Tan evokes universal aspects of an immigrant’s experience through a singular work [...]

Descriptors: Australia, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » 3 Comments

Feed the Children First: Irish Memories of the Great Hunger

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The great Irish potato famine — the Great Hunger — was one of the worst disasters of the nineteenth century. Within seven years of the onset of a fungus that wiped out Ireland’s staple potato crop, more than a quarter of the country’s eight million people had either starved to death, died of disease, or [...]

Descriptors: Ireland, Nonfiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment