All WRAP’d Up: Refugee Experiences in K-12 Literature
The Teen Reading Ambassadors created this issue of All WRAP’d Up in response to picturebooks and novels we read depicting refugee experiences. After considering multiple stories, we engaged in brief book talks to see what themes emerged across all the titles and connections we made. We also asked ourselves and each other penetrating questions to push our understandings of the experiences depicted, question what we think we know and begin to develop informed beliefs.
This post includes selected pages from the ‘zine and information on how to request a paper copy.
What book on refugee experiences would you add to this shelf?
Books informing this issue:
"We Are Displaced" by Malala Yousafzai
"The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees" by Don Brown
"Ink Knows No Borders" edited by Patrice Vecchione and Alissa Raymond
"Internment" by Samir Ahmed
"From the Tops of the Trees" by Kao Kalia Yang and Rachel Wada
"To the Other Side" by Erika Meza
"Dounia and the Magic Seeds" by Marya Zarif
"A Star Shines Through" by Anna Desnitskaya
"We Are Not from Here" by Jenny Torres Sanchez
Consultants: Rebecca Ballenger, Alexis Mendoza, Melanie Reyes.
Special thanks to author/illustrator and all-around cool person, Jose Pimienta, for joining us as we created this issue to talk about ‘zine culture and other important topics.
If you would like a copy of our ‘zine response to these books, send a 6.5 X 9.5 self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE - flat rate for under 2 oz.) to: Worlds of Words Center - TRAP, U of A College of Education, 1430 E Second St, Rm 453, Tucson, AZ 85721
For more information on TRAP, visit wowlit.org.
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Thank you for listening and keep reading!
