After recently moving to the United States, a young girl reminisces about her time spent helping her Lolo run his sari-sari store in the Philippines, and uses some of his wisdom to make herself feel more at home.
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Czarna Ksiazka (Polish Edition)
Annie And The Old One
A Navajo girl unravels a day’s weaving on a rug whose completion, she believes, will mean the death of her grandmother.
Brighter Than The Sun
“After the loss of her mother, high school junior Soledad finds herself struggling to balance classes and her new job in California to support her family in Tijuana, Mexico, in this thoughtful story about identity, immigration, and family”–
Ling & Ting: Twice As Silly
Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same!
Ling and Ting are identical twins that people think are exactly the same, but time and again they prove to be different.
Bremen Town Musicians
A Brothers Grimm story about friendship and persistence, illustrated by the legendary European artist Bernadette Watts. When a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster are no longer wanted by their masters, they decide to run away and become musicians in Bremen Town. There they discover a warm little cabin, but find that robbers occupy it! Will the four friends plan to scare the robbers away work?
Areli Is A Dreamer: A True Story By Areli Morales, A Daca Recipient
“In the first picture book written by a DACA dreamer Areli Morales tells her own powerful and vibrant immigration story of moving from a quiet town in Mexico to the bustling and noisy metropolis of New York City”–
Yenebi’s Drive To School
Yenebi, her sister Melanie, and mom drive to school every morning across the US-Mexico border.
To The Other Side
“A girl reframes the dangerous border crossing between Mexico and the United States as a game to help her brother through the journey”–