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In classrooms and at home, kids are reading a new genre of books about a timely topic: refugees. They're selling well and providing a sympathetic view of people often portrayed as threats.
Discover the best children's picture books, chapter books, and middle grade books about immigration, refugees, migration, migrant work, deportation, poverty, and culture. I hope this list is helpful.
A refugee family’s trek through Europe is the focus of this bilingual Arabic and English picture book. Calling the Water Drum By LaTisha Redding, illus. by Aaron Boyd (Dec. 31, 2016, Lee & Low ...
This popular book, the authorial debut of Khaled Hosseini who is also a UNHCR ambassador, chronicles the friendship between Amir, a wealthy Afghan boy, and Hassan, the son of a servant in Amir’s ...
This book also highlights the horrors children face as refugees. Starting in Afghanistan, we follow a young boy and his brother who try to run away from the war there.
In Refugee Boy, Alem Kelo’s father is from Ethiopia and his mother is from Eritrea. With the countries at war, the family faces persecution and violence in each place. In an act of desperation, Alem’s ...
For The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives, he asked 17 fellow refugee writers from across the globe (Mexico, Bosnia, Iran, Afghanistan, Soviet Union, Hungary, Chile, Ethiopia and others) to ...
Refugee Boy is examined in Paper 1, Section B (Post 1914 Prose/ Drama) of your GCSE English Literature exam. it is a closed book exam. Links English Literature revision ...
Manitowoc doctor writes book about time in refugee camp. Sarah Kloepping. USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin. As 7-year-old Xa Xiong held his dying brother's hand, he made him a promise.