Immigration & Refugees in Education: Children's Literature & Instructional Materials

Through personal narrative and candid photographs, a photojournalist chronicles young lives upended by violence and strife. This moving book depicts the resilience and resourcefulness of young people who, though heavily impacted by the ravages of war, search for a better future for themselves, their families, and their cultures.

Real World Data presents information about familiar curricular topics through charts and graphs. Each title shows how to organize data in different visual forms, and how to interpret and create tables, line graphs, bar graphs, and pie charts.

A crisis leads a family to leave their home and everything they know to escape the turmoil and tragedy brought by war.

A touching tale of parent-child separation and immigration.

Over 100,000 such children have left Central America. This book of poetry helps us to understand why and what it is like to be them.

Story about the Syrian refugee crisis. Dual-language (English and Arabic) edition.

As many thousands of people, especially children, in Mexico and Central America continue to make the arduous journey to the US border in search of a better life, this is an important book that shows a young migrant's perspective.

This is the dramatic true story recounted by Tuan Ho, who was six years old when he, his mother, and two sisters dodged the bullets of Vietnam's military police for the perilous chance of boarding that boat. Told to multi-award-winning author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch and illustrated by the celebrated Brian Deines, Tuan's story has become Adrift At Sea, the first picture book to describe the flight of Vietnam's "Boat People" refugees.

This book explores the way government policy and popular responses to immigrant groups evolved throughout U.S. history, particularly between 1800 and 1965. The book concludes with a summary of events up to contemporary times, as immigration again becomes a hot-button issue. Includes an author's note, bibliography, and index.

When Saamidah, a young Palestinian refugee, is asked by her friends what her name means, she isn't quite sure what to say. She turns to her baba for some answers - but what she gets is an adventure beyond her wildest dreams.

Yuyi Morales, artista galardonada con la Mención de Honor Caldecott y cinco veces ganadora del Premio Pura Belpré, cuenta su historia como inmigrante en este libro ilustrado tributo al poder transformador de la esperanza... y de la lectura.

Narrated by two teenage boys on opposing sides of the conflict between the Burmese government and the Karenni, one of Burma's many ethnic minorities.

Life in her peaceful Sudanese village is shattered when the Janjaweed arrive. Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Andrea Davis Pinkney.

In Critical Perspectives on Immigrants and Refugees, students will analyze this important issue and form their own conclusions based on opinions and data from experts, advocacy groups, and the media.

This book covers the history of the asylum process in North America, as well as the step-by-step process by which a person receives asylum. Text Dependent Questions are placed at the end of each chapter. Research Projects are provided at the end of each chapter. Series Glossary of Key Terms is included in the back matter containing terminology used throughout the series.

Account of refugees finding a new life in the U.S. Clarkston, Georgia, was a typical southern town until it became a refugee resettlement center.

PURA BELPR#65533; HONOR BOOK ALA NOTABLE BOOK Twelve-year-old Jaime makes the treacherous and life-changing journey from his home in Guatemala to live with his older brother in the United States in this gripping and realistic middle grade novel.

Discusses the liberation of Europe and the aftermath of the Holocaust, including the displaced persons camps, primary source accounts from Holocaust survivors, and how those survivors started new lives in new countries.

A tour de force from acclaimed author Alan Gratz (Prisoner B-3087), this timely -- and timeless -- novel tells the powerful story of three different children seeking refuge.

The Good Braider was selected as the 2013 Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year and a book of Outstanding Merit.

A National Book Award Finalist with five starred reviews and multiple awards! American Street is an evocative and powerful coming-of-age story. After they leave Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Fabiola's mother is detained by U.S. immigration, leaving Fabiola to navigate her loud American cousins, Chantal, Donna, and Princess; the grittiness of Detroit's West Side; a new school; and a surprising romance, all on her own.

In this inspirational and unflinchingly honest memoir, acclaimed author Reyna Grande describes her childhood torn between the United States and Mexico, and shines a light on the experiences, fears, and hopes of those who choose to make the harrowing journey across the border.