The Journey: Books on Refugees and Immigration for Kids
by evelyn
If you want to explain the current refugee crisis to a little one, the new picture book The Journey, by Francesca Sanna, is a wonderful place to start. This gentle and moving book is narrated by a child who has to leave home because of a war. Sanna never specifies where the family starts from, nor the country that they are traveling to, making this story applicable to many parts of the world. The illustrations in The Journey are simply stunning. I was moved to tears by this beautiful story and would recommend it to anyone, not just children.
For other picture books on refugees, take a look at Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family’s Journey and Joseph’s Big Ride. If you have children who are learning about immigration, try We Came to America, Their Great Gift, or This Land is Our Land.
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Another picture book with a
Another picture book with a character who is a refugee is <a href=http://www.aadl.org/catalog/record/1198170>The Color of Home</a> by Mary Hoffman.
I remembered another one that
I remembered another one that is very touching: <a href=http://www.aadl.org/catalog/record/1310317>Four Feet, Two Sandals</a> by Karen Lyn Williams.