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Emigration & Immigration

Books & Accompanying Learning Resources

Migration is on a steady rise throughout the world as the result of many factors, often misunderstood by those enjoying security and stability in their own country. In this collection are books and related learning resources that explore some reasons behind the need to move and will inspire readers to develop understanding and empathy for those less fortunate.

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Grandma, Cho Cho and Me

Some families gather for big dinners, but in my house we feast at breakfast! As Grandma and I cook our favorite Jamaican dishes, I learn why that is.

Resource Skills & Subjects: Key Ideas & Details, Oral Language, Make Predictions, Visual Elements, Vocabulary Acquisition, Integrated Learning, Critical Thinking in Literacy, Comprehension Strategies, Making Connections, Developing & Creating Texts, Writing, Text Forms & Genres, Social & Emotional Learning, Just for Fun!, Further Research

Topics: Black Voices, Diversity, Emigration & Immigration, Stories of Resilience

Audience: ages 3 to 6 / grades P to 1

Cover of Fly Away Home

Fly Away Home

Driven from her nest, Little Bird crosses paths with other migrating animals, including humans, looking for a safe place to call home.

Resource Skills & Subjects: Key Ideas & Details, Oral Language, Integrated Learning, Vocabulary Acquisition, Comprehension Strategies, Make Predictions, Social & Emotional Learning, Text Forms & Genres, Literary Devices, Making Connections, Visual Elements, Developing & Creating Texts, Critical Thinking in Literacy, Just for Fun!, Further Research

Topics: Diversity, Emigration & Immigration, Human Rights & Activism, Nature & the Natural World, Stories of Resilience

Audience: ages 3 to 6 / grades P to 1

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The Last Last

A story of a girl’s last day before emigrating from Jamaica to Canada.

Resource Skills & Subjects: Make Predictions, Text Forms & Genres, Integrated Learning, Vocabulary Acquisition, Oral Language, Comprehension Strategies, Visual Elements, Literary Devices, Key Ideas & Details, Critical Thinking in Literacy, Writing, Developing & Creating Texts

Topics: Diversity, Emigration & Immigration

Audience: ages 3 to 6 / grades K to 1

Two White Rabbits

In this moving and timely story, a young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the US border.

Resource Skills & Subjects: Critical Thinking in Literacy, Key Ideas & Details, Vocabulary Acquisition, Text Forms & Genres, Developing & Creating Texts, Comprehension Strategies, Integrated Learning, Further Research

Topics: Emigration & Immigration, Stories of Resilience

Audience: ages 4 to 7 / Grades K to 2

Lost Girl Found

In war-torn Sudan, a girl must make heart-rending choices as she fights for survival and a chance at a future.

Resource Skills & Subjects: Critical Thinking in Literacy, Integrated Learning, Vocabulary Acquisition, Comprehension Strategies, Key Ideas & Details, Text Forms & Genres, Developing & Creating Texts

Topics: Black Voices, Emigration & Immigration

Audience: ages 13 and up / grades 8 and up