Refugee Awareness Month 2024-Children's Book Picks

Young Mai and her mother embark on a long, perilous journey from Vietnam to America to find Papa, who left ahead of them to start a better life for their family.

"A picture book inspired by the author's family's journey on the last flight out of Saigon, I Am Both is a compelling exploration of identity, immigration, and family. We zip through the city listening to the music of the street. I hear the swish swoosh of the baskets and the clink clanks of the passing bikes. For Huong, life in Saigon, Vietnam, is mostly normal—at least, as normal as it can be while a war is going on. But when her family decides...

A day in the life of an Afghan refugee child and their family, where every moment revolves around love, family, and the carpet that connects them to home.

"Each year, more than 400 minors arrive alone in Canada requesting refugee status. They arrive without their parents, accompanied by no adult at all. Alone relates the journey of three of them: Afshin, Alain and Patricia. Their story opens a window onto the many heartbreaks, difficult sacrifices and countless hardships that punctuate their obstacle-filled path. But Alone most especially tells of the courage and resilience that these young people demonstrated...

"Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother in this intimate and touching portrayal of family and daily life in a refugee camp"-- Esta increíble novela gráfica está basada en la experiencia de Omar y su hermano Hassán en el campo de refugiados de la ONU en Dadaab, Kenia, donde...

In 1960, twelve-year-old Victoria's family leaves Cuba and seeks refuge in Miami, and when Victoria's best friend and cousin Jackie makes the trip alone, the reunited girls attempt to bring the rest of their family to safety. En 1960, la familia de Victoria, de doce años, abandona Cuba y busca refugio en Miami, y cuando la mejor amiga y prima de Victoria, Jackie, hace el viaje sola, las niñas reunidas intentan poner a salvo al resto de su familia....