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Four starred reviews and over ten best-of-year lists!
"Many readers will recognize themselves or their neighbors in these pages." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Mia Tang has a lot of secrets…
It Began With a Page
An elegant picture book biography of groundbreaking Japanese American picture book illustrator Gyo Fujikawa, one of the first in the field to show a diverse set of children together on a page, from the creators of Julia, Child and Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli.
Mañanaland
Maximiliano Córdoba loves stories, especially the legend Buelo tells him about a mythical gatekeeper who can guide brave travelers on a journey into tomorrow.
Maribel’s Year
A celebration of the special connection between father and daughter that knows no bounds, this evocative, lyrical picture book from author Michelle Sterling and artist Sarah Gonzales recounts the year a little girl and her mother spend in America while waiting for her father to join them from the Philippines.
Santiago’s Road Home
A young boy gets detained by ICE while crossing the border from Mexico to the United States in this timely and unflinching novel by award-winning author Alexandra Diaz.
Something Happened to my Dad: A Story About Immigration and Family Separation
In this realistic and empowering tale, Carmen learns that through community and love, she can find strength in herself and maintain her connection with her Papi, who has been detained because of his immigration status.
The Turtle of Oman
Praised by the Horn Book in a starred review as “both quiet and exhilarating” and by the BCCB as “deeply moving,” this novel by the acclaimed poet and National Book Award Finalist Naomi Shihab Nye follows Aref Al-Amri as he says good-bye to everything and everyone he loves in his hometown of Muscat, Oman, while his family prepares to move to Ann Arbor, Michigan. With extra material by the author.
With Lots of Love
A beautiful, lyrical story about a girl who moves from her home in Central America to the United States, and everything she leaves behind and longs for—especially her Abuela—as she makes a new life.
Words Between Us
From Angela Pham Krans (Finding Papa) and Dung Ho (New York Times bestselling illustrator of Eyes That Kiss in the Corners) comes a poignant picture book that tenderly portrays the intergenerational bond between a boy named Felix and his grandma. The relationship is cemented over food—and flash cards—when Grandma comes from Vietnam to live with Felix’s family. Perfect for fans of Drawn Together.