My name is not refugee
Written and illustrated by: Kate Milner. A young boy discusses the journey he is about to make with his mother. They will leave their town, she explains, and it will…
Counting Kindness (Ten Ways to Welcome Refugee Children)
…what a refugee family may go though and how to be welcoming. Book submitted by Stefanie of Library for the Kind. There are related activities available on the author’s website….
The Boy And The Wall
Written by: Amahl Bishara. Illustrated by: Youth from the Lajee Center, Aida Refugee Camp. The writers and illustrators of this English/Arabic bilingual picture book are Palestinian refugee children in the…
The Library Bus
…in villages and refugee camps. It is explained that because of their displacement, these children don’t have access to school. Although this book doesn’t go into detail about why these…
Wisp: A Story of Hope
Written by Zana Fraillon. Illustrated by: Grahame Baker-Smith. Idris is a child refugee, born into a world of tents & fences. He has known no other life than this. He…
The Most Beautiful Thing
…Kao Kalia Yang’s childhood experiences as a Hmong refugee, this moving picture book portrays a family with a great deal of love and little money. Weaving together Kalia’s story with…
These Olive Trees: A Palestinian Family’s Story
…as she says goodbye. It’s 1967 in Nablus, Palestine. Oraib loves the olive trees that grow outside the refugee camp where she lives. Each harvest, she and her mama pick…
Baba, What Does My Name Mean?: A Journey to Palestine
Written by: Rifk Ebeid. Illustrated by: Lamaa Jawhari. When Saamidah, a young Palestinian refugee, is asked by her friends what her name means, she isn’t quite sure what to say….
You Are The Color
…an evocative story about the Palestinian refugee experience during al-Nakba, or “The Catastrophe,” of 1948. Follow Thaer as he discovers the power of art to transform grief into hope, and…
My Two Border Towns
Written by: David Bowles. Illustrated by: Erika Meza. This a very sweet story about a father and his son driving across the Texas border to help refugees in a border…