In Episode 18 we focus on welcoming new Americans. Saadia will share her book recommendations and then Ann will share her conversation with Kirsten Cappy, the heart and brains behind the I’m Your Neighbor project as well as Curious City, which offers free kidlit programming for educators.
Saadia’s Recommendations
STEPPING STONES: A REFUGEE FAMILY’S STORY written by Margiret Ruurs and Falah Raheem, illustrated by Nizar Ali Badr
NOWHERE BOY by Katherine Marsh
WE CAME TO AMERICA by Faith Ringgold
ALL THE WAY TO AMERICA: THE STORY OF A BIG ITALIAN FAMILY AND A LITTLE SHOVEL written and illustrated by Dan Yaccarino
MY TWO BLANKETS written by Irena Kobald and illustrated by Freya Blackwood
IT AIN’T SO AWFUL FALAFEL by Firoozeh Dumas
LUCKY BROKEN GIRL by Ruth Behar
INSIDE OUT AND BACK AGAIN by Thanhha Lai
Kirsten Cappy’s Recommendations
MY FRIEND JAMAL by Anna McQuinn, illustrated by Gareth Williams and Ben Frey
NOWHERE BOY by Katherine Marsh
I’M NEW HERE and SOMEONE NEW by Anne Sibley O’Brien
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Resources for Welcoming New Americans
I’m Your Neighbor Project: https://www.imyourneighborbooks.org/
The Welcoming Library is a pop-up community conversation on immigration. That conversation is driven by a collection of acclaimed picture books featuring New Arrival and New American families.Read more.
