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Citizenship, Immigration, and Place of Origin
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Citizenship, Immigration, and Place of Origin

Created by Top Grade on January 7, 2016
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tagged: DIV-0318, refugees and newcomers, diversity and inclusion
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Our New Home

Our New Home

Immigrant Children Speak
by Emily Hearn, edited by Marywinn Milne
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : new experience

From the diverse cultures of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Guyana, Somalia, and others, immigrant children write of the fear, the excitement and challenge of moving to another world and forging a new sense of self in a new land.

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Child of Dandelions

Child of Dandelions

by Shenaaz G. Nanji
edition:Paperback
tagged : africa, prejudice & racism

It is 1972, and fifteen-year-old Sabine enjoys a comfortable life as the daughter of Indian parents living in Uganda. But her world is turned upside down when President General Idi Amin declares Indians must be “weeded out” of Uganda in ninety days.

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Viva Zapata

Viva Zapata

by Emilie Smith & Margarita Kenefic Tejada, illustrated by Stefan Czernecki
edition:Hardcover
tagged : mexico

This humorous story is about a fictional incident in the childhood of the Mexican revolutionary hero, Emiliano Zapata. After Emiliano's pony is stolen, he manages to track down the bandits and recover his horse.

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Bamboo

Bamboo

by Paul Yee, illustrated by Shaoli Wang
edition:Hardcover
tagged :

In a Chinese village, Bamboo, a simple farmer, falls in love with a peasant girl, Ming, and soon they are married. To celebrate the wedding, the newlyweds plant a grove of bamboo. When Bamboo goes to the New World to seek his fortune, his new wife is left behind to till the fields. Ming soon discovers that the bamboo she brought as a gift to her new husband is magic.

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Dear Baobab

Dear Baobab

by Cheryl Foggo, illustrated by Qin Leng
edition:Hardcover
also available: eBook
tagged : emigration & immigration, africa

Maiko has left his village in Africa far behind, moving to live with his aunt and uncle in North America. When he thinks of home he thinks of the large Baobab at the center of his old village. To ease his loneliness, Maiko adopts the little spruce tree in the front yard of his new home. When he learns that the spruce is in danger of being cut down, Maiko knows he can’t let that happen. He knows all too well what it’s like to be small, and feel planted in the wrong place.

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