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MCFL Kids: Conscious Kids Kit: Immigration

Parents and caregivers can use this kit to have conversations with children about immigration and refugees.

12 items

  • Conscious Kids : Immigration Set

    Luli and the Language of Tea : The Notebook Keeper : Until Someone Listens : Wishes : Home Is Between : Lubna and Pebble : Dreamers : Dos Conejos Blancos

    KitConscious Kids Immigration
  • Until Someone Listens

    a Story About Borders, Family, and One Girl's Mission

    Juarez, Estela,
    Gr. 1-3, When Estela Juarez's mom is deported to Mexico, Estela knows she has to speak up for her family. Told in Estela's own words, Until Someone Listens is a true story about a young girl finding her voice and using it to make change.
    BookNew York : Roaring Brook Press, [2022] — J 320.07 Juarez
  • Gr. 1-3, In the timely yet timeless picture book Home Is in Between, critically acclaimed author Mitali Perkins and illustrator Lavanya Naidu describe the experience of navigating multiple cultures and embracing the complex but beautiful…
    BookNew York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2021 — E Perkins
  • Gr. K-3, Wishes tells the powerful, honest story about one Vietnamese family's search for a new home on the other side of the world, and the long-lasting and powerful impact that makes on one of the youngest members of the family.
    BookNew York : Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2021 — E Van
  • The Notebook Keeper

    a Story of Kindness From the Border

    Briseno, Stephen,
    Gr. 1-3, Based on true events, this inspiring story follows a mama and her daughter who are denied entry at the U.S. border, and must find the refugee in charge of “the notebook,” an unofficial ledger of those waiting to cross into the U.S.
    BookNew York : Random House Studio, [2022] — E Briseno
  • Gr. K-3, An evocative tribute to the refugee crisis and the power of friendship finds a little girl enduring hardships in a World of Tents by sharing stories and confidences with her best friend, a pebble, before realizing that a lost…
    BookNew York, NY, Dial Books for Young Readers, [2019] — E Meddour
  • Gr. K-3, Though they may speak different languages, kids from all over the world come together to enjoy the shared pastime of tea in this delicious book for young readers.
    BookNew York : Holiday House, [2022] — E Wang
  • Gr. 1-3, An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story.
    BookNew York : Neal Porter Books/Holiday House, 2018 — J Bio MORALES
  • Gr. 1-3, En esta conmovedora y oportuna historia, una niña describe cómo es ser emigrante mientras ella y su padre viajan hacia la frontera con Estados Unidos abordo del tren conocido como La Bestia.
    BookToronto ; Berkeley : Groundwood Books : House of Anansi Press, 2015 — E Spanish Buitrago