People often migrate to other places as a direct result of political turmoil. Some picture books like Good-bye, Havana! Hola New York! (Simon and Schuster, 2011) recall such moments. This book is set in 1960 when Cubans were responding to Castro's dictatorship. Edie Colon uses … [Read more...]
Multicultural Book- From El Salvador to the US
René Colato Laínez uses his personal immigration story to create an authentic multicultural picture book that focuses on the migration of El Salvadorans to the US. My Shoes and I (Boyd Mills Press, 2010) is told from the perspective of a young boy who is traveling with his dad … [Read more...]
Ghost Hands- Multicultural Picture Book Set in Patagonia
Award winning author, T.A. Barron teamed up with illustrator, William Low, to create an intriguing picture book that occurs in South America's Patagonia region. The unexplainable occurrence of 890 painted hands and one left foot on the walls of a sheltered cave is the starting … [Read more...]
The House Baba Built- A Chinese Memoir in Picture Book Format
Caldecott medalist, Ed Young uses both his memories and his artistic talent to create The House Baba Built. This memoir, written in picture book format, focuses on Ed's childhood home in Shanghai during the 1930s and 1940s. The effects of the Depression and World War II are seen … [Read more...]
Goyangi Means Cat- Multicultural Picture Book Focusing on Korea and International Adoption
Immigrants to a new country face multiple challenges. The picture book, Goyangi Means Cat (written by Christine McDonnell and illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher, Penguin Group, 2011), takes this theme one step further by telling a story in the third person about a … [Read more...]
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