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Crossing the borderSmall, Cathleen
Summary: What do Yoko Ono, Psy, and Pel have in common? They are all considered immigrants of extraordinary ability. What does this distinction mean, and how can someone earn it? Readers discover the answers to these and many more questions as they explore the lives of some of the most famous immigrants of extraordinary ability. The engaging, informative text provides readers with a closer look at this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lucent Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.9 SMAMcCarthy, Cory
Summary: A lyrical biography of the world's third bestselling poet of all time reveals a child immigrant from Lebanon, with a secret hope, who used poetry to bring people together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB GIBRAN MCCMills, Deborah
Summary: Alfredo y su papá deben cruzar la frontera en un viaje difícil de México a los Estados Unidos. ¿Encontrarán el nuevo hogar que están buscando en el otro lado? Basándose en hechos reales, esta historia cobra vida gracias a la ilustradora Mexicana Claudia Navarro, y está repleta de notas al final del texto para iniciar conversaciones sobre inmigración.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J SPANISH 325 MILHerrera, Juan Felipe
Summary: "When Juan Felipe Herrera was very young, he picked flowers, helped his mama feed the chickens, slept under the starry sky, and learned to say goodbye to his amiguitos each time his migrant family moved on. When he grew up, Juan Felipe Herrera became a poet. His breathtaking poem "Imagine" and Lauren Castillo's evocative illustrations will speak to every reader and dreamer searching for this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library Ideas, LLC] 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG HERMorales, Yuyi
Summary: "An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Neal Porter Books, Holiday House 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MORCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MORMarwan, Zahra
Summary: "An evocative picture book that tells the true story of the author's immigration from Kuwait to the United States"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MARYang, Kao Kalia
Summary: "In this moving true story, Kao Kalia Yang shares her experiences as a Hmong refugee child navigating life at home and school in America while carrying the weight of her selective mutism"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2024
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Summary: "This Spanish edition of Caldecott Honoree Yuyi Morales's Dreamers, published simultaneously with the English edition, is the author's own immigration story and a tribute to the transformative power of hope. and reading. In 1994, 25-year-old Yuyi Moralestraveled from her home in Xalapa, Mexico, to the San Francisco Bay Area with her two-month-old son, Kelly, in order to secure permanent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Neal Porter Books, Holiday House 2018
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH MORSummary: In their own words, coupled with hand-painted collage illustrations, immigrants recall their arrival in the United States. Includes brief biographies and facts about the Ellis Island Oral History Project.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 325.73 IHerrera, Juan Felipe
Summary: "When Juan Felipe Herrera was very young, he picked flowers, helped his mama feed the chickens, slept under the starry sky, and learned to say goodbye to his amiguitos each time his migrant family moved on. When he grew up, Juan Felipe Herrera became a poet. His breathtaking poem "Imagine" and Lauren Castillo's evocative illustrations will speak to every reader and dreamer searching for this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH HERHerrera, Juan Felipe
Summary: "When Juan Felipe Herrera was very young, he picked flowers, helped his mama feed the chickens, slept under the starry sky, and learned to say goodbye to his amiguitos each time his migrant family moved on. When he grew up, Juan Felipe Herrera became a poet." -- Jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2018