Pepita finds out / Lo que Pepita descubre
Pepita finds out / Lo que Pepita descubre
Pepita is afraid that her report about her family members may not be interesting, but she ultimately realizes that all of them play an important role in her life.
Books that feature a character who has moved from their place of usual residence to live temporarily or permanently in another place for various reasons (employment, better living conditions, fleeing conflict or violence). These include stories about refugees and asylum seekers.
Pepita is afraid that her report about her family members may not be interesting, but she ultimately realizes that all of them play an important role in her life.
Seven-year-old Lena and her mother observe the variations in the color of their friends' skin, viewed in terms of foods and things found in nature
When her father is lost at sea during a typhoon and her family no longer has enough to eat, Yenyee travels to Vancouver as a servant, across the ocean which she feels betrayed her
Gregory experiences a new way of life when he moves to Japan with his American mother and his Japanese father.
When Carlitos's mother and the other cleaners go on strike for higher wages, Carlitos cannot think of a way to support his mother until he sees her on television making a speech, and then he gets his class to help him make a sign to show his pride.
"James Rumford, himself a world traveler, has retold Ibn Battuta's story in words and pictures, adding the element of ancient Arab maps-maps as colorful and evocative as a Persian miniature, as intricate and mysterious as a tiled Moroccan wall. Into this arabesque of pictures and maps is woven the story not just of a traveler in a world long gone but of a man on his journey through life." -- publisher
"When Ahmed moves to Nova Scotia from his native Kuwait, he wants a pet. Instead he gets to help save an endangered bird, the piping plover. When Ahmed moves to Nova Scotia from his native Kuwait, he wants a pet. Instead he gets to help save an endangered bird, the piping plover." -- publisher
"Gita has made friends in her adopted home, but is now faced with the possibility of returning to India where most of her relatives still live. A Gift for Gita is a touching story about the importance of friendship and stability and the meaning of "home." This is the final book in the critically acclaimed series." -- publisher
A young girl describes a visit to see her grandmother in a Palestinian village on the West Bank
The story cloth made for her by her aunt and uncle chronicles the life of the author and her family in their native Laos and their eventual emigration to the United States