EDUC F203 | Tracing Past, Present & Future: Literacy Journeys through the Study of Picture Books

When Areli was just a baby, her mama and papa moved from Mexico to New York with her brother, Alex, to make a better life for the family--and when she was in kindergarten, they sent for her, too. Everything in New York was different. But with time, America became her home. And she saw it as a land of opportunity, where millions of immigrants who came before her paved their own paths. She knew she would, too.

Danbi is thrilled to start her new school in America. Danbi wants to join in the dances and the games, but she doesn't know the rules and just can't get anything right. Luckily, she isn't one to give up. With a spark of imagination, she makes up a new game and leads her classmates on a parade to remember!

What happens when a new friend arrives who doesn't speak your language? Two girls forge a forever-friendship by learning each other's language.

Caldecott Honor-book artist and five-time Pura Belpre Award winner YUYI MORALES tells her own immigration story in this picture-book tribute to the transformative power of hope . . . and reading.

A look at the life of migrant workers through a child's eyes Emma Turner loves books and dreams of one day having the store-bought kind, but the Turners are migrant workers and money is tight.

Levine presents the stages of learning the language of a new country with empathy and humor.

With the help of her family and friends, and their memories--joyous, fantastical, heartbreaking, and frightening--Lola's imagination takes her on an extraordinary journey back to The Island.

For four generations the quilt is a Sabbath tablecloth, a wedding canopy, and a blanket that welcomes babies warmly into the world. Polacco tells the story of her own family, and the quilt that remains a symbol of their enduring love and faith.

Sun is ready to leave his village in China for America, the place known as Gum Saan, Gold Mountain. His father warns him, though, that passage will not be easy. Because of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, new immigrants like Sun are detained at Angel Island until they are called to take a difficult oral exam before they can "land" - leave Angel Island and go ashore.

This tender tale shows the human side of immigration and imprisonment-and shows how every child has the power to make a difference.

One night they came... The darkness grew colder, deeper, darker, and swallowed up everything... Marwan is a young boy on a journey he never intended to take, bound for a place he doesn't know.

When a little girl visits her great-grandfather at his curio-filled home, she chooses an unusual object to learn about: an old cigar box. What she finds inside surprises her: a collection of matchboxes making up her great-grandfather's diary, harboring objects she can hold in her hand, each one evoking a memory.

Each spring Anna leaves her home in Mexico and travels north with her family where they will work on farms.

Sangoel is a refugee. Leaving behind his homeland of Sudan, where his father died in the war, he has little to call his own other than his name, a Dinka name handed down proudly from his father and grandfather before him.

Cartwheel moves to a new country with her auntie, and everything is strange: the animals, the plants--even the wind. An old blanket gives Cartwheel comfort when she's sad--and a new blanket just might change her world.

Farah feels alone, even when surrounded by her classmates. Then, on a field trip to an apple orchard, Farah discovers there are lots of things that sound the same as they did at home. As she helps the class make apple cider, Farah connects with the other students and begins to feel that she belongs.

When Isabel and her family move to the United States, Isabel misses all the things she left behind in Mexico, especially her aunt Lupita and hearing people speak Spanish.

A young girl in modern times comes from India to live in America with her extended family.

In this moving and timely story, a young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the US border.

Based on the author's father's own story. Joe came to America from Africa. He worked hard in school, made friends, and embraced his new home. Like so many immigrants, Joe succeeded when many thought he would fail.

From the native Americans who first called this continent their home, to the millions of people who came in search of better futures, America is a land of diversity. Whether driven by dreams and hope, or escaping poverty or persecution, our ancestors--and the faces of America today--represent people from every reach of the globe.