Status
Checked out
Due July 12, 2024
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Description
Three children from other countries (Somalia, Guatemala, and Korea) struggle to adjust to their new home and school in the United States.
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Collection
Publication
Charlesbridge (2018), Edition: Reprint, 32 pages
User reviews
LibraryThing member ivettja
The story about a little girl named Fatima who moves to a new country and she doensn't know the language and cannot understand, read or speak. Everything seems different she's alone, confused and sad. But she know how to play soccer which makes a change and she gets to join the school team and
Ages 3-6
Pierce College Library
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eventually learns to read, write and speak.Ages 3-6
Pierce College Library
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LibraryThing member reader1009
diverse picture book (preschool-1st/2nd grades; refugees and immigrants/moving/community)
* Prominently features diverse characters: focusing on a Mexican girl, a Korean boy, and a Muslim girl with dark skin, but their classmates are also ethnically diverse.
* Would work for a preschool storytime:
* works OK with the "community" theme.
* Prominently features diverse characters: focusing on a Mexican girl, a Korean boy, and a Muslim girl with dark skin, but their classmates are also ethnically diverse.
* Would work for a preschool storytime:
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large colorful pictures and short text. The content can be engaging if the kids can somehow relate (moving to a new school or having classmates who've recently come to the US). It might not resonate with ALL groups but if you have a diverse classroom it probably will.* works OK with the "community" theme.
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LibraryThing member jennybeast
Immigrant and refugee experience for younger kids, in a well done picture book format.
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
32 p.; 9.53 inches
ISBN
1580896138 / 9781580896139