Refugees and Migrants (Children in Our World) - Hardcover

Roberts, Ceri

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1438050208 ISBN 13: 9781438050201

Publisher: Sourcebooks Trade, 2017

Synopsis

With our 24/7 news cycle and constant access to the latest headlines, the world can be a scary place. Now imagine you're a child trying to make sense of it all! What does this news mean? How does it affect me? That's where Children in Our World can help. This beautifully illustrated non-fiction series takes a timely look at today's biggest issues and sensitively explains the crises that dominate the news in an appropriate way for young children. Each book uses relatable comparisons, carefully researched text, and striking illustrations to help kids understand the many difficulties that children just like them face in the world today. Refugees and Migrants discusses the questions "What does it mean to be a refugee—or a migrant? Why would people leave their homes?" It answers kids' questions, offers reassurance, and empowers them with ways they can help those affected. Where issues are not appropriate to describe in words, award-winning illustrator Hanane Kai uses a deft hand to create powerful illustrations that help children visualize the people impacted by poverty, hunger, war, racism, and more. All of the images are sensitively rendered and perfectly suited for younger children. These books are an excellent cross-curricular resource—use them to explore these important issues and tie them into discussions about food, wealth, compassion, empathy, and current affairs. (Ages 6—10)

About this title

About the Author

About The Author:
Ceri Roberts is a magazine journalism lecturer, editor and freelance writer who specialises in features, reports and opinion pieces, writing for a range of publications including Grazia, Cosmopolitan and The Times Weekend.

About The Illustrator:
Hanane Kai is an award-winning illustrator based in Lebanon. She expresses herself through the visuals she creates, and hopes with every illustration to touch her audience, leaving them with a certain feeling or message. In 2016, Tongue Twisters, a work she illustrated, won the prestigious Bologna Ragazzi New Horizons award, which celebrates publishing excellence of children's publishing in developing markets.

Review

"Using relatable language and explanations, this volume sensitively explores the plight of refugees and migrants. The coverage includes why and how people leave their home countries, refugee camps, asylum seekers, and the complicated process of determining where a refugee will ultimately live; suggestions for how to help are also provided. Kais muted, reassuring illustrations enhance the lucid prose."
The Horn Book

"The concept for this book is a good one."
Catholic Library World

"A powerful opportunity for discussion with youngsters and a worthwhile purchase for home and school collections."
School Library Journal

"How do you raise empathetic children? I believe that you raise empathetic children by inviting many kinds of people into your home, practicing grace and empathy in your daily life, and by helping children understand that there are many kinds of people and that because we are very fortunate, we must help those who are not so fortunate. I was particularly interested in the book Refugees and Migrants, because of my activities with Justice for our Neighbor, which is a ministry of the United Methodist Church. Additionally, my grandchildren have refugee children in their classrooms, so they wonder about them and don't understand why they don't speak English and need special help in their classrooms. I found this book to be very helpful in explaining difficult experiences to children. The text is easy to read with a topic on each page. The last two pages of text in the book allows children to "talk about it" and How Can You Help? These are important additions to a fact-based book because children are naturally empathetic and want to help. I also appreciated that there is a table of contents, a glossary, and an index in each book. A valuable addition to any elementary classroom and social studies curriculum."
Miriam Downey, The Cyberlibrarian, http://mimi-cyberlibrarian.blogspot.com

"Empower your kids (and yourself) with the knowledge and understanding of what it means to be a refugee or a migrant with this new release from Barrons Children in Our World series. It answers big questions, offers reassurances and lets kids know what they can do to help."
Red Tricycle, redtri.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Sourcebooks Trade
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1438050208
• ISBN 13: 9781438050201
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Kai Hanane