Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Social Themes - Emigration & Immigration

Bedtime reading for little trouble-makers When Manny is told the children can't pick any mangoes from the tree in the apt. building courtyard, he feels it's not fair, the children tended the tree all year. The undocumented parents are afraid to act, so the children go on strike, scaring the grownups and raising one big hullabaloo.
"I liked that the kids didn't take no for an answer and they organized this protest all by them-selves...I thought it was great to read a story where children are the main actors and are learning to be troublemakers." Labor...

From award-winning author, Thal Dixon, comes a creative story about immigration and integration set in a community of shapes. It communicates that the different talents and abilities of the many shapes make a better place to live.

From award-winning author, Thal Dixon, comes a creative story about immigration and integration set in a community of shapes. It communicates that the different talents and abilities of the many shapes make a better place to live.

After living under dictatorship and through WWII in Italy, Peppino arrives in America in 1948 expecting to find streets "paved with gold." Instead he finds himself a foreigner, a Dago, living above a grocery shop with his parents and his Uncle Carlo, who sneaked in illegally through New York. He isn't prepared for the slush and bone chilling cold of a Chicago winter. When his old friend Dominic shows up, the temptation for the boys to connect with the "Outfit" who control the streets around Grand Avenue is fierce. They'd have money, a group to belong to, and life would be easy. Or would...

After living under dictatorship and through WWII in Italy, Peppino arrives in America in 1948 expecting to find streets "paved with gold." Instead he finds himself a foreigner, a Dago, living above a grocery shop with his parents and his Uncle Carlo, who sneaked in illegally through New York. He isn't prepared for the slush and bone chilling cold of a Chicago winter. When his old friend Dominic shows up, the temptation for the boys to connect with the "Outfit" who control the streets around Grand Avenue is fierce. They'd have money, a group to belong to, and life would be easy. Or would...

A mother owl and her three little owlets live happily on their branch. That is, until the bat family moves in. The newfound neighbors (owls up top, bats hanging below) can't help but feel a little wary of one another. But babies are curious little creatures, and that curiosity, along with a wild, stormy night, might just bring these two families together. With subtly and hilariously shifting facial expressions and gestures, Marie-Louise...

Inviting Harmony is an ideal companion to Australia's Harmony Day celebrations. The book is suitable for ages 4-8, as a positive introduction to the values of Harmony Day (such as belonging, diversity, and multiculturalism) which can be quite complex. The hope is instilling these values at a young age, leading to a strong sense of community and inclusion as they become the leaders of the future.

The book tells a simple story, featuring a mix of cultures that represent a modern Australian community who are invited to an Aussie BBQ. Humour is in Australian slang, and...