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

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...

Mr. Benjamin is a philosopher with extraordinary ideas. But when his country begins punishing people for being different, he must escape. Over hills and valleys he trudges with a heavy suitcase. What could he be carrying?

A compelling story, beautifully illustrated by Pei-Yu Chang, about the importance of personal freedom and the distances we go to protect them--based on a true story of Walter Benjamin.

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...