Reading List: Picture Books about the Immigrant Experience

One really important topic that affects so many of our community is the immigrant experience. There are so many different stories about how and why people immigrate, where they come from, and how they experience their new home. Hopefully these books represent a wide range of those stories and experiences.

Books about the Immigrant Experience:

Andros, Camille - The Dress and the Girl

Arias, Patricia de - Marwan's Journey

Bates, Amy June - The Big Umbrella

Borden, Louise - The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey

Buitrago, Jairo - Two White Rabbits

Bunting, Eve - One Green Apple

Curtis, Jamie Lee - This is Me: A Story of Who We Are & Where We Came From

Danticat, Edwidge - Mama's Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation

Díaz, Junot - Islandborn

Fleischman, Paul - The Matchbox Diary

Fox, Mem - I'm An Immigrant Too!

Gay, Marie-Louise - Mustafa

Hest, Amy - When Jessie Came Across the Sea

Kheiriyeh, Rashin - Saffron Ice Cream

Kim, Patti - Here I Am

Kurtz, Jane - In the Small, Small Night

Meddour, Wendy - Lubna and Pebble

Munsch, Robert N. - From Far Away

Newman, Lesléa - Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story

Nuño, Fran - The Map of Good Memories

O'Brien, Anne Sibley - I'm New Here

O'Brien, Anne Sibley - Someone New

Polacco, Patricia - Fiona's Lace

Polacco, Patricia - The Keeping Quilt

Ringgold, Faith - We Came to America

Sanna, Francesca - Me and My Fear

Stewart, Sarah - The Quiet Place

Watts, Jeri Hanel - A Piece of Home

Woodson, Jacqueline - The Day You Begin

Young, Rebecca - Teacup

Yum, Hyewon - This is Our House