Emigration & Immigration

The hilarious adventures of everyone's favourite bear, Paddington, now a major movie star! Paddington doesn't intentionally turn his friend's wedding into an uproar by getting the wedding ring stuck on his paw. Nor does he mean Mr Curry to...

A powerful and timely story, exploring the journey of two young refugee children in search of safety. Perfect for opening up conversations about conflict and war, encouraging empathy and understanding. A young boy and his older sister have left home to...

The hilarious adventures of everyone's favourite bear, Paddington, now a major movie star! "My legs are a bit short for the pole vault!" repeated Paddington hotly. "But they've always been that way." Somehow Paddington always...

When Jun moves from Hong Kong to America, the only words she knows are hello, thank you, I don't know, and toilet. Her new school feels foreign and terrifying. But when she opens her lunchbox to find her favourite meals - like bao, dumplings, and bok...

A 2019 NEWBERY HONOR BOOK "A gripping, nuanced story of the human cost of conflict appropriate for both children and adults." -Kirkus, starred review In the vein of Inside Out and Back Again and The War That Saved My Life comes a poignant,...

This is the story of a little boy called Alem who goes on an adventure. It's his birthday, but who knows where he can go to celebrate it?Maybe the bear, the fox, the treefrog or the bulldog know? But don't ask the dragon . . . or he will EAT you!About...

Adnan is the heartwarming story of a refugee boy’s attempts to heal his mother’s mental health issues with the power of his creativity as they rebuild their lives in their new home. Sometimes, when something sad happens, people can push it so far down...

A deeply moving, vitally important picture book encouraging empathy and kindness.Somewhere in this world, there is someone just like you, who finds the same things funny and who laughs the way you do. Have you ever stopped to think that there might be...

"Beautiful and heartwarming, gentle yet powerful, truly a book to treasure." Sophie Anderson, author of The House with Chicken LegsEverything so far, if Peijing had to sum it up, was a string of small awkward experiences that she hoped would end soon.The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771473637Author Thao LamFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Owlkids Books Inc.Publisher Owlkids Books Inc.

Zahra hugs her cherished teddy bear and prays that Ramadan will bring her a longed-for sister. When her bear subsequently goes missing, Zahra finds herself grappling with intense feelings of loss. Over the next few weeks, as she volunteers with her...

Fatima Khazi is excited for the weekend. Her family is headed to a local state park for their first camping trip! The school week might not have gone as planned, but outdoors, Fatima can achieve anything. She sets up a tent with her father, builds a fire...

The hilarious adventures of everyone's favourite bear, Paddington, now a major movie star! Paddington's fondness for marmalade earns him an invitation to an "important ceremony". It also leads him into a lot of very sticky trouble, but as...

An enchanting and magical story of kindness, from the highly regarded creator of Blue Kangaroo. When Bella opens her front door and finds an other-wordly, little stranger on the doorstep, her life changes forever! Cold, hungry and lost, the...

The hilarious adventures of everyone's favourite bear, Paddington, now a major movie star! 'I'm not a foreigner,' exclaimed Paddington hotly. 'I'm from Darkest Peru.' Paddington has always felt at home with the Brown family. Then...

'Truly unforgettable ... deserves to be read and studied by all' - Onjali Q. Rauf, bestselling author of The Boy at the Back of the ClassSecrets from the past are the keys to the future...if two children can find them. Bold adventure, timely themes and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780823446148Author Andrea WangFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Neal Porter BooksPublisher Holiday House IncWeight(grams) 352gDimensions(mm) 249mm * 251mm...

Friendship forms in the midst of war between a young German boy and a Russian bomber-dog, in this poignant and gripping historical adventure. East Prussia, Germany, 1945. War is raging across Europe, and as Russian soldiers close in across...

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level Omar and Sasha wander through war-torn streets with their dog Valentine, searching for an address at the Rue Bel Tesoro. On their journey they meet a variety of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Cybils 2018.Book InformationISBN 9781536215939Author Nicola DaviesFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Candlewick Press,U.S.Publisher Candlewick Press,U.S...

From Angela Pham Krans (Finding Papa) and Dung Ho (New York Times bestselling illustrator of Eyes That Kiss in the Corners) comes a poignant picture book that tenderly portrays the intergenerational bond between a boy named Felix and his grandma that's...

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are...

The internationally bestselling love story from Nicola Yoon, author of Everything, Everything - coming as a major film starring Yara Shahidi in 2019. The internationally bestselling love story from Nicola Yoon, author of Everything, Everything. Now a...

A stirring story of African diaspora, resourcefulness, and intergenerational love by National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and renowned poet Aracelis Girmay, and acclaimed illustrator Diana Ejaita. One day, young Kamau and his grandmother ZuZu wake...

Come with a family as they travel out of danger to a safe place and meet all kinds of people who show them kindness along the way. This unique and beautiful counting book is full of empathy and hope for all children, everywhere.About the AuthorHollis...

Newbery Honor Book! A heartbreakingly hopeful novel in verse about an Indian American girl whose life is turned upside down when her mother is diagnosed with leukemia. * Walter Award Winner * New England Book Award Winner * An NCTE Notable Verse Novel *...

Rudi is nine. His own country is no longer safe for Jewish children and he is being sent from Germany to England on the Kindertransport train. But he can't take his beloved little dog, Hanno. By a lucky chance Hanno is smuggled into England and helps...

Winner of the national book award for children's literature in the Netherlands - a sweet and tender story of a girl refugee finding a new home! Roya, her three brothers, and their parents have a new family member - Mishka, a bunny rabbit. He soon becomes...

Love, death, hope ... the island will change their lives forever. From the bestselling David Almond, author of SKELLIG, and now with fantastic illustrations by the award-winning David Litchfield. Louise has travelled with her father to the island every...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623717216Author Tulin KozikogluFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Crocodile Books USAPublisher Interlink Publishing Group, Inc

The hilarious adventures of everyone's favourite bear, Paddington, now a major movie star! "Goodness gracious!" cried Mrs Bird. "What on earth's that bear doing now?" Nothing is ever straightforward where Paddington is concerned...

From a Hans Christian Andersen award-winning illustrator comes a moving and imaginative story of four polar bears searching for a new home.One evening, Papa Bear announces, "we are moving tomorrow." His family can longer live in their Arctic home: there...

Kanzi's family has moved from Egypt to America, and on her first day in a new school, what she wants more than anything is to fit in. Maybe that's why she forgets to take the kofta sandwich her mother has made for her lunch, but that backfires when Mama...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541521650Author Ann MalaspinaFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Lerner Publishing GroupPublisher Lerner Publishing Group

An extraordinary story about living on your own as an undocumented immigrant. Ten-year-old Feng Li Lin is so excited for her family's first trip to the United States! But after an action-packed two weeks, she and...

One April night, people living near Chernobyl see a bright light in the sky...Everyone is told to move out of the forbidden zone around the destroyed nuclear reactor, but two stubborn old ladies, Anna and Klara, refuse to leave. Nine years later, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781728439020Author Sarah SassoonFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Kar-Ben PublishingPublisher Lerner Publishing Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780689844478Author Patricia PolaccoFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm) 205mm *...

Praised by the Horn Book as "both quiet and exhilarating," this novel by the acclaimed poet and National Book Award Finalist Naomi Shihab Nye follows Aref Al-Amri as he says goodbye to everything and everyone he loves in his hometown of Muscat, Oman, as...

This #ownvoices novel by bestselling author Nadia Hashimi tells the affecting story of an Afghan-American boy who believes his mother has been deported. For fans of Inside Out and Back Again and Counting by 7s. Jason has just learned that his Afghan...