Emigration & Immigration

A picture book story about the triumph of hope, love, and determination, Coming to England is the inspiring true story of Baroness Floella Benjamin: from Trinidad, to London as part of the Windrush generation, to the House of Lords.When she was ten years...

This beautiful hardback gift book is a stunning visual journey through Black British history for younger readers by award-winning historian and broadcaster David Olusoga and illustrated by Jake Alexander and Melleny Taylor. The essential starting place...

The 25th anniversary edition of Baroness Floella Benjamin's classic memoir, Coming to England. With a foreword by the author and some additional historical information, this is the incredible story of Floella's journey from Trinidad to London, as part of...

A personal, powerful and resonant account of the Holocaust by one of this country's best-loved children's authors.By turns charming, shocking and heart-breaking, this is the true story of Michael Rosen's search for his relatives who "went missing" during...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857070675Author Emma DamonFormat HardbackPage Count 20Imprint Tango BooksPublisher Tango BooksWeight(grams) 346g

CLING. Don't let go. Hold tight. Never give up. FLY. Rev up. Lift off. Soar. PEDAL. Set off. Cycle. Pedal for your life. Throughout history, ordinary people have been forced to leave their families and homes because of war, famine, slavery,...

A heart-wrenching true story about life in a Kenyan refugee camp that will restore your faith in real-life happy endings.Omar and his brother Hassan, two Somali boys, have spent a long time in the Dadaab refugee camp. Separated from their mother, they...

"What you leave behind / Won't leave your mind. / But home is where you find it. / Home is where you find it."Former Children's Laureates Michael Rosen and Sir Quentin Blake join forces for a landmark new collection, focusing on migration and...

A 2021 NATIONAL PARENTING PRODUCT AWARDS WINNER! The latest installment in the New York Times bestselling Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series, featuring 100 immigrant women who have shaped, and will continue to shape, our world. Good Night Stories...

Anya lives in a paper village, among delicate paper trees and paper houses, where the people are paper-light. Every year the villagers of Paperlee put stones in their pockets to avoid being blown away by the late summer winds. The windy season has long...

A story about the triumph of hope, love, and determination, Coming to England is the inspiring true story of Baroness Floella Benjamin: from Trinidad, to London as part of the Windrush generation, to the House of Lords. Follow ten-year-old Floella as she...

What does it mean for people to have to leave their homes, and what happens when they seek entry to another country? This book explores the history of refugees and migration around the world and the effects on people of never-ending war and conflict. It...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782959129100Author Melissa GarinFormat PaperbackPage Count 34Imprint Melissa GarinPublisher Melissa GarinWeight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 216mm * 2mm

Through collaborative story telling, a child and his grandfather explore a traumatic experience they have shared.'Grandpa, tell me the story again of when we went to sea. That's a BIG story, One-Button.How does it begin? It begins with the uprooting . . ...

Syrian immigrant Khadra Shamy is growing up in a devout, tightly knit Muslim family in 1970s Indiana, at the crossroads of bad polyester and Islamic dress codes. Along with her brother Eyad and her African-American friends, Hakim and Hanifa, she bikes...

In a sparkling debut authored by a sixteen-year-old daughter of immigrants, this ode to the power of multilingualism gives voice to the lasting benefits of speaking with more than one tongue.Sumi's mother can speak two languages, Malayalam and English...

An All-Ukrainian Best Book and winner of Goethe-Institut Best Book Design, this picture book is a powerful and uplifting introduction to the War in Ukraine from a child's perspective. The evening is long. It’s silent outside. We love silent. The most...

***As heard on The Jeremy Vine Show******As heard on The Cerys Matthews Show***"Michael Rosen is a master of pace and clarity... Essential reading." - The Times, Children's Book of the Week"Five stars ... extraordinary and affecting. " - The Telegraph,...

An Inspiring True Story about One Family's Escape from Behind the Berlin Wall! Peter was born on the east side of Germany, the side that wasn't free. He watches news programs rather than cartoons, and wears scratchy uniforms instead of blue jeans. His...

Former Children's Laureates Michael Rosen and Sir Quentin Blake join forces for a personal and uniquely affecting collection of poems about migration."What you leave behind Won't leave your mind.But home is where you find it.Home is where you find it...

Norman John Gillies was one of the last children ever born on St Kilda, five years before the whole population was evacuated forever to the British mainland. People had lived on these islands for over four thousand years, developing a thriving,...

With simple, direct questions, thoughtful, compassionate answers and stunning illustrations by the Ukrainian artist Oksana Drachkovska, this book explores what it really means to be a refugee. Written with advice from the Refugee Council and drawing on...

"Nye at her engaging, insightful best." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Acclaimed poet and Young People's Poet Laureate Naomi Shihab Nye shines a spotlight on the things we cast away, from plastic water bottles to those less fortunate, in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsNominated for Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award 2019.Book InformationISBN 9781524715502Author Doug KuntzFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Ballantine Books...

Who are refugees? Why are they called that word? Why do they need to leave their country?In this simple, graphic and bold picture book for young children, author/illustrator Elise Gravel explores what it means to be a refugee. This book is the perfect...

The arrival of HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks, Essex in 1948 was turned into a significant event by the British media but it is only one small part of a bigger story.Windrush looks at the movement of people after the Second World War in Britain. In...

Newly arrived from their faraway homeland, a boy and his family enter into the lights, noise, and traffic of a busy city in this dazzling wordless picture book. The language is unfamiliar. Food, habits, games and gestures are puzzling. The boy clings...

The Children in Our World picture book series helps children make sense of the larger issues and crises that dominate the news in a sensitive and appropriate manner. With relatable comparisons, carefully researched text and striking illustrations,...

We all have the right to be treated equally, but what exactly is equality? A WHSmith Book of the Month for Kids Non Fiction, Activists Assemble: We Are All Equal! explains what it is to be a citizen, how important it is to treat, and be treated, as equal...

How can you be a good global citizen? By understanding the world we live in and how we can effect change. This book explores the issues around diversity in modern life from the positives around multiculturalism to prejudice, racism and discrimination. It...

In 1938, twenty-nine-year-old Nicholas Winton saved the lives of almost 700 children trapped in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia-a story he never told and that remained unknown until an unforgettable TV appearance in the 1980s reunited him with some of the...

A beautiful picture book that explores what poverty and hunger are and how they affect children all over the worldSensitively illustrated by award-winning artist Hanane KaiThe Children in Our World picture book series helps children make sense of the...

A beautiful picture book that explores what racism and intolerance are and how they affect children all over the worldSensitively illustrated by award-winning artist Hanane KaiThe Children in Our World non-fiction picture book series helps children make ...

Explore the fascinating, rarely heard stories of Black airmen during the First and Second World Wars. The Story of Britain's Black Airmen celebrates the inspiring contributions of people of African descent to British ...

A collection of vivid and powerful stories drawn on the front lines of migration by award-winning artist George Butler.For thousands of years humans have moved around the world, to seek a better life, to flee disaster or to escape war. Migration is a...

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...

Discover the fascinating history of African and Caribbean communities in Britain, from pre-Roman times to the 21st Century.Newly updated, The History of African and Caribbean Communities in Britain explores why people came to Britain, the problems they...

Refugee children explain in their own words and pictures their thoughts, feelings and experiences about having to flee from their home countries. Produced in association with UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) and with a foreword from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781738818839Author Yeonsil YooFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Upfly BooksPublisher Upfly BooksWeight(grams) 122gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm * 2mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782959129124Author Melissa GarinFormat HardbackPage Count 34Imprint Melissa GarinPublisher Melissa GarinWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 216mm * 6mm