Refugees (Picture Books)



  • Kilborne, Sarah S. "Leaving Vietnam: The True Story of Tuan Ngo" It's about a nine-year-old Vietnamese boy escaping Vietnam with his dad in 1981.

    Schur, Maxine Rose. "When I Left My Village." Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. Dial. 1996. Grades 3 and up. A young Ethiopian boy tells the story of his family's flight to Israel.

    Shea, Peggy Dietz. "The Whispering Cloth." Illustrated by Anita Riggio. Boyds Mill. 1995. Grades 3 and up. The story of a Hmong girl and her grandmother and what brought them to a refugee camp.

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