Monday, April 16, 2012
Refugees
Check out this link to the United Nations Refugee site for more about the global issues regarding Refugees - http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/refugees/index.shtml
Message for World Refugee Day
“No one wants to become a refugee. No one should have to endure this humiliating and arduous ordeal. Yet, millions do. Even one refugee forced to flee, one refugee forced to return to danger is one too many.”
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
DO 1 THING - Chachaji's Cup - Suggested Reading for Children
Chachaji’s Cup by Uma Krishnaswami and illustrated by Soumya Sitaraman. It was published by Children’s Book Press, New York, USA (2003). It is a picture book for children aged 6 and up. The memories of Neel’s great-uncle Chachaji are brought to life in paintings, tales of god, demons, army life and how the family became refugees during the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan delivered over a cup of spicy Indian tea.
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DO 1 THING - Meltem's Journey - Suggested Reading for Children
Meltem’s Journey: A Refugee Diary is the 4 book in the Refugee Diary Series with this volume being written by Anthony Robinson and illustrated by June Allan. It was published by Frances Lincoln Children’s Books, London, UK (2011). It is a picture book for children aged 8 and up. This book follows the journey of a Kurdish family from Eastern Turkey to the UK. It is written from the perspective of a 13 year old boy who faces racism, detention and family issues before being given permission to reside.
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DO 1 THING - The Color of Home - Suggested Reading for Children
The Color of Home by Mary Hoffman and illustrated by Karin Littlewood. It was published by Dial, New York, USA (2002). It is a picture book for children aged 4 and up. This book follows first-grader Hassan through his first days at school after he and his family had had to flee war torn Somalia. It explores how he misses his homeland and how he overcomes being homesick, with a bit of help from family and teachers, by sharing his story.
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DO 1 THING - Brothers in Hope - Suggested Reading for Children
Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan by Mary Williams and illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. It was published by Lee & Low Books, New York, USA (2005). It is a picture book for children aged 7 and up. It is the story of how eight year old Garang Deng, in the mid 1980’s, leads and travels with 30,000 other Sudanese refugee boys seeking a safe refuge in Ethiopia. When war strikes Ethiopia they again move to Kenya and how some of these boys are eventually resettled in America.
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DO 1 THING - Rebekkah's Journey - Suggested Reading for Children
Rebekkah’s Journey: A World War II Refugee Story (Tales of Young Americans) by Anne E Burg and illustrated by Joel Iskowitz. It was published by Sleeping Bear Press, Ann Arbor, USA (2006). It is a picture book for children aged 6 and up. This is the story of two Jewish refugees, Rebekkah and her mother, who had fled Europe during WWII with barely the clothes on their back and their arrival and life within the refugee camp in America. It is told from 7 year old Rebekkah’s point of view and based on real life memories.
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DO 1 THING - The Whispering Cloth - Suggested Reading for Children
The Whispering Cloth by Pegi Deitz Shea, published by Boyds Mill Press, Honesdale, USA (1996). It is a 32 page Junior Fiction book for children aged 6 and up. It is the story of Mai, a young Thai refugee during the mid-1970’s who learns from her grandmother how to embroider the pa’ndau. The story of her life and what she hopes as her future depicted upon ‘the Whispering Cloth’.
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DO 1 THING - Shooting Kabul - Suggested Reading for Children
Shooting Kabul by NH Senzi, published by Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, New York, USA (2011). It is a 288 page Junior Fiction book for children aged 8 years and up. This book explores the decisions which led to Fadi’s family leaving Afghanistan and how one family member was left behind as they smuggled into the United States. It is story of family unity, of Afghani culture, prejudices in America and messages of peace.
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DO 1 THING - Goodbye Vietnam - Suggested Reading for Children
Goodbye Vietnam by Gloria Whelan, published by Random House Inc, New York, USA (1993). This is a 144 page Junior Fiction book for children aged 8 years and up. It explores the journey and hardship Mai and her family has to endure to escape political and economic oppression in their homeland. It is a voyage of
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DO 1 THING - Lily's Crossing - Suggested Reading for Children
Lily’s Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff is published by Bantam Doubleday Dell , New York, USA (1999) . This is a 208 page Junior Fiction book for children 8-12 years of age. It is a book which explores the friendship between Lily and Albert, a young refugee from Hungary during World War II. The book looks at the impact of war on Lily, Albert and their families as well as on their friendship story.
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DO 1 THING - Refugees - Suggested Reading for Children
Refugees by David Miller is published by Lothian Books in
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