World Refugee Day is a United Nations initiative designed to increase public awareness about the forcibly displaced and stateless by telling their powerful personal stories. In an effort to promote this United Nations initiative, Wollongong Library will be attaching a number of suggested titles available to assist children in understanding of the plight of refugees.
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Monday, April 16, 2012

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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