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Books That Speak To Me: Elementary: Connecting Our World

Introduction

Books in the Connecting our World category focus on different cultures and world events. These books cover topics such as refugees, immigration, war, and life in countries outside of the United States.

Picture Books

A Different Pond by Bao Phi; Thi Bui (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781479597468
Publication Date: 2017-08-01
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
ISBN: 9780823440559
Publication Date: 2018-09-04
Islandborn by Junot Díaz; Leo Espinosa (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780735229860
Publication Date: 2018-03-13
Watercress by Andrea Wang; Jason Chin (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780823446247
Publication Date: 2021-03-30
My Two Border Towns by David Bowles; Erika Meza (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780593111048
Publication Date: 2021-09-14
¡Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge by Raúl the Raúl the Third (Illustrator); Raúl the Raúl the Third (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780358380405
Publication Date: 2021-10-12
Gibberish by Young Vo
ISBN: 9781646141104
Publication Date: 2022-03-01
Tia Isa Wants a Car by Meg Medina; Claudio Munoz (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763641566
Publication Date: 2011-06-14
Grumpy New Year by Katrina Moore; Xindi Yan (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781499812824
Publication Date: 2022-12-13
Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina; Angela Dominguez (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763695132
Publication Date: 2017-10-03
A Map into the World by Kao Kalia Yang; Seo Kim (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781541538368
Publication Date: 2019-10-01
Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-Ji by F. Zia; Ken Min (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781600604430
Publication Date: 2011-04-01
Anita and the Dragons by Hannah Carmona; Anna Cunha (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781911373636
Publication Date: 2021-04-06

Chapter Books/Graphic Novels

Front Desk by Kelly Yang
ISBN: 9781338157826
Publication Date: 2019-06-25
Refugee by Alan Gratz
ISBN: 9780545880831
Publication Date: 2017-07-25
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson (Illustrator); Omar Mohamed; Iman Geddy (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780525553915
Publication Date: 2020-04-14
Save Me a Seat (Scholastic Gold) by Sarah Weeks; Gita Varadarajan
ISBN: 9780545846615
Publication Date: 2018-04-24
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
ISBN: 9780062747815
Publication Date: 2021-04-06
A Long Pitch Home by Natalie Dias Lorenzi
ISBN: 9781580898263
Publication Date: 2018-02-20
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai
ISBN: 9780061962790
Publication Date: 2013-01-02
Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros
ISBN: 9780062881694
Publication Date: 2021-06-08
Unsettled by Reem Faruqi
ISBN: 9780063044708
Publication Date: 2021-05-11
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson (Illustrator); Omar Mohamed; Iman Geddy (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780525553908
Publication Date: 2020-04-14
The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf
ISBN: 9781984850782
Publication Date: 2019-08-06
Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca
ISBN: 9780063047426
Publication Date: 2021-02-02
Parachute Kids: a Graphic Novel by Betty C. Tang (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781338832693
Publication Date: 2023-04-04