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  • Published: 15 August 2015
  • ISBN: 9781580896122
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $35.00

I'm New Here





Young readers from all backgrounds will appreciate this touching story about the assimilation of three immigrant students in a supportive school community.

Three students are immigrants from Guatemala, Korea, and Somalia and have trouble speaking, writing, and sharing ideas in English in their new American elementary school. Through self-determination and with encouragement from their peers and teachers, the students learn to feel confident and comfortable in their new school without losing a sense of their home country, language, and identity.

Young readers from all backgrounds will appreciate this touching story about the assimilation of three immigrant students in a supportive school community.

Anne Sibley O'Brien is one of the founders of I'm Your Neighbor, an organization that promotes children's literature featuring "new arrival" cultures. As the rate of immigration to the United States increases, topics related to immigration are increasingly more important in the classroom and home. I'm New Here demonstrates how our global community can work together and build a home for all.

  • Published: 15 August 2015
  • ISBN: 9781580896122
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $35.00

Praise for I'm New Here

Praise for A Path of Stars:

  • A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
  • The Honor Picture Book citation for the Asian Pacific American Award for Literature
  • "A loving, intergenerational story about loss and perseverance that feels honest, empowering, and--best of all--hopeful."--Booklist
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