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  • Published: 15 June 2018
  • ISBN: 9781580896139
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $16.99

I'm New Here





Three immigrant students find hope and friendship through their struggles to fit in at a new school.

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 June 2018
  • ISBN: 9781580896139
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $16.99

Praise for I'm New Here

  • Praise for I'm New Here
  • "There are lessons to be learned here about perseverance, bravery, and inclusion, and O'Brien's lessons are heartfelt and poetically rendered."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review
  • "The stories are all quite simple, but Sibley's illustrations do a good job of conveying the wall of words a child immigrant must scale in order to fit in." --New York Times
  • "The simplicity of the narrative combined with vibrant watercolor artwork depicting a wide range of diversity results in a powerful message of empathy for the immigrant experience." -- Booklist
  • "An ideal conversation-starter for children in a new school or about to welcome a new classmate." --Shelf Awareness
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