Category: Children and Young Adults

Children, Children and Young Adults, English

Sammy’s next move: Sammy the snail is a travelling snail who lives in different countries

Author: Helen Maffin

Language: English

Summary: Sammy’s Next Move is a wonderful story about a snail named Sammy who lives around the world with his parents. He is a ‘third culture kid’, TCK or global nomad. He often moves to new countries and has to change schools and make new friends. Sammy experiences the feelings and thoughts common to children in similar situations. Sammy is a snail and so he carries his home with him wherever he goes, just as a third culture kid does by knowing that home is where their heart is! Source: amazon.com

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Africa, Children and Young Adults, English, Stories and Experiences, Young Adults

When Stars are Scattered

Author: Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed

Language: English

Summary: Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, have spent most of their lives in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya. Life is hard there: never enough food, achingly dull, and without access to the medical care Omar knows his nonverbal brother needs. So when Omar has the opportunity to go to school, he knows it might be a chance to change their future . . . but it would also mean leaving his brother, the only family member he has left, every day.
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Asia, Children, Children and Young Adults, English, Europe, Italiano

First Words – Prime Parole

Author: Tommaso Maggio and Eleni Maggio Perin Language: English and Italian Summary: This book for toddlers has a bold and colourful graphic; the animals are designed by using familiar and simple shapes to capture your children’s imagination and attention. Charmingly illustrated, it encourages vocabulary building, it will help your children to spot and recognise each animal, colours and shapes easily, developing the talking. Designed in … Continue reading First Words – Prime Parole

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Children, Children and Young Adults, English, North America

Due bambini a New York

Author: Anna Doria Lamba Language: Italiano Summary: Trasferirsi, cambiare casa, città e amici. Due bambini non sono assolutamente d’accordo con la decisione dei genitori di andare a vivere a New York. Soprattutto perché laggiù si parla una lingua che non capiscono. Non sanno però che New York è una città magica piena di cose da scoprire. Lo sapevi, per esempio, che si può far amicizia … Continue reading Due bambini a New York

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Children and Young Adults, English, New Cultures, North America, Stories and Experiences, Young Adults

Huda F Are You?

Author: Huda Fahmi

Language: English

Summary: Huda and her family just moved to Dearborn, Michigan, a small town with a big Muslim population. In her old town, Huda knew exactly who she was: She was the hijabi girl. But in Dearborn, everyone is the hijabi girl.

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