Call me Okaasan: adventures in multicultural mothering

Author: Suzanne Kamata

Language: English

Summary: What happens when your child doesn’t speak your native language? How do you maintain cultural traditions while living outside your native country? And how can you raise a child with two cultures without fracturing his/her identity? From our house to your house – to the White House – more and more mothers are facing questions such as these. Whether through intercultural marriage, international adoption or peripatetic lifestyles, families these days are increasingly multicultural. In this collection, women around the world, such as Xujun Eberlein, Violet Garcia-Mendoza, Rose Kent, Marie Lamba, Leza Lowitz, Holly Thompson, Saffia Farr, and others, ponder the unique joys and challenges of raising children across two or more cultures. Source: amazon.com

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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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Moving abroad with children

Author: Clarissa Gosling

Language: English

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Planning to move abroad with your family?

Clarissa blends stories of her own move from the UK to the Netherlands with tips and ideas to guide you through the process. She provides you with questions and points to consider and research when making your international move.

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Raising bilingual children: when school speaks a different language

Author: Clarissa Gosling

Language: English

Summary: Does your child speak a different language at school and home?

In this book Clarissa draws on her experience of sending her British children to a Dutch school to help you support your child through their education.

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Books to help kids understand what It’s like to be a refugee

We see the news stories about refugees almost every day. We hear the true but almost unimaginable accounts of families forced to flee their homes, their homelands, their entire lives. While we may wish that our children didn’t have to know about such trauma, the facts are that it’s real and very present — and there are countless children actually living it. Stories can facilitate … Continue reading Books to help kids understand what It’s like to be a refugee