People fleeing their home countries to find shelter from both man-created and natural calamities is not new. From Jews fleeing Spain in the 1400s to avoid conversion to Christianity to Syrian refugees displaced because of a war which started in 2011, the plight of refugees is historical and contemporary. Though a day designated for refugees was only designated in 2000, the United Nations created the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in 1950 and its purview continues to expand in scope. I hope this subset of youngCanLit titles will help young readers appreciate the scope of experiences by those displaced by conflict, persecution and natural disaster in seeking new homes across borders.
PICTURE BOOKS
Written by Katie Smith Milway
Illustrated by Shane W. Evans
Kids Can Press
32 pp.
Ages 8-12
2017
Reviewed here
Written by Robert Munsch
Illustrated by Michael Martchenko
Annick Press
24 pp.
Ages 4-7
1995
Written by Robert Munsch and Saoussan Askar
Illustrated by Rebecca Green
Annick Press
32 pp.
Ages 4-7
2017
Written and illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay
Groundwood Books
40 pp.
Ages 4-8
2018
Written and illustrated by Suzanne Del Rizzo
Pajama Press
32 pp.
Ages 6-10
2017
Reviewed here
Written and illustrated by Wallace Edwards
Scholastic Canada
32 pp.
Ages 3-7
2018
Reviewed here
Written by Rukhsana Khan
Illustrated by Ronald Himler
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
32 pp.
Ages 5-8
2004
Written by Margriet Ruurs
Artwork by Nizar Ali Badr
Orca Book Publishers
28 pp.
All ages
2016
Reviewed here
Written by Kyo Maclear
Illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh
Tundra
40 pp.
Ages 3-7
2020
Reviewed here
Written by Maxine Trottier
Illustrated by Annouchka Gravel Galouchko
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
22 pp.
Ages 6-9
1998
NOVELS AND SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS
Written by Elizabeth Stewart
Annick Press
304 pp.
Ages 13+
2014
Written by Anne Dublin
Second Story Press
160 pp.
Ages 10-14
2018
Reviewed here
Written by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Pajama Press
288 pp.
Ages 12+
2014
Reviewed here
Written by Meghan Ferrari
Red Deer Press
109 pp.
Ages 12+
2018
Reviewed here
Written by Jan L. Cotes
Red Deer Press
274 pp.
Ages 12+
2010
Written by Elisa Amado
Illustrated by Abraham Urias
Annick Press
91 pp.
Ages 13-17
2019
Written by Kathy Kacer
Annick Press
265 pp.
Ages 9-12
2019
Written by Deborah Ellis
Groundwood Books
168 pp.
Ages 8-14
2003
Written by Carol Matas
Scholastic Canada
168 pp.
Ages 9-12
2013
Written by Lesley Choyce
Orca Book Publishers
128 pp.
Ages 12+
2002
by Monique Polak
Kar-Ben
232 pp.
Ages 12+
October 2019
Written by Irene Watts
Illustrated by Kathryn Shoemaker
Tradewind Books
136 pp.
Ages 8-14
2016
Written by Kathy Kacer
Second Story Press
240 pp.
Ages 9-12
2013
Written by Eric Walters
Doubleday Canada
304 pp.
Ages 9-13
2014
Written by Carol Matas
Orca Book Publishers
244 pp.
Ages 12+
2007
NON-FICTION
Written by Deborah Ellis
Groundwood
128 pp.
Ages 8-14
2009
Written by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch with Tuan Ho
Illustrated by Brian Deines
Pajama Press
40 pp.
Ages 6+
2016
Reviewed here
Written by Mariatu Kamara and Susan McLelland
Annick Press
216 pp.
Ages 13+
2008
Written by Badeeah Hassan Ahmed with Susan Elizabeth McClelland
Annick Press
232 pp.
Ages 16+
2019
Written by Deborah Hodge
Tundra
64 pp.
Ages 8-4
2012
Written by Rona Arato
Second Story Press
176 pp.
Ages 9-14
2016
Written by Natalie Hyde
Clockwise Press
144 pp.
Ages 10-15
2016
Written by Mary Beth Leatherdale
Illustrated by Eleanor Shakespeare
Annick Press
64 pp.
Ages 10-14
2017
Written by Kathy Kacer
Second Story Press
204 pp.
Ages 11-14
2011
Written by Van Ho with Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Pajama Press
152 pp.
Ages 8-12
2018
Reviewed here
Written and illustrated by Elise Gravel
Schartz & Wade
32 pp.
Ages 8-10
September 2019
Written by Rosemary McCarney
Second Story Press
24 pp.
Ages 5-9
2017
Reviewed here
A great selection. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great selection. Thank you, Helen!
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