NOWHERE BOY is a meditation on TRUST—on seeing an individual, not an #immigrant. #SanctuaryStories offer Immigrant (and ALL) students emotional safety, rest, restoration, and #BELONGING. Lacking legal sanctuary, these boys break the rules to do right. Need this #mglit? Ask for a GIVEAWAY COPY.

"This nation will always be made up of #Indigenous people and immigrants of the past, present, and future. WE BELIEVE THESE DIFFERENCES MAKE US STRONGER." —I'M AN AMERICAN by @darshanakhiani.bsky.social Our #SanctuaryStories offer #Immigrant, New Generation, & ALL communities a place of safety.

#SanctuaryStories are #kidlit that stand against Unsafe Narratives about our #Immigrant & New Generation communities. Unsafe Narrative "Some people deserve to be here and others do not." #PlylerVDoe says EVERY CHILD in the US— regardless of immigration status—BELONGS in our #classrooms.

The *2023 New Arrival Book Award* from @imyourneighbor.bsky.social has been given to *Green Card Voices* for the #graphicnovel anthology OUR STORIES CARRIED US HERE! youtu.be/rngSHZ42Hnw?... #ImYourNeighborBookAward #Read2WelcomeRead2Belong

From Pajama Press IF YOU SEE A BLUEBIRD a "lovely, gentle book about refugees from Afghanistan should resonate with anyone who has had to leave their home for a safer place...an effective mirror and a door for understanding war and displacement” ysbookreviews.wordpress.com/2023/11/15/i...

Maine teachers! Applications close *12/1/23* for this amazing opportunity to explore SEL with I'm Your Neighbor Books #WelcomingLibrary picture books! This project was envisioned and funded by the Maine Department of Education! #Read2WelcomeRead2Belong imyourneighborbooks.org/free-sel-tra...

Telling the #immigrant story with book spines... #ImYourNeighborBooks #Read2WelcomeRead2Belong