| Our New Home: Immigrant Children Speak Contributor(s): Hearn, Emily (Author), Milne, Marywinn (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1897187327 ISBN-13: 9781897187326 Publisher: Second Story Press OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: From the diverse cultures of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Vietnam, Germany, Guyana, Somalia, and others, immigrant children write of their experiences leaving their homes and moving to a new country. The stories, poems and pictures in Our New Home tell of the fear and sadness, excitement and challenge of moving around the world and forging a new sense of self in a new land. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Emigration & Immigration - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - General - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - New Experience |
| Dewey: 305.230 |
| Lexile Measure: 800 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.59" W x 8.03" (0.56 lbs) 130 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the diverse cultures of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Guyana, Somalia, and others, immigrant children write of the fear, the excitement and challenge of moving to another world and forging a new sense of self in a new land. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hearn, Emily: - Emily Hearn wrote picture books, poetry and music, and radio and TV scripts, including work for the National Film Board and TVO. She was a mentor for the Toronto District School Board and for elementary school children through WIER (Writers in Electronic Residence). Emily collaborated with her co-author, Mark Thurman, on "The Mighty Mites" comic strip series that appeared in Owl Magazine for more than a dozen years. Emily passed away in 2015. |