The Welcoming Library
(I'm Your Neighbor Books, 2021)
The Welcoming Library is a pop-up conversation on immigration.
That conversation is driven by a collection of 30 acclaimed picture books featuring New Arrival and New American families. Readers of all ages “meet” these families on the page and explore the commonalities shared by all families. This exploration is done with I’m Your Neighbor Books-created discussion questions as well as companion programming and education materials. The collection, with its pop-up display unit, packs into two crates and travels between schools, libraries, and community centers in a given region, building an environment of welcoming and belonging.
Contains the following 30 titles:
Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal.
Auntie Luce’s Talking Paintings by Francie Latour.
Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan.
A Different Pond by Bao Phi.
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales.
Four Feet, Two Sandals by Khadra Mohammed.
I’m New Here by Anne Sibley O'Brien.
In My Mosque by M. O. Yuksel.
Joseph’s Big Ride by Terry Farish.
The Journey by Francesca Sanna.
Mama’s Nightingale by Edwidge Danticat.
My Day with Gong Gong by Sennah Yee
My Friend Jamal by Anna McQuinn.
My Name is Sangoel by Khadra Mohammed.
Nieve en la Jungla/Snow in the Jungle by Ariane Hofmann-Maniyar.
A Path of Stars by Anne Sibley O'Brien.
Priya Dreams of Marigolds & Masala by Meenal Patel.
Salma the Syrian Chef by Danny Ramadan.
Someone New by Anne Sibley O'Brien.
Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds by Jorge Argueta.
Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family’s Journey by Margriet Ruurs.
Story Boat by Kyo Maclear.
The Suitcase by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros.
Together We Grow by Susan Vaught.
Two White Rabbits by Jairo Buitrago
Watercress by Andrea Wang.
When Lola Visits by Michelle Sterling.
Where Are You From? by Yamile Saied Mendez.
Wherever I Go by Mary Wagley Copp.
Wishes by Muon Thi Van.