Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family's Journey

10 best books like Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family's Journey (Margriet Ruurs): We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga, Dreamers, When We Were Alone, Mommy's Khimar, The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq, Where Will I Live?, Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan, My Two Blankets, Two White Rabbits, Four Feet, Two Sandals

We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga

Author	Traci Sorell
ISBN	1632896338

A look at modern Native American life as told by a citizen of the Cherokee Nation

The word otsaliheliga (oh-jah-LEE-hay-lee-gah) is used by members of the Cherokee Nation to express gratitude. Beginning in the fall with the new year and ending in summer, follow a full Cherokee year of celebrations...

Dreamers

Author	Yuyi Morales
ISBN	0823440559

Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story in this picture-book tribute to the transformative power of hope . . . and reading.

In 1994, Yuyi Morales left her home in Xalapa, Mexico and came to the US with her infant son. She left behind nearly everything she owned, but she didn't come empty-handed.

She...

When We Were Alone

Author

David Alexander Robertson

When a young girl helps tend to her grandmother's garden, she begins to notice things that make her curious. Why does her grandmother have long braided hair and beautifully colored clothing? Why does she speak another language and spend so much time with her family? As she asks her grandmother about...

Mommy's Khimar

Author	Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
ISBN	1534400591

Selected as a Best Book of 2018 by NPR, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, and Shelf Awareness!

A young Muslim girl spends a busy day wrapped up in her mother’s colorful headscarf in this sweet and fanciful picture book from debut author and illustrator Jamilah Tompkins-Bigelow and...

The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq

Author	Jeanette Winter
ISBN	0152054456

"In the Koran, the first thing God said to Muhammad was 'Read.'"*
--Alia Muhammad Baker

Alia Muhammad Baker is a librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, her library has been a meeting place for those who love books. Until now. Now war has come, and Alia fears that the library--along...

Where Will I Live?

Author	Rosemary McCarney
ISBN	1772600288

Where do you go if your home is no longer safe?

Every child needs a home. They need somewhere safe where they can be happy, eat their meals with their family, play with their toys, and go to sleep at night feeling unafraid.

But many children all over the world have had to leave their homes...

Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan

Author	Mary Williams
ISBN	1584302321

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book (2006)
American Library Association Notable Book Award (2006)

This story about eight-year-old Garang is based on the real events and stories of The Lost Boys of Sudan. According to the author’s note at the beginning of the book, Sudan suffered...

My Two Blankets

Author

Irena Kobald

"My Two Blankets" is a beautifully crafted story that uses precisely chosen, evocative language with drawings that blend with the text in perfect harmony. Irena Kobald conveys messages of hope, friendship and acceptance through the eyes and actions of children. Her approach is devoid of saccharine...

Two White Rabbits

Author	Jairo Buitrago
ISBN	1554987415

In this moving and timely story, a young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the US border.

They travel mostly on the roof of a train known as The Beast, but the little girl doesn’t know where they are going. She counts the animals by the road,...

Four Feet, Two Sandals

Author	Karen Lynn Williams
ISBN	0802852963

When relief workers bring used clothing to the refugee camp, everyone scrambles to grab whatever they can. Ten-year-old Lina is thrilled when she finds a sandal that fits her foot perfectly, until she sees that another girl has the matching shoe. But soon Lina and Feroza meet and decide that it is better...

I'm New Here

Author

Anne Sibley O'Brien

Maria is from Guatemala, Jin is from Korea, and Fatima is from Somalia. All three are new to their American elementary school, and each has trouble speaking, writing, and sharing ideas in English. Through self-determination and with encouragement from their peers and teachers, the students learn...

Lost and Found Cat : The True Story of Kunkush's Incredible Journey

Author	Doug Kuntz
ISBN	1524715476

The true story about one cat’s journey to be reunited with his war-torn family has been seen by millions of people and is now a heartwarming picture book.

When an Iraqi family is forced to flee their home, they can’t bear to leave their beloved cat, Kunkush, behind. So they carry him with them...

The Journey

Author	Francesca Sanna
ISBN	1909263990

With haunting echoes of the current refugee crisis this beautifully illustrated book explores the unimaginable decisions made as a family leave their home and everything they know to escape the turmoil and tragedy brought by war. This book will stay with you long after the last page is turned.

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Teacup

Author

Rebecca Young

A boy must leave his home and find another. He brings with him a teacup full of earth from the place where he grew up, and sets off to sea. Some days, the journey is peaceful, and the skies are cloudless and bright. Some days, storms threaten to overturn his boat. And some days, the smallest amount of hope grows...