Posts Tagged: Refugee literature

  • Literature of War

    Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts ConferenceJanuary 24, 2015 with writers Terry Farish, Lyn Miller-Lachmann, and J.L. Powers “Our books, our presentations, and our reading guides are birthed from our long-termexplorations of war. We seek to support children and teens to grow as global citizens, deeplyconnected to issues of war, peace, consequences of…

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  • Meet Your Immigrant-American Neighbor

    My Giveaways Continue on this late August day.  My theme is books about our immigrant neighbors. Some of the books tell stories set in the homelands of families now in the U.S.  It’s meeting immigrant families here in my state that has led to  read books to help me understand their cultures.  Here is one:…

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  • Books to help kids and teens meet new Americans

    Warren St. John, writer of Outcasts United about a  soccer team made up of refugee kids in Clarkson, Georgia said “children live in this fantastic mosaic of society.”  His hope for the book was that people “might risk the awkwardness of interacting with someone unlike themselves.”   The coach of the team he profiled, Luma Mufleh,…

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