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Migration: beyond borders |
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Migrating with the salmon
by Thessaly Catt
Introduces salmon, describing their physical characteristics, life cycle, and migration between the ocean and the natural streams where they were born, a journey they make in order to spawn the next generation
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Migrating with the monarch butterfly
by Thessaly Catt
Introduces the monarch butterfly, describing its life cycle and migration patterns between summer and winter climates in North America.
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Bird, butterfly, eel
by James Prosek
Living on the same coastal farm in the summer, the bird, butterfly, and eel begin their migrations to different locations as the season changes, in a celebration of nature and the cycle of life from the author of A Good Day's Fishing.
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Following Papa's song
by Gianna Marino
Little Blue, a young humpback whale, has never made the long migration up the coast and is worried about his first long journey with Papa, in a heartwarming story that is filled with the wonders of the ocean and the comfort of a father's presence.
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Tiny Bird : a hummingbird's amazing journey
by Robert Burleigh
A narrative account of a hummingbird’s daunting journey south for the winter combines nonfiction text with striking artwork in the story of how Tiny Bird travels at amazing speeds for hundreds of miles through dangerous weather and predator threats.
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Circle
by Jeannie Baker
Lavish collage illustrations and lyrical text by the creator of Mirror document the record-setting migration of the bar-tailed godwits from Australia and New Zealand to their breeding grounds in the Arctic, taking readers over such awe-inspiring scenes as the Great Barrier Reef and China's breathtaking cityscapes.
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Dreamers
by Yuyi Morales
An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story.
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North : the amazing story of Arctic migration
by Nick Dowson
The nature advocate author of Tracks of a Panda and the Mother Goose Award-winning illustrator of Owl Babies present a tribute to the awe-inspiring migrations of millions of creatures to the Arctic that depicts the cyclical journeys of gray whales, caribou and more.
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Monarch butterfly
by Gail Gibbons
Describes the life cycle, body parts, and behavior of the monarch butterfly, and includes instructions on how to raise a monarch.
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Incredible journeys : amazing animal migrations
by Dwight Holing
Tells the migration stories of animals, ranging from zebras and polar bears to cranes and sea turtles, by examining how each species navigates, finds food, and avoids predators
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Hear my voice : the testimonies of children detained at the southern border of the United States
by Warren Binford
A moving picture book for older children and families that introduces a difficult topic, amplifying the voices and experiences of immigrant children detained at the border between Mexico and the US. The children's actual words (from publicly available court documents) are assembled to tell one heartbreaking story, in both English and Spanish (back to back). Each spread is illustrated in striking full-color by a different Latinx artist.
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Imagine
by Juan Felipe Herrera
The former U.S. Poet Laureate and the Caldecott Honor-winning creator of Nana in the City trace the author's experiences as the son of migrant farmworkers, describe the sensory experiences that enriched his imagination and reflect on his pursuits of an education and writing career
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Magnificent monarchs
by Linda Glaser
Describes, in simple text and illustrations, the physical characteristics, habits, and life cycle of the monarch butterfly
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La Frontera / The Border : El viaje con papá/ My Journey With Papa
by Deborah Mills
Told from the point of view of a young boy and his father making an arduous journey on foot from Mexico to the U.S. in the 1980s, this bilingual book depicts a child adjusting to a new culture, learning a new language, and finding a new place to belong.
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This is our house
by Hyewon Yum
Gentle illustrations and spare text combine in the story of a young descendant of immigrants who looks back on the generations of family that grew up in the house where she lives after they moved to America from a faraway country.
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