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ERIC Number: EJ1262898
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-0425-0508
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Refugees and Immigrants in Children's Fiction: New Books to Build Understanding across Borders
Cummins, Amy
English in Texas, v46 n2 p24-29 Fall-Win 2016
With immigrant youth an important presence in Texas schools, reading new books for children and adolescents about their experiences can help to grow understanding and empathy for refugees and other immigrants. This article highlights five new books by Latina, Latino, and Latin American authors with characters who migrate to the United States from Central American countries. The recommended books are written and illustrated by René Colato Laínez with Laura Lacamara, Jairo Buitrago with Rafael Yockteng, René Saldaña, Jr., Alexandra Diaz, and Maria E. Andreu. Teachers provide students with cross-cultural experience through contemporary literature.
Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts. 919 Congress Avenue Suite 1400, Austin, TX 78701. Tel: 512-617-3200; Web site: http://www.tctela.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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