Immigration

Browse immigration picture books, refugee stories, and books about migration, language, and belonging. This collection is especially useful for families and educators looking for picture books that help children talk about movement, memory, and home.

Sundust by Zeke Peña

Sundust

Sunlight, dust, and movement across the borderlands shape a visually bold story rooted in land, family, and cultural place.

At the Window by Hope Lim

At the Window

Looking out from home becomes a way of observing change, neighborhood life, and the quiet emotional weather of family transition.

The House that Floated by Guojing

The House that Floated

Water, movement, and memory shape a visually driven story about displacement, safety, and the meaning of carrying home with you.

The Jade Bracelet by Ha Dinh

The Jade Bracelet

A treasured bracelet carries memory, migration, and family connection across generations in a quiet story of inheritance and belonging.

The Most Beautiful Thing by Kao Kalia Yang

The Most Beautiful Thing

A Hmong American girl learns how beauty, language, and family pride can look different across generations.

A Sled for Gabo by Emma Otheguy

A Sled for Gabo

Ana Ramirez Gonzalez

A newcomer from Venezuela learns that snow and friendship can open a new kind of joy.

The Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos by Lucia M. Gonzalez

The Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos

Lucia M. Gonzalez

A young immigrant girl in 1929 New York discovers a library branch that opens a wider world of language, books, and possibility.

Tia Fortuna's New Home by Ruth Behar

Tia Fortuna's New Home

Devon Holzwarth

As her great-aunt prepares to move from Miami, a girl helps carry family memory from Cuba into the next home.

From North to South / Del norte al sur by Rene Colato Lainez

From North to South / Del norte al sur

Rene Colato Lainez

A boy and his father travel from California to the border to visit the mother who has been deported to Mexico.

Senorita Mariposa by Ben Gundersheimer

Senorita Mariposa

Ben Gundersheimer

Marcos Almada Rivero

A monarch butterfly guides children northward in a bilingual story about migration, care, and connection across borders.

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