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.
My Two Border Towns by David Bowles

A boy and his father move across the U.S.-Mexico border in a story about errands, generosity, and life between places.

A Different Pond by Bao Phi

A Vietnamese American boy fishes with his father before dawn in a story shaped by work, memory, and immigrant sacrifice.

The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi

A Korean girl wonders whether changing her name will help her fit in at school.

Finding Papa by Angela Pham Krans

A child holds on to memory and hope while waiting for a father to reunite with the family after war and displacement.

Lubna and Pebble by Wendy Meddour

A refugee child finds comfort and friendship in a pebble she treasures until another child needs hope even more.

The Arabic Quilt by Aya Khalil

An immigrant story about language, school, and an Arab girl who turns exclusion into shared creativity.

Dreamers by Yuyi Morales

A luminous immigration story about a mother and child building a new life through language, books, and imagination.

Watercress by Andrea Wang

An elegant intergenerational story in which a simple roadside plant opens up family memory, migration, and dignity.

Home Is in Between by Mitali Perkins

A first-generation immigrant child's story about belonging to more than one place at once.

A Flicker of Hope: A Story of Migration by Cynthia Harmony

A migration story that links a family's separation and reunion with the movement of monarch butterflies.