Beautifully illustrated and simply told, this heartfelt story delves into the emotions children feel when their parents separate. Combining straightforward sentences with the bright and bold-colored circles symbolizing the family members, the gentle message is easily identifiable to children and invites dialogue during story time reading. From the familiarity of being surrounded by one's parents to the distress felt during their divorce, and then to the anger giving way to acceptance of the new situation, the emotional journey culminates with the realization that love persists and even blooms in the new extended family. This is a very difficult time for children and can be confusing, sad, joyous, and everything in between. This powerful message expresses no judgment so the child and the parent always feel good, even when the family environment changes.

A Huge Hug: Understanding and Embracing Why Families Change

Children's Books

Ruillier, Jérôme

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Schiffer Kids

The story of one undocumented immigrant’s journey, told by the people who employ him, feed him, and report on him The Strange follows an unnamed, undocumented immigrant who tries to forge a new life in a Western country where he doesn’t speak the language. The story is deftly told through myriad viewpoints, as each narrator recounts a situation in which they crossed paths with the newly arrived foreigner. Many of the people he meets are suspicious of his unfamiliar background, or of the unusual language they do not understand. By employing this third-person narrative structure, Jérôme Ruillier masterfully portrays the complex plight of immigrants and the vulnerability of being undocumented. The Strange shows one person’s struggle to adapt while dealing with the often brutal and unforgiving attitudes of the employers, neighbors, and strangers who populate this new land.
Ruillier employs a bold visual approach of colored pencil drawings complemented by a stark, limited palette of red, orange, and green backgrounds. Its beautiful simplicity represents the almost childlike hope and promise that is often associated with new beginnings. But as he implicitly suggests, it’s a promise that can shatter at a moment’s notice when the threat of being deported is a daily and terrifying reality.

The Strange

Comics & Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels

Drawn and Quarterly

Ici c'est chez moi

Autrement *

Yo, hombre de color, cuando nací era negro. Crecí siendo negro. Si tomo el sol o tengo miedo, o enfermo, sigo siendo negro. 
Mientras que tú hombre blanco, naciste sonrosado, si tomas el sol enrojeces, si tienes frío te vuelves azul y si enfermas amarilleas. 
¿Y tú me llamas a mí hombre de color? 
A pesar que la piel negra también tiene diferentes pigmentaciones, este libro pone de manifiesto que blanco y negro son en definitiva colores, así pues todos somos hombres de color. Un álbum en tono crítico, aunque lleno de humor y ternura. 
Un cuento-poema transmitido de generación en generación por la tradición oral africana contra las expresiones racistas, los signos de dominio económico y cultural, y que cuestiona los prejuicios y las ideas preconcebidas. 
A partir de 5 años.

Hombre de color (Spanish Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Editorial Juventud, S.A.

Cuadradito quiere jugar en casa de sus amigos Redonditos, pero no pasa por la puerta porque… ¡La puerta es redonda como sus amigos! '¡Tendremos que recortarte las esquinas!' - le dicen los redonditos. '¡Oh, no! - dice Cuadradito- ¡Me dolería mucho!' ¿Qué podemos hacer? Cuadradito es diferente. Nunca será redondo. A partir de 5 años. · Un libro sobre la amistad, la diferencia y la exclusión. · Un álbum con una propuesta gráfica muy original.

POR CUATRO ESQUINITAS DE NADA (Spanish Edition)

Contemporary

"El niäno ha dibujado una lâinea con tiza. ÆDetrâas de esta linea es su casa! Un lugar donde nadie puede entrar. Pero el conejo, el caracol, la hoja del âarbol y las nubes se râien de las fronteras..."--Cover, P. [4].

Aqui es mi casa (Spanish Edition)

L'étrange

AGRUME

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