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About the Book

African-American Migration will look at experiences of children through slavery, emancipation, post-War Caribbean migration to the UK, and current migration to USA / Europe from Africa.

About the Author :
Kevin Cunningham is an author and travel writer. He has written about Arthur Ashe, Condoleezza Rice, and Joseph Stalin. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.

Review :
The Children's True Stories: Migration series records the backgrounds and views of people who migrated during childhood. Each book offers general information about its topic and spotlights four individuals, telling why they left their homelands and how things worked out afterward. Sometimes based on interviews, sometimes on historical records, these accounts personalize the study of migration. Each colorful double-page spread balances paragraphs of text with illustrations, captions, and brief sidebars. In volumes with historical content, color photographs of sites and maps appear alongside archival photos and prints. Back matter includes a glossary and lists of books, websites, and places to visit. Jewish Migration places the stories of four twentieth-century migrants within a broader context that looks at historical prejudice, the state Israel, and ongoing immigration. Middle Eastern Migration introduces four refugees who fled their countries in wartime, including children from Palestine (1948), Lebanon (1960), Afghanistan (2002), and Iraq (2004). Migration from Africa begins with the slave trade but also includes the Great Migration to northern cities, Caribbean emigration, and African migration today. Nineteenth Century Migration to America discusses immigrants from Scotland, China, Ireland, and Italy. This series ranges further afield than most books on migration, and the focus on individual children adds to its appeal. - Carolyn Phelan Booklist January 1 & 15, 2012 Issue-- "Booklist" This series focuses closely on individual examples of children from different eras leaving their homes. The books are arranged chronologically, and each tale offers only one perspective, which means that a full picture of complex reasons for migration-as refugees or as individuals seeking a better life-never appears. Africa is more problematic in that two of the four stories are not about migration from Africa, but are about African-American or African-Caribbean migration, making it particularly difficult to offer a general picture that encompasses such diverse stories. The photos are enticing, but often do not feature the children profiled in the texts. These would make adequate supplemental materials at best, but they might intrigue students interested in the kids' eye view of history. Alana Joli Abbott, formerly at James Blackstone Memorial Library, Branford, CTSchool Library Journal/Series Made SimpleNovember 2011-- "School Library Journal/Series Made Simple" This series reviews some of the historical migrations that have occurred throughout the world through the eyes of children. Each title highlights four real children's stories. Additional information introduces, and then summarizes, the area covered and the migrations that happened. All five have helpful features: photographs; drawings; maps and a mapping migration page; and places to visit. Fact boxes provide additional details: daily life, number crunching, migrants' lives, helping hand, and on the scene. They provide interesting facts in a pleasant, easy-to-understand layout and are well-placed throughout each book. The stories of these children are eye-opening and provide young learners a unique perspective and an understanding of the issues and hardships that the children who made these journeys had to endure. Bibliography. Glossary. Websites. Table of Contents. Index. Melinda Miller, K-12 Library Media Specialist, Colton-Pierrepont Central School, Colton, New York Recommended Library Media Connection May/June 2012 Issue-- "Library Media Connection"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781410940780
  • Publisher: Raintree
  • Publisher Imprint: Raintree
  • Height: 259 mm
  • No of Pages: 32
  • Series Title: Children's True Stories: Migration
  • Weight: 136 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1410940780
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jul 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Width: 191 mm


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