About the Book
Middle Eastern Migration will consider the millions of displaced people in the region, including Palestinian refugees from Israeli Conflicts, Iraqi and Afghan refugees from current wars, and Kurdish migration to Europe, Armenia, Turkey etc.
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 In volumes with historical content, color photographs of sites and maps appear alongside archival photos and prints.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 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"
(5) 4-6 Children's True Stories: Migration series. Published Fall 2011. Each of these formulaic books provides brief overviews of the experiences of four young people, discussing events surrounding their families' relocation and, in some cases, the subjects' adult lives. There are plenty of photos and illustrations, but aside from Jewish, the volumes don't include photos of the kids, lessening the effectiveness of the already superficial presentations. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. - Kitty Flynn The Horn Book Guide Fall 2012 issue-- "The Horn Book Guide"
The lives of four refugee children from the Middle East are explored. The stories of these children include some of the important political events or wars that led to the child fleeing their home with family to start a new life. The story also includes personal accounts of events like a girl who stepped on a landmine and lost her legs. A boy reflects on his parents' repeated stories from the land they left. Included with the table of contents is a guide to the different sections that appear for each child's story. These sections include daily life, migrant population numbers, lives after they migrated, eyewitness accounts, and those that have helped them. The book includes a glossary, further reading section, and an index. This book is part of a series entitled Children's True Stories. -Angela Ralph, Harrison Elementary School Omaha Public Schools 1/13/2013-- "Omaha Public Schools"
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"
