Children's books about refugees & asylum seekers
The Year the Maps Changed
One extraordinary year will change them all...
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What Is A Refugee?
Explores what it means to be a refugee in an illustrated introduction to the topic.
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Songs of a War Boy
The true story of Deng Adut - Sudanese child soldier, refugee, man of hope
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Beyond Belief
Inspired by the true story of Muslims who saved the lives of Jewish children in the Second World War.
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Between Us
Winner of the CBCA Book of the Year Award for Older Readers 2019. Ana's in a detention centre and Jono's life is spiralling out of control. Can their growing romance overcome the borders between them?
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My Two Blankets
A beautiful tale about friendship and culture, paired with award-winning Freya Blackwood's stunning illustrations
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Songbird
A unique, tender and heart-warming novel following a young girl's experience as an Iraqi refugee in Melbourne, her desire to belong, and the importance of friendship.
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Detention
Sima and her family are pressed to the rough, cold ground among fifty others. They lie next to the tall fence designed to keep them in. The wires are cut one by one.
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When Michael Met Mina
Michael has always believed that everything in life is black and white. But that was before he met Mina.
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Zenobia
When the Syrian war reaches Amina's village she's forced to escape, and during her perilous journey she thinks of the brave warrior Zenobia to remind her to stay strong.
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I’m Australian Too
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The Boy At the Back of the Class
Told with heart and humour, The Boy at the Back of the Class is a child's perspective on the refugee crisis, highlighting the importance of friendship and kindness in a world that doesn't always make sense.
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The Journey
With haunting echoes of current affairs this beautifully illustrated book explores the unimaginable decisions made as a family leave their home and everything they know to escape the turmoil and tragedy brought by war. This book...
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
This semi-autobiographical and unforgettable story, of a Jewish family fleeing from Germany before the start of the Second World War, now reissued with its original cover illustration in this very special edition. ...
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Refugee
A tour de force from the acclaimed author of Prisoner B-3087, this timely and powerful novel tells the story of three different children seeking refuge. Although they are separated by continents and decades, shocking...
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My Two Blankets: Arabic and English edition
This beautiful tale about friendship and culture, paired with award-winning Freya Blackwood's stunning illustrations makes for the most exquisite book.
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My Two Blankets: Dari and English edition
This beautiful tale about friendship and culture, paired with award-winning Freya Blackwood's stunning illustrations makes for the most exquisite book.
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The Mediterranean
A lifeless body. One of many in the waters of the Mediterranean. Precarious boats navigate the waters of the sea, from south to north. And more often than not, it is not only hope that drowns.From the creator of The Island.
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The Arrival
A unique 128-page, textless graphic novel, in black, white and sepia, drawing inspiration from tales of migrants in past and recent times.
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Suri’s Wall
Eva squeezed Suri's hand. What's there? What can you see? What can I see? Suri looked out over the wall. Oh, it's beautiful, let me tell you all about it. A moving tale of the power of the human spirit brought alive by Lucy...
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The Little Refugee
The Little Refugee tells of one family's survival against the odds, and the transforming power of hope.
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The Bone Sparrow
Subhi's imagination is as big as the ocean and wide as the sky, but his world is much smaller: he's spent his whole life in an immigration detention centre. The Bone Sparrow is a powerful, heartbreaking, sometimes funny...
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A Grain of Hope
A picture book about refugees and animals that will make you catch your breath on the last page.
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Hope in a Ballet Shoe
Growing up in war-torn Sierra Leone, she witnesses atrocities that no child ever should. Her father is killed by rebels and her mother dies of famine. Sent to an orphanage, Michaela is mistreated and she sees the brutal murder of...
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