PreK-12 Immigration Literature Guide:
Stories for Visibility, Understanding and Transformation
Our updated guide features a carefully curated collection of 100 recently published PreK-12 books that showcase the transformative power of immigration-centered stories. This collection offers an entry point into the humanization of immigration, introducing readers to resilient characters, courageous journeys, and acts of solidarity, while confronting racism, xenophobia, and healing from trauma.
The selected books are organized into four sections:
early childhood and elementary picture books
upper elementary chapter books
middle school, and
high school.
Each section features select authors and also provides book summaries, discussion questions, and multimodal resources to foster deep and complex classroom conversations.
The guide now includes multimodal instructional strategies that support educators in integrating these stories into their PK-12 classrooms. They incorporate multiple modalities, including oracy, literacy, and the arts. Through these approaches, students are encouraged to interact with characters and learn about the authors behind the stories.
We invite you to explore the guide and share the impact these stories have in classrooms, schools, and communities!
This guide has not been reviewed by the New York State Education Department.