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Migrant (Hardcover)
Maxine Trottier; Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault
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A New York Times Book Review choice as one of the 10 Best
Illustrated Children's Books of 2011, an Amelia Frances
Howard-Gibbon Award Honour Book, and finalist for the Governor
General's Award: Children's Illustration and Ruth and Sylvia
Schwartz Children's Book Awards: Picture Book Each spring Anna
leaves her home in Mexico and travels north with her family where
they will work on farms. Sometimes she feels like a bird, flying
north in the spring and south in the fall. Sometimes she feels like
a jack rabbit living in an abandoned burrow, as her family moves
into an empty house near the fields. But most of all she wonders
what it would be like to stay in one place. The Low German-speaking
Mennonites from Mexico are a unique group of migrants who moved
from Canada to Mexico in the 1920s and became an important part of
the farming community there. But it has become increasingly
difficult for them to earn a livelihood, and so they come back to
Canada each year as migrant workers in order to survive. And while
they currently have the right to work in Canada, that right may be
challenged. Working conditions are difficult for all migrant
workers, most of whom have to leave families far behind. And yet
countries like Canada and the United States benefit greatly from
their labor. Beautifully written by Maxine Trottier and
imaginatively illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault, this book
describes what it is like to be a child in a migrant family.
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language
Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and
answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3 Describe characters, settings, and major
events in a story, using key details. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.7 Use
information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or
digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters,
setting, or plot.
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