“The Asylumist” is a blog run by Washington DC attorney Jason
Dzubow, and today he has an unusual and inviting post, “Some Great Immigration
and Refugee Books for Kids”, link.
A couple of the books are actually in the format of graphic
novels.
I’ll mention maybe three of them.
“Two White Rabbits” (2015), by Jairo Buitrago, illustrated by
Rafael Yochteng, translated by Elisa Amado. 32 pages, Groundwood books, tells
the story of a migrant journey through Central America from the viewpoint of
the kids, sometimes riding on top of trains, facing the border, wall or not.
“Illegal” (2018) , by Eoin Coffer and Andrew Donkin, and
Giovanni Rigano, 144 pages. Sourcebook Jannerwocky tells about a journey to
Europe from Niger across the Sahara.
“An Olympic Dream: The Story of Samia Yosuf Omar” (2015), by
Reinhardt Kleist, by Self-Made Hero, 152 pages, represented Somalia in the 2008
Olympics on Beijing, and lost her life on her journey home. This graphic novel is based on a true story.
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