In this moving and timely story, a young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the US border.
They travel mostly on the roof of a train known as The Beast, but the little girl doesn't know where they are going. She counts the animals by the road, the clouds in the sky, the stars. Sometimes she sees soldiers. She sleeps, dreaming that she is always on the move, although sometimes they are forced to stop and her father has to earn more money before they can continue their journey.
As many thousands of people, especially children, in Mexico and Central America continue to make the arduous journey to the US border in search of a better life, this is an important book that shows a young migrant's perspective.
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.3
With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
| ISBN: | 9781554987412 |
| Publication date: | 12th November 2015 |
| Author: | Jairo Buitrago |
| Illustrator: | Rafael Yockteng |
| Publisher: | Groundwood Books |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 56 pages |
| Genres: |
Stories about Family and Friends Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Body and health PSHE: Family Issues |
In this moving and timely story, a young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the US border.
They travel mostly on the roof of a train known as The Beast, but the little girl doesn't know where they are going. She counts the animals by the road, the clouds in the sky, the stars. Sometimes she sees soldiers. She sleeps, dreaming that she is always on the move, although sometimes they are forced to stop and her father has to earn more money before they can continue their journey.
As many thousands of people, especially children, in Mexico and Central America continue to make the arduous journey to the US border in search of a better life, this is an important book that shows a young migrant's perspective.
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.3
With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
Two White Rabbits features in the following genres: Stories about Family and Friends, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Body and health, PSHE: Family Issues
Two White Rabbits is available in Hardback
Two White Rabbits was written by Jairo Buitrago and published by Groundwood Books
Two White Rabbits has 56 pages