pickWhen Anais moves from Congo to America she has to learn a new culture and a new language. All teachers should read this book to understand what their emergent English students are feeling when they show up in their classrooms! Great story!!
pickWhat a timely book. Anaïs, her mom, and little brother are seeking asylum in America while her dad and older brother try to find safety in the Congo. Anaïs starts school and discovers that learning English is much more challenging than at her old school. She is puzzled regularly by the crazy things Americans think are normal. Through letters to her Oma, you see her growth and learning and the "good things" she discovers about America.
pickWhile the author herself doesn't have any firsthand experience being a refugee or immigrant in a country where she doesn't know the culture or language, she does a good job sharing a glimpse of what it might be like, based on her experience as a teacher of English Language Learners. As a teacher who also has students who don't speak English at home or as a native language, I found this story both familiar and heartwarming. Funny, too.
One Good Thing about America | 
