All Are Welcome
Written by Alexandra Penfold
Illustrated by Suzanne Kaufman
Published by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Follow a group of children through a day in their school, where everyone is welcomed with open arms. A school where kids in patkas, hijabs, and yarmulkes play side-by-side with friends in baseball caps. A school where students grow and learn from each other’s traditions and the whole community gathers to celebrate the Lunar New Year. All Are Welcome lets young children know that no matter what, they have a place, they have a space, they are welcome in their school.
Look for the French version, Bienvenue! (All Are Welcome).
Look for the Spanish version, Todo el Mundo Cabe Aquí (All Are Welcome).
Primary ISBN: 9780525579649
Publication Date: July 2018
Available As: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook
Picture Book, Age 05 or older
Community Represented: Various
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Celebrations, Celebrations: Lunar New Year, Educator Resource, Engagement Tool: Discussion, Format: Audiobook, Identity: Multiracial, Welcoming by School, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current)
Setting: United States
Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: Unknown Arrival
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Guiding Questions & Classroom Activity Ideas
Source: Read Across America
Art Project Tutorial
Source: Alyssa Murack
Lesson Plan (PDF)
Source: Teaching With Orff
This book is part of the Welcoming Library. The Welcoming Library is a traveling collection of picture books set in our New Arrival and
New American communities. From small towns to big cities, these immigration stories are helping readers
(of all ages) Welcome and Belong. WelcomingLibrary.org