My America Blooms
Written by Nazanin Agange Ford
Illustrated by Fateme Mokhles
Published by Beaming Books
My America Blooms is a story about a young girl uprooted from her home in Iran. When she and her family are forced to flee Tehran, she brings a pocket of golnar petals from her beloved garden. In America, she begins to tend a new garden as she creates a new life as an immigrant. America brings friendships, community experiences, and stability, planting the seeds of hope. But every garden has its thorns-the girl must dig deep within herself to cultivate the promises of her new home.
This hopeful story embodies the American dream in all its complexity. Fateme Mokhles’s evocative, impressionistic art depicts the immigrant experience through the eyes of a child, while Nazanin Agange Ford’s moving words remind all readers that they belong.
Primary ISBN: 9798889833437
Publication Date: June 2026
Available As: Hardcover, eBook
Picture Book, Age 04 or older
Community Represented: Iranian/Iranian American
Themes: Activism, Celebrations, Celebrations: Nowruz, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Home Country, Welcoming by Community
Setting: Iran (Tehran), United States
Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: Refugee
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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