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“While [Snow] experiences a huge culture shock from moving to the Arctic to the jungle, the North Pole-themed party her classmates surprise her with is a reassuring reminder that [Snow] can still keep the memories and customs from her old home while making new memories in her new one.”
—School Library Journal

Nieve en la Jungla/Snow in the Jungle

Written by Ariane Hofmann-Maniyar and Yanitzia Canetti (Translator)
Illustrated by Ariane Hofmann-Maniyar
Published by Child's Play International

Winner of the 2022 I’m Your Neighbor Readers Choice Book Award

When Nieve/Snow’s mother tells her that they’re going to move to an exciting new place, Ice isn’t so sure. She likes her home and her friends, and the fun they have together. The journey takes forever, and their new home is very strange. Everything is different the weather, the food, the people and the language. Nieve/Snow tries to make friends, but everyone seems too busy and preoccupied to care. Will anything happen to help Nieve/Snow feel more at home? A charming debut picture book about the anxieties and hardships of moving, with a heart-warming, positive ending.

READ about how Child’s Play International and I’m Your Neighbor Books changed this book in protest of the child separation policies of ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement).

Primary ISBN: 9781786285942
Available As: Hardcover, Paperback
Picture Book, Age 05 or older

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Setting: Fictional location

Character’s New Arrival/New American Status: Immigrant

Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience

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Activities

These traditional preschool activities include the following conversation starters on immigration and classroom welcoming and belonging.

DOWNLOAD Mask Activity: Seeing Through Nieve/Snow’s Eyes (Espanol)
DOWNLOAD Mask Activity: Seeing Through Nieve/Snow’s Eyes (English)
The polar bear Nieve/Snow is new to the jungle and new to her school. We have all been “new” at one time. Making and wearing this mask might help you feel what it is like to be Nieve/Snow. New kids and immigrants feel welcome when you say in words and actions, “I know how you feel.”

DOWNLOAD Dot to Dot Activity: Connecting with Nieve/Snow (Espanol)
DOWNLOAD Dot to Dot Activity: Connecting with Nieve/Snow (English)
I bet you can count the number of kids in your classroom or in this room. As you connect the dots from 1 to 35, think about the ways all of those kids are connected. What words or actions will make you more connected? What makes Nieve/Snow feel connected to her classmates?

DOWNLOAD Maze Activity: Helping Nieve/Snow (Espanol)
DOWNLOAD Maze Activity: Helping Nieve/Snow (English)
Nieve/Snow’s seal toy is special to her because its reminds of her old home in the Arctic. As an immigrant child, she can be both excited about her new home and sad for all the things she left behind. Can you help her find the seal toy she lost so she feels more at home here?

Welcoming Library

This book is part of the Welcoming Library. The Welcoming Library is a traveling collection of picture books set in our New Arrival and 
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