When We Had to Leave Home
Written by Linda Ravin Lodding
Illustrated by Anna Aronson
Published by Albert Whitman & Company
Displaced by conflict in Ukraine, a young girl and her family must start again in a new country.
When war comes to Sofiya’s country, she and her mother and grandmother are forced to set off on a long journey to escape the violence and find safety. Sofiya doesn’t know whether she will ever see her friends or her beloved garden again, so she takes a sunflower with her as a reminder of all that she is leaving behind. But this homegrown keepsake has a surprise in store—one that will help Sofiya put down her own roots and feel at home in a new place.
Primary ISBN: 9780807574812
Publication Date: October 2023
Available As: Hardcover, eBook
Picture Book, Age 04 or older
Community Represented: Ukrainian/Ukrainian American
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict
Setting: Ukraine, Unspecified (Europe)
Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: Refugee
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