I’m Your Neighbor Books (IYNB) had the honor of participating in Seafest 2026. Hosted by Khmer Maine, Seafest 2026 celebrated Maine’s Southeast Asian communities. The event centered the region’s diverse cultures as expressed in music, dance, and food while also highlighting the Southeast Asian community’s contributions to Maine. Under the IYNB tent, we shared… Read more »
Ernesto Cisneros tells us he wrote Efrén Divided/Efrén Dividido because: “Stories help us remember who we are when things get confusing. Stories remind us that behind every headline is a human being. Behind every policy is a family. Behind every statistic is a child with dreams, fears, and a future that deserves care. No matter… Read more »
Books Shield Immigrant Kids Standing behind a shield emblazoned with the image of a hero of the Haitian Revolution, this Haitian American boy holds back harm. He made the hero shield with Haitian American author Francie Latour and her social justice organization, Wee The People. Side-by-side with Francie Latour at this (and many events this… Read more »
How do we protect the hearts of the immigrant community in these “unkind times”? “We need books to break open our hearts, so that we might feel more deeply, so that we might be more human in these unkind times.” —Sandra Cisneros Yes, we need books—and shields. I’m Your Neighbor Books joined forces with Boston’s… Read more »
Educators! School Librarians! Saturday, 10/18/25 Sunday, 10/19/25 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM I’m Your Neighbor Books 80 Bell Street, Ste 7 Portland, ME 04103 FMI: 207-613-1619 or kcappy@imyourneighborbooks.org Visit the I’m Your Neighbor Books warehouse for 40% OFF 100’s of Immigrant and New Generation K-12 titles! “We need books to break open our hearts, so… Read more »
The Maine Library Association presented Yaya Gentille, Rahana Dariah, and Kirsten Cappy with the Lupine Award for Kende! Kende! Kende! at the Reading Roundup Conference. The Lupine Award is designed to honor a living author or illustrator who is a resident of Maine, or who has created a work whose focus is Maine, as shown… Read more »
2024 IS IN THE BOOKS for I’m Your Neighbor Books. Which books & creators defined our year? I’m Your Neighbor Books does not work directly with students (that has to change) but in 2024, middle and high school students made their voices heard. Educators came to us because their students were asking to be taught… Read more »
2024 IS IN THE BOOKS for I’m Your Neighbor Books! Which books & creators defined our year? Salma was the #1 series aboard the Welcoming Library: Cart Collections that rolled 90-book #Immigrant & New Generation collections into schools & community centers across the nation! Series? Yes! Author Danny Ramadan has followed up his #picturebook Salma… Read more »
2024 IS IN THE BOOKS for I’m Your Neighbor Books Which books & partners defined our year? AudioFile Magazine once again made it possible for I’m Your Neighbor Books to include audiobook editions of core Immigrant and New Generation books in our Welcoming Library collections. And WHAT a wonder! Wonderbook editions from Playaway have an… Read more »