Turn to page 30 for a wonderful article on bilingual literacy by Sheila Wilensky.
Language is Home: IYNB Profiled in DesertLeaf Magazine
Welcoming Library
2024 is in the Books with the Salma Series
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 with Wonderbooks and AudioFile Magazine
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 »
2024 is in the Books with Abuelita
2024 IS IN THE BOOKS for I’m Your Neighbor Books Which books & creators defined our year? Abuelita and Me joined the Welcoming Library collection this year when we created and inserted a set of Discussion Questions that asked readers to explore the racism and recovery in this deeply honest and beautiful picture book. Abuelita… Read more »
2024 is in the Books with a Multilingual Haitian Story
2024 IS IN THE BOOKS for I’m Your Neighbor Books? Which books & creators defined our year? Auntie Luce’s Talking Paintings and the Haitian Creole translation Koze Penti Ak Tati Luce were the most requested books by Multilingual educators and those that support the Haitian community in the US. The picture books are graced with… Read more »
Curious how books combat racist narratives?
Explore the Pine Project I’m Your Neighbor Books and the Maine DOE produced the Pine Project: Professional Development, a self-led, SEL-driven training you can take —anonymously. It is designed to increase your ability to talk about race, culture, and the barriers and pathways to classroom and community belonging. Within the Pine 3 module (timestamp: 18:22-34:00),… Read more »
The Pine Project: Welcoming Library Celebration – A Vibrant Step Toward Belonging
By D.D. Rathnayake Dr. Megan Welter, Associate Commissioner for Public Education at Maine Department of Education, set the tone for an extraordinary celebration of diversity and inclusion at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center on September 13, 2024. “A warm welcome is so much better.” —Dr. Megan Welter, Maine Department of Education Hosted in partnership with… Read more »
The Story of the I’m Your Neighbor Books Logo
Our logo includes the phrase, “I’m your neighbor” in Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Khmer, Kirundi/Kinyawanda, Korean, Somali, Spanish, and Vietnamese. The logo was created in 2012 by a group of volunteers who were planning a city-wide read of Immigrant and New Generation children’s literature in Portland, Maine. The creation of it was simple. Anne Sibley… Read more »
Welcoming in 2024
The 13,000+ books we have placed in Welcoming Libraries across the country all have the same invitation: Read to Welcome. Read to Belong. Each children’s book tells the story of a modern immigrant family or their new generations. As readers, you will not be surprised that these books change us. Reading at any age gives… Read more »
New Welcoming Library: Cart Collection Launched with 26 Grant-funded Carts for Maine
10 “Welcoming Library: Cart Collections” with 900 Books Gifted to Bangor Schools Bangor, Maine—In front of hundreds of fourth and fifth-grade students at Fairmont School, I’m Your Neighbor Books, Bangor school officials, and the Maine Department of Education, announced the delivery of 900 books featuring Immigrant and New Generation families to Bangor schools. Thanks to… Read more »