Somali/Somali American

I’m New Here
Age 06 or older
Themes: Allyship, Cross-Group Friendship, Engagement Tool: Arts, Engagement Tool: Discussion, Engagement Tool: I'm Your Neighbor Books Created, Engagement Tool: Video, Multilingual Character, Recommended: Infinite Country Read Alike, Welcoming by Individual, Welcoming Library Selection
Kiki and Jacques: A Refugee Story
Age 08 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Let’s Go Swimming on Doomsday
Age 12 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Siblings, Human Rights Violation: Child Soldiers, Loss of Childhood
Lula Wants to Wear a Badge
Age 05 or older
Themes: Education & Literacy, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim
My Friend Jamal
Age 05 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Educator Resource, Generation: 1st, Religious Background: Muslim, Welcoming Library Selection
One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Together
Age 15 or older
Themes: Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Refugee: War/Conflict, Welcoming by School
Our Stories Carried Us Here
Age 12 or older
Themes: Citizenship, Discrimination: Cultural, Engagement Tool: Video, Graphic Novel, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Education, Immigrant: Religious Freedom, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Immigrant: Undocumented
Out of Nowhere
Age 12 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Refugee: War/Conflict
Sadiq and the Desert Star
Age 06 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Multiracial Identity, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim
Someone New
Age 06 or older
Themes: Allyship, Cross-Group Friendship, Engagement Tool: Arts, Engagement Tool: Discussion, Engagement Tool: I'm Your Neighbor Books Created, Recommended: Infinite Country Read Alike, Welcoming by Individual, Welcoming by School, Welcoming Library Selection
Something About America
Age 12 or older
Themes: Community Action, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Discrimination: Religious, Engagement Tool: Discussion, Engagement Tool: I'm Your Neighbor Books Created, Engagement Tool: Video, Family Relationship: Parents, Refugee: War/Conflict, Welcoming by Community
Waa Midabkee Xijaabkaygu?
Age 03 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Education & Literacy, Non-English Book: Somali, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim
What Color is My Hijab?
Age 03 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Education & Literacy, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim
When I Get Older: The Story Behind “Wavin’ Flag”
Age 06 and older
Themes: Engagement Tool: Video, Refugee: War/Conflict, The Arts
When Stars Are Scattered
Age 09 or older
Themes: Award Winner, Discrimination: Abilities, Education & Literacy, Engagement Tool: Discussion, Engagement Tool: Video, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: On Journey, Graphic Novel, Immigrant: Education, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Recommended: "Cartography" Companion Reads, Refugee Camp, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Muslim