Wishes

June is World Refugee Awareness Month and June 20 is World Refugee Day. It is time to concede the importance of the strength, courage, and perseverance of millions of refugees from around the globe.

Title: Wishes

Author: Mượn Thị Văn

Illustration: Victo Ngai

Publisher: Orchard Books  / Scholastic

"Wishes" is a heartbreakingly true story of a Vietnamese family's journey from their home to faraway safety. Every non-living thing they come across on the way expresses a single wish - the bag (that the family packs with rice packets) wishes it were deeper, the clock wishes it was slower, the dream wishes it were longer, the winding path (that the kid and mother are walking) wishes it was shorter, etc. But, it is the little girl's wishes that will ring in our ears longer and reach deeper into our souls.

📚 Simple text and epic visualization.

📚 Story of escape, survival, safety, suffering, and reality.

📚 Perfect for elementary kids as a read-aloud or a good read.

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