Water Journeys and Travels: Finding Home
Struggle, longing and discovery are captured in stories in this theme, often through the eyes of young children, as they experience the long journey across the seas in search of a new home. In other stories, the journey is not towards the great unknown but simply finding comfort and peace at the seaside rather than in the bustle of city life.
Landed
By Lee, Milly
Illustrated by Choi, Yangsook
2006
Our Home is the Sea
By Levinson, Riki
Illustrated by Luzak, Dennis
1988
Singing Shijimi Clams
By Naomi Kojima
Illustrated by Naomi Kojima
2006
So Far from the Sea
By Eve Bunting
Illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet
1998
The Arrival
By Tan, Shaun
Illustrated by Tan, Shaun
2004
The Jade Necklace
By Yee, Paul
Illustrated by Lin, Grace
2002
The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela: Through Three Continents in the Twelfth Century
By Shulevitz, Uri
2005
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