This book outlines the ways educators can support positive educational and social outcomes for the most vulnerable children in their communities.
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Books about refugees in Australia
Creating Spaces of Wellbeing and Belonging for Refugee and Asylum-Seeker Students: Skills and Strategies for School Leaders
This practical resource for principals and school leaders provides guidance on how to develop schools into places of belonging for all children, especially children of refugee and asylum-seeker backgrounds.
Creating a Sense of Belonging for Immigrant and Refugee Students Strategies for K-12 Educators
This book, written by four award-winning teachers, offers compelling stories and practical applications to help you reach your students in the classroom and beyond.
Perspectives on Transitions in Refugee Education Ruptures, Passages, and Re-Orientations
This book covers various aspects of refugee transitions and their intersections with educational experiences.
Understanding and Supporting Refugee Children and Young People: A Practical Resource for Teachers, Parents and Carers of Those Exposed to the Trauma of War
This book is a resource for those parents and professionals seeking to support children through the trauma of war and conflict.
Books for children
Jumping to Heaven
Children from Bosnia, Cambodia, El Salvador, Herzegovina, Iraq, Sudan, and Vietnam who have come to Australia to escape persecution are given a voice in this collection of short stories compiled from interviews with...
Oranges in No Man’s Land
Since her father left Lebanon to find work and her mother tragically died in a shell attack, ten-year-old Ayesha has been living in the bomb-ravaged city of Beirut with her granny and her two younger brothers.
Walk in My Shoes
Aimed at secondary students, this book tells of an Afghan refugee, Gulnessa, who struggles to establish a life for herself and her family in Australia.
Boy Overboard
Morris Gleitzman writes of Jamal, who just wants to play football, but with a sister defying Taliban curfews and parents running an illegal school, his problems escalate until the whole family must flee Afghanistan in...
Books about refugees in the world
Under the Persimmon Tree
This widely acclaimed novel explores the relationship between a young American woman and an Afghan girl, Najmah.
Little Daughter: A Memoir of Survival in Burma and the West
The memoir of Zoya Phan, who fled the Burmese conflict and eventually reached the UK.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Set against the backdrop of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the rise of the Taliban, this novel follows the intersecting stories of two Afghan women.
The Boy Who Never Gave Up: A Refugee’s Epic Journey to Triumph
A life story of Dr Emmanuel Taban who escaped the war-torn Sudan and had faced challenges in different African countries before coming to South Africa.
