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
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
The first of a trilogy, this book depicts a Jewish family’s trials when escaping World War II Germany.
Refugee Boy
A novel for young adults about Alem, who is left in London by his family who fear for his safety in Ethiopia.
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...
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
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
Harrowing yet hopeful, Loung’s powerful story of her family's flight from the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia is an unforgettable account of a family shaken and shattered.
They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan
A descriptive piece of the lives of two characters raised in the Dinka kin-group of Sudan.
Alek: Sudanese Refugee to International Supermodel
Alek Wek grew up in the Sudan in the midst of the vicious civil war and is now one of the most sought-after supermodels in the world.
What is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng
This is the story of Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee in war-ravaged southern Sudan who flees from his village in the mid-1980s and becomes one of the so-called Lost Boys.
