Kim, Patti. Here I Am.

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Kim, Patti.  Here I Am.  Capstone/Picture window  2014  40p  ISBN 978-1-4048-8299-7  elem  VG-BN  Picture book (Wordless)           

A beautifully drawn picture book describes coming to the United States without the use of a single, understandable word.  Letters are grouped together in the book, but they are nonsense words, which is just what a child would perceive if he or she were new to the English language.  This is just one of the many problems that young immigrants have, whether coming to America or to any country but “home.”  The differences in society, environment and comfort are clearly illustrated through the artwork, and the note to the reader tells the author’s own tale of coming to the United States.  As hard as the transition is for immigrants, in so many ways it is especially hard for children.  But as this story tells it, it all works out in the end.        

Summary: The story of coming to America as seen through the eyes of a child is presented without words.  Just pictures.

Immigration-Picture books                                  --Lynn Fisher