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I'm Your Neighbor Books @imyourneighbor.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

We are stricken by the removal of #TPS from #Haitian and #Syrian communities. Every American has a story to tell and asylum seekers must be a part of the American story. Images from the picture books BACK HOME: STORY TIME WITH MY FATHER and A PLACE IN THE WORLD #familiesbelongtogether

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I'm Your Neighbor Books @imyourneighbor.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

THIS BEAUTIFUL BOOK by Ernesto Cisneros led Sandra Cisneros to declare, "We need books...in unkind times." Nationally, kids are suffering from #familyseparation. As Sandra Cisneros shared, EFRÉN DIVIDED is the sanctuary kids need to heal. Contact #ImYourNeighborBooks about #Sanctuary Stories.

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I'm Your Neighbor Books @imyourneighbor.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

6,200+ children have been detained by ICE since Jan'25. 6,200! DETAINED is a memoir of a 13-year-old #Honduran boy who with his cousins takes a dangerous journey to the US in hopes of safety. Instead, the boys are separated and D. enters the chaos and institutional cruelty of #childdetention

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I'm Your Neighbor Books @imyourneighbor.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

With parents being detain & deported, our children are so *full of wishes.* Share CARMELA FULL OF WISHES / LOS DESEOS DE CARMELA by @mattdelapena.bsky.social to give kids a whole field of dandelion-blown wishes. Know a family that needs books like these? Contact us #readthemhome #SanctuaryStories

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I'm Your Neighbor Books @imyourneighbor.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

We ALL need to be talking about the impact of #deportation on communities. The middle-grade novel GUERRERA / WARRIOR GIRL by @carmentafolla.bsky.social opens these conversations and restores power to children impacted by family separation. Know a family that needs books like these? Contact IYNB📚

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I'm Your Neighbor Books @imyourneighbor.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Sandra Cisneros once said, "We need books...in unkind times."* We offers a list of #Books4UnkindTimes —books that help children, families & the broader community negotiate the trauma of ICE intimidation, detention, and deportation. Know a family that needs these books? Contact Us!

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I'm Your Neighbor Books @imyourneighbor.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Are your kids asking: - Am I safe? - Does my family matter? - Do I belong here? Listen to award-winning author Ernesto Cisneros reassure them! To watch to the rest of this amazing video, head to our Youtube channel ➡️➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=no29... #Read2WelcomeRead2Belong

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I'm Your Neighbor Books @imyourneighbor.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Freeport Oyster Bar is stepping up for Maine’s #immigrant community! Any drinks, #oysters or other menu items will benefit I’m Your Neighbor Books. PLEASE JOIN US❤️ 43 Main St, Freeport, ME 04032 For every donation made, the nonprofit will give a book to Freeport Community Services’ youth programs.

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I'm Your Neighbor Books @imyourneighbor.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Last Friday, we were invited to celebrate the end of testing with some amazing students. Luckily we were able to gift some of our favorite Immigrant & #NewGeneration picture books🎁 . Such a great experience! #Read2WelcomeRead2Belong

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I'm Your Neighbor Books @imyourneighbor.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Thank you to Deqa Dhalac for delivering an all #Muslim #WelcomingLibrary collection to the Bilal Mosque in #Portland. And an even bigger thank you to the Maine Community Foundation for the gift that made Immigrant & New Generation book collections for 7 community organizations possible!!

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I'm Your Neighbor Books @imyourneighbor.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Committed to sending #SanctuaryStories - healing book boxes for children impacted by ICE. A teacher wrote that her asylee students do not want to be sent back to a place that they do not remember or a place in turmoil. She asked for books that celebrated 🇻🇪 and the #VenezuelanAmerican experience.

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I'm Your Neighbor Books @imyourneighbor.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Wow! Just got a surprise shipment from @childsplayusa.bsky.social - 300 free copies of the #CongoleseAmerican picture book KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! To be surrounded by @rahanabanana.bsky.social artwork and Yaya Gentille's words is the greatest of these joys. ❤️

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I'm Your Neighbor Books @imyourneighbor.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

#SanctuaryStories program is designed to use K-12 #Immigrant & New Generation books to tell kids impacted by ICE that “You are NOT ALONE.” Honored to send a box of this anthology to our #neighbors in #Minnesota #Read2WelcomeRead2Belong #iceout

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Child's Play USA @childsplayusa.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Happy #ReadYourWorld Day! Books with us all in, so every child can see themselves and each other on the pages they read. Kende! Kende! Kende! by Kirsten Cappy #YayaGentille illustrated by @rahanabanana.bsky.social More via our bio #kidlit @pubspotlight.bsky.social @imyourneighbor.bsky.social #RYWD

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I'm Your Neighbor Books @imyourneighbor.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

NOWHERE BOY is a meditation on TRUST—on seeing an individual, not an #immigrant. #SanctuaryStories offer Immigrant (and ALL) students emotional safety, rest, restoration, and #BELONGING. Lacking legal sanctuary, these boys break the rules to do right. Need this #mglit? Ask for a GIVEAWAY COPY.

Two boys (one White American and one Syrian) ride a bicycle with the words, "Friendship is true safety." It features the cover of the book NOWHERE BOY which I'm Your Neighbor Books is calling #SanctuaryStories

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I'm Your Neighbor Books @imyourneighbor.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

"This nation will always be made up of #Indigenous people and immigrants of the past, present, and future. WE BELIEVE THESE DIFFERENCES MAKE US STRONGER." —I'M AN AMERICAN by @darshanakhiani.bsky.social Our #SanctuaryStories offer #Immigrant, New Generation, & ALL communities a place of safety.

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I'm Your Neighbor Books @imyourneighbor.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

#SanctuaryStories are #kidlit that stand against Unsafe Narratives about our #Immigrant & New Generation communities. Unsafe Narrative "Some people deserve to be here and others do not." #PlylerVDoe says EVERY CHILD in the US— regardless of immigration status—BELONGS in our #classrooms.

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I'm Your Neighbor Books @imyourneighbor.bsky.social · 09/12/2023

The *2023 New Arrival Book Award* from @imyourneighbor.bsky.social has been given to *Green Card Voices* for the #graphicnovel anthology OUR STORIES CARRIED US HERE! youtu.be/rngSHZ42Hnw?... #ImYourNeighborBookAward #Read2WelcomeRead2Belong

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Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

From Pajama Press IF YOU SEE A BLUEBIRD a "lovely, gentle book about refugees from Afghanistan should resonate with anyone who has had to leave their home for a safer place...an effective mirror and a door for understanding war and displacement” ysbookreviews.wordpress.com/2023/11/15/i...

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If You See a Bluebird by Bahram Rahman, illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard

If You See a Bluebird by Bahram Rahman, illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard. Pajama Press, 2023. 9781772782844 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover picture book What d...

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I'm Your Neighbor Books @imyourneighbor.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

Maine teachers! Applications close *12/1/23* for this amazing opportunity to explore SEL with I'm Your Neighbor Books #WelcomingLibrary picture books! This project was envisioned and funded by the Maine Department of Education! #Read2WelcomeRead2Belong imyourneighborbooks.org/free-sel-tra...

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