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Newcomer Welcome Week Reading Guide

Huron County is celebrating Welcoming Week this September 13th-22nd. It's an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the people, places and values that make everyone feel welcome and give them a sense of belonging in their local community, no matter where they come from. A staff curated list of recent books celebrating newcomers to Canada can be found below.

Huron County Library

26 items

  • Crooked Teeth

    a Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir

    Ramadan, Ahmad Danny
    BookToronto, ON : Viking, 2024. — 819.36 Ramad
  • BookVictoria, BC : Stonehewer Books, [2024] — 819.354 Silei
  • Nowhere, Exactly

    on Identity and Belonging

    Vassanji, M. G.,
    BookToronto, ON : Doubleday Canada, [2024] — 304.8019 Vas
  • BookToronto, ON : James Lorimer & Company Ltd, Publishers, [2024] — YA FIC Kawoo
  • Today I Am

    10 Stories of Belonging

    BookToronto, ON : Scholastic Canada, 2024. — YA FIC Today
  • Downloadable Graphic NovelLerner Publishing Group, 2024
  • Graphic NovelNew York : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, 2024. — J 741.5971 Calin
  • BookVictoria, BC : Orca Book Publishers, 2024. — J FIC Shah
  • On the Block

    Stories of Home

    BookNew York : Crown Books for Young Readers, [2024] — J FIC On
  • BookToronto, Ontario : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, [2023] — J FIC Nguye
  • A Map for Falasteen

    a Palestinian Child's Search for Home

    Odeh, Maysa,
    Picture BookNew York : Henry Holt and Company, 2024. — JP Odeh
  • Picture BookToronto, ON : Second Story Press, [2024] — JP Chris
  • Picture BookSomerville, MA : Candlewick Press, 2024. — JP Menon