The Notebook Keeper is an amazing story that shows a family at the border and the kindness they encounter. I recommend this book to elementary classrooms as a way to teach and show kindness and what "the border" is. ( )

This book would be good for primary students. This book is "The Notebook Keeper" written by Stephen Briseno, illustrated by Magdalena Mora, and published in 2022. This book is about a young girl name Noemi and her mama and they are trying to immigrate to the United States but they have to add their number to a list of numbers and then they have to patiently wait for weeks in darkness and despair while they wait for their number to be called. A stranger shows them kindness and gives them hope while they wait. I think this would be a good book to teach about how difficult it is to immigrate and how scary it can be, but that kindness goes a long way. I think this has a good lesson that kindness can change someone' s entire outlook on life so to always be kind to others even when you are in despair yourself.

Wow. A short, simple story about immigration for young children. Beautiful message and beautiful illustrations. ( )

5/5

To ANYONE who thinks that individuals from Mexico are illegal and not worth being treated as special, I say.....

YEAH. RIGHT.

This gorgeously written, impactful story is about hope. Of belief. Of encouragement that those who seek asylum WILL find it. Oh the author's note about did me in y'all/ Knowing that this notebook has a history, a history that also faded with Covid, oh that hit HARD.

Read this book and have a conversation. ( )