Where butterflies fill the sky : a story of immigration, family, and finding home /
Marwan, Zahra, 1989-
Where butterflies fill the sky : a story of immigration, family, and finding home / Zahra Marwan. - 40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
"An evocative picture book that tells the true story of the author's immigration from Kuwait to the United States"-- Zahra lives in a beautiful place where the desert reaches all the way to the sea and one hundred butterflies always fill the sky. When Baba and Mama tell her that their family is no longer welcome here and they must leave, Zahra wonders if she will ever feel at home again--and what about the people she will leave behind? But when she and her family arrive in a new desert, she's surprised to find magic all around her. Home might not be as far away as she thought it would be.
Ages: 4-8 Bloomsbury Children's Books.
9781547606511 1547606517
2021032168
Marwan, Zahra, 1989- --Juvenile literature.
Kuwaiti Americans--Juvenile literature.
Stateless persons--Kuwait--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Immigrants--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
United States--Emigration and immigration--Juvenile literature.
Autobiographical fiction.
Picture books.
Where butterflies fill the sky : a story of immigration, family, and finding home / Zahra Marwan. - 40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
"An evocative picture book that tells the true story of the author's immigration from Kuwait to the United States"-- Zahra lives in a beautiful place where the desert reaches all the way to the sea and one hundred butterflies always fill the sky. When Baba and Mama tell her that their family is no longer welcome here and they must leave, Zahra wonders if she will ever feel at home again--and what about the people she will leave behind? But when she and her family arrive in a new desert, she's surprised to find magic all around her. Home might not be as far away as she thought it would be.
Ages: 4-8 Bloomsbury Children's Books.
9781547606511 1547606517
2021032168
Marwan, Zahra, 1989- --Juvenile literature.
Kuwaiti Americans--Juvenile literature.
Stateless persons--Kuwait--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Immigrants--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
United States--Emigration and immigration--Juvenile literature.
Autobiographical fiction.
Picture books.