Migrant

What a lovely book. The story is so sweet and written in such a way everyone who reads it will have an understanding of what the title means. The illustrations are beautiful with informational text too.Perfect for any preschool or elementary school child as well as the adult who reads it to them.I would highly recommend. I loved it!

Review by Sarah, Age 9Have you ever wondered what it's like to move from place to place? In the realistic fiction book, "Migrant," the author, Maxine Trottier, tells us what it might be like to be a child in a migrant family.Anna is a little girl who lives in the 1920s. Her family moves from one farm to another picking fruit and vegetables. She feels like a rabbit or a bee jumping all over with no real home. Her brothers and sisters cuddle together at night to feel safe. Anna wants to be a tree standing tall in one place. Will she ever be a tree?The author wrote this book to let people know how children felt on farms in the 1920s. My favorite thing about this book is when the dogs were sleeping on each other because there was no room.I liked this book because I liked when Anna is a kitten and she shared a bed with her sisters and they were under one blanket. I would recommend this book because I think people would like it.

Cute story. Nicely illustrated.

Beautiful heartfelt book. A must read.

Great book!

Quick read

I loved this book. illustrations are great, the plot is poetic, lovely.

A little girl who is part of a family of migrant workers tries to explain how she feels about her life through a series of metaphors comparing herself to animals that migrate.Definitely read the author's note in the back of this. I'd never heard of the group of Canadian Mennonites who have a home base in Mexico but work as migrant farm laborers all over the US and Canada during the summers and speak Low German. It's a great introduction to a little known culture as well as building empathy for a group of people often misunderstood and/or looked down upon. The language used is quite poetic and would be fantastic for any classes learning about metaphors. Arsenault's illustrations fit the tone very well. Overall a fascinating and beautiful book.

Really nice book. Amazing illustration.

So cute! So we'll written and illustrated! A rare gem representing the migrant Low German speaking Mennonite culture of Mexico and Canada. Written with such empathy and insight.