Mis Dos Pueblos Fronterizos / My Two Border Towns (2021) by David Bowles

Authors

Amy Reed-Sandoval, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

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Description

When children talk about migration and displacement, they generally speak and inquire about people. Why are some people forced to leave their homes—or why was I forced to leave my home? Why won’t other countries let them in—or why won’t other countries let my family and me in? What does it feel like to live in a shelter, or in a refugee camp, or on a bridge between two countries—or why must my family live this way, while others do not? This picture book shows how philosophical questions about migration can be inspired by, and embedded in, communities and characters that children can read, imagine, and care about. It emphasizes what young philosophers already know: that migrants are real people, living in real places, and embedded in real human relationships that are philosophically perplexing and deserving of collaborative analysis.

Publication Date

2023

Publisher

Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children

City

Montclair

Keywords

migration, borders, children, philosophy for children, refugees

Disciplines

Early Childhood Education | Education | Philosophy

Recommended Citation

Reed-Sandoval, Amy, "Mis Dos Pueblos Fronterizos / My Two Border Towns (2021) by David Bowles" (2023). Picture Books. 43.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/iapc_thinkingstories_picturebooks/43