We Always Had Wings by Jess X. Snow - ESSENTIAL

We Always Had Wings by Jess X. Snow. PICTURE BOOK Penguin Random House, 2025. $19. 9780593428511

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3), EL - ESSENTIAL

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Snow and her mother are flying back to China to visit her grandmother in China. Snow is afraid as she watches the only home she has known disappear in the clouds. Her mother tells her a story that helps calm her fears.

Snow tells the story of her childhood when she is able to go back to China to visit her grandmother. But, the story has deeper meaning about immigration, refugees, and the longing for home. The beautiful illustrations send the imagination flying.

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