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Somali Refugee Experiences

Children's Books

Dhegdheer: A Scary Somali Folktale (2007) by Marian A. Hassan (Retold by); Betsy Bowen (Illustrator)
Call Number: CSB Clemens Juvenile PZ90.S57 H373 2007
A Gift for Sadia (2004) by Marie Perry
Call Number: CSB Clemens Juvenile PZ7.P4354 G53 2004
The Lion's Share: A Somali Folktale = Qayb libaax (2007) by Said Salah Ahmed (Retold by); Kelly Dupre (Illustrator)
Call Number: CSB Clemens Juvenile PZ90.S57 A46 2007
ISBN: 1931016127
After the animals hunt and kill a camel, the lion asks them how the meat will be shared.
Through My Eyes (2016) by Tammy Wilson; illustration by Jill Dubbeldee Kuhn
Call Number: CSB Clemens Young Adult PZ7.1.W5838 T57 2016
The Travels of Igal Shidad/Safarada Cigaal Shidaad (2008) by Kelly Dupre (Retold by); Said Salah Ahmed (Translator); Amin Abd al-Fattah Mahmud Amir (Illustrator)
Call Number: CSB Clemens Juvenile PZ90.S57 D8774 2008
Wiil Waal (2007) by Kathleen M. Moriarty; Amin Abd al-Fattah Mahmud Amir (Illustrator); Jamal Adam (Translator)
Call Number: CSB Clemens Juvenile PZ90.S57 M67 2007
A Somali-English Bilingual Children's Picture Book.
From Somalia with Love (2009) by Na'ima B. Robert
Call Number: CSB Clemens Young Adult PR6118.O227 F766 2009