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Sofia's Journey: A Migration Story

by Carin Berger

A family’s journey toward a possible new home

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A family’s journey toward a possible new home

When home is no longer safe, Sofia and her family set out across unfamiliar distances, carrying little beyond their love for one another. A dove-shaped cloud becomes a recurring point of reassurance as Sofia wonders whether she can be brave; the journey also includes crowded tents and stretches when the sign is hard to see. The story places displacement in a child’s perspective, balancing separation from the familiar with the closeness of family and the possibility of finding a new home. Carin Berger’s collage illustrations accompany this account of migration, uncertainty, and hope.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 encountering a story about migration and displacement
  • Families and educators looking for a picture book that can prompt discussion about leaving home and staying together

Themes

Migration and displacementFamily bondsCourage and uncertaintyHope

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Book overview

When Sofia has to leave home behind, a cloud like a dove keeps watch over her journey.

Sofia's home isn't safe anymore. She and her family travel far and long, over the land and under the stars. They walk away from all they know, everything they love, except each other.

Sofia isn't sure if she can be brave. But every time she looks up, she sees a dove in the clouds, watching over her. Sometimes it takes a lot of looking, and sometimes crowded tents nearly block her view. But the dove is always there with her, all the way to a possible new home.

Carin Berger (In the Night Garden, The Little Yellow Leaf) uses her collage technique to bring soft splendor to this widely applicable story of displacement and hope. In a time when ever more families face similar circumstances worldwide, Sofia's Journey is a vital empathy read and a soothing anchor in the storm.
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