Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family's Journey
by Margriet Ruurs and Nizar Ali Badr
Rama and her family, are forced to flee their once-peaceful village to escape... read more
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- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- Immigrant / Refugee
- Middle Eastern
Year Published 2016
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 480L
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Syria
- Refugees
- Syria--History--Civil War, 2011---Refugees--Juvenile fiction
- Bilingual
- Civil War (Syria : 2011-)
- Syria--History--Civil War, 2011---Refugees--Fiction
- Stories in rhyme
- Bilingual books
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Civil War, 2011-
- Young Adult People & Places
- Refugees--Syria--Fiction
- Arabic language materials
- History
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Middle East
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
- Picture books
- Civil War (Syria : 2011- )
- Stories in rhyme--Juvenile fiction
- Refugees--Syria--Juvenile fiction
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Margriet Ruurs about Stepping Stones
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Margriet Ruurs
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Authors 5
Audio Name Pronunciation with Margriet Ruurs
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Author Interviews 5
Meet-the-Author Recording with Margriet Ruurs
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Interview with Margriet Ruurs
Created by CBC
Interview with Margriet Ruurs
Created by Unpacking the POWER of Picture Books
Interview with Margriet Ruurs
Created by Orca Book Publishers
Interview with Nizar Ali Badr
Created by Creative Havens
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
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Teaching Notes from Lamont Books
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Book Readings 2
Video Book Reading in Arabic and English (Bilingual) narrated by Margriet Ruurs (English) and Falah Raheem (Arabic)
Created by Orca Book Publishers
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Margriet Ruurs and Falah Raheem
Created by Orca Book Publishers
Book Trailers 1
Video Book Trailer from Orca Book Publishers
Created by Orca Book Publishers
Book & Adaptation Websites 1
Awards & Distinctions 3
Middle East Book Award, 2000-2021
Honor, 2017
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2022
Selection, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Multicultural Selection, 2016
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