The Paper Boat: A Refugee Story
by Thao Lam
Lam creates and draws parallel stories in this wordless book. A fleeing Vietnamese... read more
16 Total Resources 4 Awards 5 State Lists View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- Immigrant / Refugee
- South Asian
- Asian
Year Published 2020
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Boats and boating--Juvenile fiction
- Ants--Juvenile fiction
- Ants
- Refugees
- Paper toys
- Stories without words
- Ocean travel--Juvenile fiction
- Families--Juvenile fiction
- Boats and boating--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Insects, Spiders, etc
- Ocean travel--Fiction
- Ants--Fiction
- Paper toys--Fiction
- Ocean travel
- Families
- Families--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration
- Paper toys--Juvenile fiction
- Boats and boating
- Refugees--Fiction
- Refugees--Juvenile fiction
- Family life--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General (see also headings under Social Themes)
Our Original Resources 4
Audio Name Pronunciation with Thao Lam
Created by TeachingBooks
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
Created by TeachingBooks
About the Author 3
Author Interviews 5
Interview with Thao Lam
Created by Rabia Khokhar
Interview with Thao Lam
Created by New York Public Library
Interview with Thao Lam
Created by Open Book Ontario
Behind the Book with Thao Lam
Created by Owlkids
Interview with Thao Lam
Created by Owlkids
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Discussion and Activity Guide from Owlkids
Created by Owlkids
Paper Boat Activity from Owlkids
Created by Owlkids
Awards & Distinctions 4
Outstanding International Books, 2006-2023
Grades 3-5 Selection, 2021
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2022
Selection, 2020
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2022
Selection, 2020
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2020
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