For the past 15 years, our school has seen a huge influx of immigrant children, coming from countries such as Mexico, Argentina, Russia, Japan, China, Thailand, Figi, India, Ethiopia (and other African countries), and lately, many from Saudi Arabia. These children arrive as non-English speaking and extremely shy. Who wouldn’t be? As this book shows, these kids are quiet, sad, observant, and bright. It would be extremely difficult to leave family and friends and a familiar culture to go live where to don’t know anyone, everything is different, and you can’t even be understood. But as this book points out, communication comes in different forms, and even though the differences in people are dramatic, there still are similarities enough to bridge the language barrier and to form friendships. This book provides very simple ideas to use as discussion points for those classrooms who have a non-English speaking student. This book should be in every elementary school library.