The Globe's Emigrating Children describes one teacher's experiences teaching twenty-four
immigrant students during their first year in the United States. From diverse places including
Vietnam Iraq Somalia Sudan Mexico El Salvador and Haiti these children brought their
many languages and cultures to a first grade sheltered English classroom in a large urban
school district. Kathleen A. Stark's thoughts and conversations with her students and her
struggles to address each of the children's emotional and learning needs - while guiding them
to recognize and question the assumptions of the world around them - provide a much-needed
intimate look into the lives and education of immigrant children. Stark's beautifully written
reflections about the teacher's role and the role of education in general are supremely
original honest and thought-provoking. This book should be read by any teacher involved in
such areas as immigration early childhood theory literacy foreign language education and
critical pedagogy. It is also suited to pre-service college courses devoted to these topics.
