BETWEEN TWO SHORES: 15 INSPIRING STORIES FOR AMERICAN-HAITIAN CHILDREN

Between Two Shores was created to meet children where they are, caught between two worlds, belonging fully to both. The fifteen stories draw on the real experiences of Haitian-American families across the United States, from Miami's Little Haiti and Brooklyn's Flatbush to Boston, >Each story is rooted in Social-Emotional Learning: self-awareness, empathy, and confident identity. Research shows that children who see themselves in the books they read grow stronger in literacy, empathy, and >Haitian Kreyòl is treated here as the treasure it is: a living language spoken by more than twelve million people, born from African languages, French, Spanish, and Taíno, and shaped by centuries of creativity and resilience. Try the words aloud, whatever your background. Language is >Haiti is the first Black republic in the world, free since 1804 after the only successful revolution of enslaved people in history. The children in this book are heirs to that courage, and so is every child who holds these > Mèsi. Thank you for reading. Nou ansanm. We are together.