With extremely detailed images without any words, this lovely childrens’ novel illustrates the struggle of being a child that has immigrated to the United States. As there are no words, this novel leaves much up to the interpretation of the reader. ( )

Immigrants face daunting challenges.
The world is a better place as they share their stories, and learn ours, too. ( )

This is such a lovely book. A wordless story of a young child's experience immigrating to a new country where they don't know the language or the culture. I used gender-neutral pronouns because when I read through the book I imagined the child was a girl, but the blurb in the back uses male pronouns, so clearly this kid can be whoever is reading! ( )

Author Kim was inspired by her childhood move from South Korea to the United States. The story is wordless, using images to convey a bustling New York like city. We follow along with our main character’s emotions about moving far away from the only life he has known. "Here I am" features friendship and diversity in a creative panel like format with an increasingly vibrant color palette. ( )