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DAVY BROWN DISCOVERS HIS ROOTS Book
About us:
Keely Velani LLC publishes children's books with a purpose. The books are designed to teach kids about global and social issues in a fun and novel way. When purchasing one of our books, kids not only will be educated on the issue featured in the book, but Keely Velani will contribute a portion of the proceeds to that specific cause to make a real difference.
About the Authors
Witthöft is an immigrant from South Africa. She graduated from the University of Pretoria in 1999 with two law degrees and practiced bankruptcy law until 2002 when she moved to New York City. She worked for a financial magazine on Wall Street until 2004 when she and her husband moved to Seattle. She currently works in comparative international education assisting immigration attorneys.
Alexander grew up in a small town in Western Montana. She attended the University of Montana in Missoula, where she received degrees in English-Literature and German. She has worked in the publishing industry, taught ESL and studied abroad. She now lives in Seattle with her husband and stepdaughter, and works in the casual gaming industry writing and editing game scripts.
Synopsis of Davy Brown Discovers His Roots:
Davy Brown is a bright, all-American boy with some not-so-typical problems. His best friend may be leaving the country. His teacher has just instructed the class to describe their own immigration stories—but his family doesn’t have one! And if he fails the class, he may lose his spot on the baseball team. And if all that weren’t bad enough, the cafeteria is serving coleslaw again…
Join Davy and his friends Carlos, Erika, and Amit on their quest as they discover that even the most seemingly typical people have exciting immigration histories. Then, using the resources in this book, embark on your own voyage of discovery—what fascinating immigration stories will you unearth? How many flags adorn your family tree? The answers may surprise and delight you!
We have created a story that blends the historic with the current immigration story of America to convey the message that we are all immigrants, the story of us all and a story everyone can relate to. We wanted to create a children’s book that can be read on different levels - easy enough for children to understand, but also with more substance to make the adult reader think.
We feature various types of visas and immigration paths through the stories of the children. We included a reference guide for readers and educators who want to know more about the visas and paths to immigration featured in the book.
There are symbols pointing to famous immigrants in the text and some is through the illustration only [examples would be "Google" whose co-founder is the Russian-born immigrant Sergey Brin, Einstein (E=MC2) written in the classroom, Ichiro and Beckham, the Louvre pyramid that was designed by I.M. Pei, a Chinese-born architect and a Nordstrom shopping bag, founder John W. Nordstrom, a Swedish immigrant].
Our vision for the book is, not only to be an educational tool, but for parents and children to discover and celebrate their own unique family story. We hope to create more understanding that we all share a similar background with immigration being part of every single American’s history.
We also designed a family tree to go along with the book for children to create their own family tree of flags such as Davy’s.
Keely Velani LLC publishes children's books with a purpose. The books are designed to teach kids about global and social issues in a fun and novel way. When purchasing one of our books, kids not only will be educated on the issue featured in the book, but Keely Velani will contribute a portion of the proceeds to that specific cause to make a real difference.
About the Authors
Witthöft is an immigrant from South Africa. She graduated from the University of Pretoria in 1999 with two law degrees and practiced bankruptcy law until 2002 when she moved to New York City. She worked for a financial magazine on Wall Street until 2004 when she and her husband moved to Seattle. She currently works in comparative international education assisting immigration attorneys.
Alexander grew up in a small town in Western Montana. She attended the University of Montana in Missoula, where she received degrees in English-Literature and German. She has worked in the publishing industry, taught ESL and studied abroad. She now lives in Seattle with her husband and stepdaughter, and works in the casual gaming industry writing and editing game scripts.
Synopsis of Davy Brown Discovers His Roots:
Davy Brown is a bright, all-American boy with some not-so-typical problems. His best friend may be leaving the country. His teacher has just instructed the class to describe their own immigration stories—but his family doesn’t have one! And if he fails the class, he may lose his spot on the baseball team. And if all that weren’t bad enough, the cafeteria is serving coleslaw again…
Join Davy and his friends Carlos, Erika, and Amit on their quest as they discover that even the most seemingly typical people have exciting immigration histories. Then, using the resources in this book, embark on your own voyage of discovery—what fascinating immigration stories will you unearth? How many flags adorn your family tree? The answers may surprise and delight you!
We have created a story that blends the historic with the current immigration story of America to convey the message that we are all immigrants, the story of us all and a story everyone can relate to. We wanted to create a children’s book that can be read on different levels - easy enough for children to understand, but also with more substance to make the adult reader think.
We feature various types of visas and immigration paths through the stories of the children. We included a reference guide for readers and educators who want to know more about the visas and paths to immigration featured in the book.
There are symbols pointing to famous immigrants in the text and some is through the illustration only [examples would be "Google" whose co-founder is the Russian-born immigrant Sergey Brin, Einstein (E=MC2) written in the classroom, Ichiro and Beckham, the Louvre pyramid that was designed by I.M. Pei, a Chinese-born architect and a Nordstrom shopping bag, founder John W. Nordstrom, a Swedish immigrant].
Our vision for the book is, not only to be an educational tool, but for parents and children to discover and celebrate their own unique family story. We hope to create more understanding that we all share a similar background with immigration being part of every single American’s history.
We also designed a family tree to go along with the book for children to create their own family tree of flags such as Davy’s.
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