Immigration (Grade 2-4)

Contributor's Form (list #30)

Picture Books & Easy Chapter Books
• Bartone, Elisa. American Too.
• Bresnick-Perry, ?. Leaving for America. (Russia)
• Bunting, Eve. Day's Work. (Mexican-American)
• Bunting, Eve. How Many Days to America? (Caribbean Island)
• Cech, John. My Grandmother's Journey.
• Joose, Barbara. The Morning Chair. (Holland)
• Leighton, Maxinna. Ellis Island Christmas. (Poland)
• Levinson, Riki. Watch the Stars Come Out. (Boat journey)
• Levitin, Sonia. A Piece of Home. (Russia)
• Moss, Marissa. In America. (Lithuania)
• Polacco, Patricia. Keeping Quilt. (Four generations)
• Rosenberg, Liz. Grandmother & the Runaway Shadow.
• Say, Allen. Grandfather's Journey. (Japan)
• Surat, ?. Angel Child, Dragon Child. (Vietnam)
• Turner, ?. Through Moon, Stars and Night Skies. (Korea)
• Winter, ?. Klara's New World. (Sweden)

  Independent Reading (on level), Fiction & Fact

• Cohen, Barbara. Molly's Pilgrim. (The Ukraine, Fiction)
• --, Make a Wish, Molly
• Dionetti, Michelle, Cole Mine Peaches
• Estes, Eleanor, The Hundred Dresses
• Gross, Virginia. It's Only Goodbye.
• Herold, Maggie. Very Important Day. (Present-day immigrant, Fiction)
• Kavanagh, ?. Home is Where Your Family Is. (Atlantic crossing)
• Lawlor, ?. I Was Dreaming to Come to America:...Oral History... (Factual book)
• Levine, ?. If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island. (Factual book)
• Maestro, ?. Coming to America: the Story of Immigration. (Factual)
• Oberman, Sheldon. Always Prayer Shawl. (Jewish boyhood in Russia)
• Prior, Bonnie, The Dream Jar

  Read-alouds and Advanced Reading

• Sachs, ?. Call Me Ruth by Sachs. RL 5
• Mayerson, Evelyn. Cat Who Escaped from Steerage by Mayerson. (Europe) RL 4
• Yep, Laurence. Child of the Owl. (Chinese American) RL 5
• Gilson, ?. Hello My Name Is Scrambled Eggs. (Vietnam. Humor) RL 5
• Lord, Betty Bao. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. (China) RL 5
• Levitin, Sonia. Journey to America. (Escape from Nazi Germany) RL 5
• Hesse, Karen. Letters from Rifka. (Escape from Russia, 1919) RL 5
• Lasky, Kathryn. Night Journey. (Escape from Russia. Stark.) RL 6
• Waterton, ?. Pettranella. (May be o.p.)
• Ross, Lillian. Sarah, Also Known As Hannah. (East European) RL 4
• Girard, ?. We Adopted You, Benjamin Koo by Girard. (Biography. Korea) RL 4
• Namioka, Lensey. Yang the Youngest & His Terrible Ear. (Chinese-Am. Humor) RL5

  Non-Fiction Advanced

• Sandler, ?. Immigrants. (Excellent photos) RL 6