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4th Grade: Immigration & Ellis Island: GREAT BOOKS ABOUT IMMIGRATION

Resources for you immigration project.

PICTURE BOOKS

                             

Marwan's Journey
Patricia de Arias

                             

One Green Apple
Eve Bunting

                             

Islandborn
Junot Diaz

                             

Mustafa
Marie-Louise Gay

                             

A Very Important Day
Maggie Rugg Herold

                             

My Diary from Here to There
Amada Irma Pérez

                             

The Keeping Quilt
Patricia Polacco

                             

My Name Is Yoon
Helen Recorvits

                             

The Day You Begin
Jacqueline Woodson

Wishes

Muon Thi Van

Image

NONFICTION

When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed

                             

Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty
Linda Glaser

                             

Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
Michelle Markel

Dumpling Dreams: How Joyce Chen Brought the Dumpling from Beijing to Cambridge
Carrie Clickard

This Land Is Our Land: A History of American Immigration
Linda Barrett Osborne

Yes! We Are Latinos: Poems and Prose about the Latino Experience
Alma Flor Ada & F. Isabel Campoy

Imagine
Juan Felipe Hererra

What Was Ellis Island?
Patricia Brennan Demuth

Migrations: Open Hearts, Open Borders
International Centre for the Picture Book in Society

The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art

Cynthia Levinson

Arelia Is a Dreamer: A True Story

Areli Morales

CHAPTER BOOKS

Many of these books deal with emotional and mature themes. Always check with your teacher, librarian, or parent to find the right book for you. 

                             

Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, A jewish Immigrant Girl
Kathryn Lasky

                             

Refugee
Alan Gratz

 Inside Out & Back Again
Thanhhà Lại

                             

Pie in the Sky
Remy Lai

                             

Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything
Lenore Look

                             

Front Desk
Kelly Yang