Children's Corner

The following titles are appropriate for children ages kindergarten to third grade. These engaging books were used in putting together our accompanying Intergenerational Tutoring curriculum titled America: A Land of Immigrants. For more information about OASIS’s Intergenerational Tutoring Program, go to www.oasisnet.org, and click on the Volunteer tab.

• Gordon, Solomon. Why Did They Come? National Geographic Society. 2003.
• Herold, Maggie R. A Very Important Day. Morrow Junior Books. 1995.
• Hest, Amy. When Jessica Came Across the Sea. Candlewick. 1997.
• Johnston, Tony. Uncle Rain Cloud. Talewinds. 2001.
• Levinson, Rikki. Watch the Stars Come Out. Puffin Books. 1985.
• Maestro, B. and Maestro, G. The Story of the Statue of Liberty. Harper Collins Publishers. 1986.
• Maestro, Betsy. Coming to America: The Story of Immigration. Scholastic, Inc. 1997.
• Penner, Lucille. The Statue of Liberty. Scholastic, Inc. 1995.
• Perl, Lela. The Great Ancestor Hunt. MacMillan/McGraw-Hill School Publishing Company. 1989.
• Polacco, Patricia. The Keeping Quilt. The Trumpet Club, Inc. 1998.
• Polacco, Patricia. Mrs. Katz & Tush. Putnam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. 1994.
• Quiri, P.R. True Book: Ellis Island. Children’s Press. 1998.
• Reeves, Pamela. Ellis Island: Gateway to the American Dream. Barnes & Noble Books. 2000.
• Ryan, Pam Muñoz. The Flag We Love. Scholastic, Inc. 1996.
• Say, Allen. Grandfather’s Journey. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1993.
• Szucs, Loretto Dennis. Ellis Island. Ancestry Publishing. 2000.
• Watson, Mary. The Butterfly Seeds. Tambourine Books. 1995.
• Wong, Janet. Apple Pie 4th of July. Voyager Books. 2002.
• Woodruff, Elvira. The Memory Coat. Scholastic, Inc. 1999.

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson204.shtml
Immigration history and lessons/links to articles and activities

http://www.tenement.org
A virtual tour of a Manhattan lower east-side tenement

http://falcon.jmu.edu~ramseyil/holidays.htm
Lists links to holidays/celebrations from countries around the world

http://www.education.world.com/a_tech/sites/sites049.shtml
Holiday site links that include lesson plans, interactive activities, multicultural celebrations

http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/pdf/stamplg/pdf

http://www.historyimages.com
Links to history/American symbols, clip art, and historical information

http://nps.gov/elis/historyculture/inidex.htm
Background information on Ellis Island

http://www.ellisisland.org/photoalbums/ellis_island_then.asp
Multiple images of Ellis Island/links to current images/links to search for passengers

Photo Credit: Ukrainian refugee girls on their journey from a Refugee camp in Poland to Woodruff, WI.