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Children's Migration Literature

K-2:

An Ellis Island Christmas - by Maxine Rhea Leighton (history)

Escaping to America: A True Story - by Rosalyn Schanger (history, citizen's rights and privileges)

Grandfather's Journey - by Allen Say (history)
In America - by Marissa Moss (history, citizen's right's and privileges)
When Jessie Came Across the Sea - by Amy Hest (history)
I Remember China - Raintree/ Steck-Vaughn Publishers (citizen's rights and privileges)

3-4:
When Jessie Came Across the Sea - by Amy Hest (history)
Tales From Gold Mountain - by Paul Yee (history)
The Memory Coat - by Elvira Woodruff (history)
The Tenement Writer: An Immigrant's Story - by Ben Sonder (history)
Hannah's Journal - by Maria Moss (history)
My Grandmother's Journey - by John Cech (geography)
Letter's From Rifka - by Karen Hesse (citizen's rights and privileges)
Dancing to America - by Ann Morris (citizen's rights and privileges)
I Remember China - Raintree/ Steck-Vaughn Publishers (citizen's rights and privileges)
All for the Better: A Story of El Barrio - by Nicholosa Mohr (values and principles, and citizen's rights and privileges)
When I Left My Village - by Maxine Rose Schur (values and principles)
Our Journey from Tibet: Based on a True Story - by Laurine Dolphin (government)

5-6:
The Journal of Otto Pettonen: A Finish Immigrant - by William Durbin (history)
The Tenement Writer: An Immigrant's Story - by Ben Sonder (history)
Tales From Gold Mountain - by Paul Yee (history)
Samurai of Gold Hill - by Yoshiko Uchida (history)
Hannah's Journal - by Maria Moss (history)
Dragon's Gate - by Lawrence Yep (history)
Letter's From Rifka - by Karen Hesse (citizen's rights and privileges)
Dancing to America - by Ann Morris (citizen's rights and privileges)
When I Left My Village - by Maxine Rose Schur (values and principles)
Our Journey from Tibet: Based on a True Story - by Laurine Dolphin (government)



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