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Citizenship Books For Young Children
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Coming to America : the story of immigration
by Betsy Maestro
Combining warm prose with child-friendly watercolor illustrations, an introduction to the history of immigration to the United States offers young readers a perspective on the heritage that all Americans share.
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Hope and tears : Ellis Island voices
by Gwenyth Swain
Letters, diary entries, poems, monologues and dialogues created to illustrate the stories of people whose lives were touched by Ellis Island, once the United States' largest immigration station
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Marwan's journey
by Patricia de Arias
Follows a young boy named Marwan as he leaves his homeland for a place he doesn't know with hundreds of thousands of other refugees
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Two white rabbits
by Jairo Buitrago
Traveling with her migrant worker father on the roof of a train known as The Beast, a little girl watches the passing scenery, from animals to soldiers, while making regular stops for her father to earn money as they move toward the U.S. border in search of a better life.
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From north to south
by René Colato Laínez
When his mother is sent back to Mexico for not having the proper immigration papers, José and his father travel from San Diego, California, to visit her in Tijuana
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Islandborn
by Junot Díaz
A student in a school largely comprised of first-generation immigrants is daunted by an assignment to draw a picture of where her family came from when she cannot remember her Island origins, an effort that is supported with the memories of family and friends who help her take an extraordinary journey of the imagination back to her cultural roots. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of This Is How You Lose Her. Simultaneous eBook.
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The seeds of friendship
by Michael Foreman
Adam, an immigrant boy in a big city, is lonely until he see snow for the first time and starts to play with the neighborhood children, but when he starts school he gets some seeds and begins to plant them with help from his new friends
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Mustafa
by Marie-Louise Gay
After leaving his war-torn country with his family, Mustafa visits a park near his new home and finds beautiful flowers, lady bugs, fall leaves, and finally, a friend
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The castle on Hester Street
by Linda Heller
Julie's grandmother deflates many of her husband's tall tales about their journey from Russia to America and their life on Hester Street, in a 25th anniversary edition of a favorite immigrant story released with new illustrations.
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Saffron ice cream
by Rashin Kheiriyeh
Rashin is an Iranian immigrant girl living in New York, excited by her first trip to Coney Island, and fascinated by the differences in the beach customs between her native Iran and her new home--but she misses the saffron flavored ice cream that she used to eat
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A different pond
by Bao Phi
"As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam"
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The quiet place
by Sarah Stewart
The Caldecott Honor-winning team from The Gardener presents the story of young immigrant Isabel, who misses her family and friends back in Mexico while decorating a large box as a place of quiet contemplation and encountering new experiences, including a first snowstorm and a kind teacher.
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The day you begin
by Jacqueline Woodson
The National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and author of the Coretta Scott King Award-winning Brown Girl Dreaming combines lyrical, reassuring text with artwork by the award-winning illustrator of Book Fiesta to inspire readers to find the courage to connect with others. Simultaneous eBook
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