A must for every lower grade classroom. The author's real story is portrayed through beautiful illustrations and a gripping story that looks at immigration through the eyes of a child.

This simple story helps us understand the feelings of one of the many immigrant children striving to make their way on our American world. This is a great picture book for early primary and ESL classrooms.

Upon embarking on her voyage to America in 1856, Miss Bridie chose a shovel to help carve a new life in a new land symbolizing the contributions made by millions of immigrants in building our nation.

Nary, a young refugee from Cambodia, is the subject of the book Who Belongs Here? Accompanying each part of the story is a running commentary on both how and why people immigrate to the United States.

The photo-essay Coming to America: A Muslim Family’s Story is a brightly photographed realistic portrayal of a family’s arrival in the United States At a time when many Muslim and Arab families in the U.S. feel subject to discriminatory governmental regulations and public attitudes, this book is especially welcome.

This picture book is based on a true story and it is truly a must have in the elementary classroom. A whimsical tale of a perseverant immigrant who saves Philadelphia by importing Sparrows to rescue the trees from the plight of inch worms.

Newly immigrated from Somalia and knowing little English, Hassan feels like an outsider. Though his classmates and teacher are friendly, everything is very different in America and he is homesick. When his teacher shows him how to paint, he discovers a way to communicate.

When the family’s home in El Salvador is burned down, five-year old Beto and his mother moved to the United States. Unfortunately his father was not able to get a visa and was left behind. Now three years later, Beto expresses his longing for his father as father’s Day approaches.

Oranges on Golden Mountain reflects the experiences of the many Chinese immigrants who flocked to California, during the gold rush of the 1850’s. Young children will enjoy listening to this lyrical and spiritual story as well as looking at the colorful paper cuts which illustrate it. Teachers will appreciate the historical information and web links offered by the author in the afterword.

In this beautiful picture book, Yoon, a little girl who has just emigrated from Korea, is having difficulty adjusting to her new life in America. This book can be used as a read-aloud and also as a prompt for classroom discussions of identity and related issues.

Dreaming of America is a fictionalized account of Annie Moore's journey to America. Through Annie’s story, Eve Bunting, an Irish immigrant herself, explores the hopes and fears of millions of others, who like Annie, made their homes here and helped shape our nation.