Tea with Milk

Tea with Milk

Written and Illustrated by: Allen Say

"When her Japanese-born parents leave America for their homeland, an independent girl reluctantly follows and melds her experience and her heritage to find a new meaning for the word home."

School Library Journal Review


Online Resources:
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/Graduate/TI/pages/thayer/lesson.htm

Grandfather's Journey

Grandfather's Journey

Written and Illustrated by: Allen Say

"Through compelling reminiscences of his grandfather's life in America and Japan, Allen Say gives us a poignant account of a family's unique cross-cultural experience. He warmly conveys his own love for his two countries, and the strong and constant desire to be in both places at once."

Publishers Synopsis

From the Author:
"I am striving to give shape to my dreams--the old business of making myths--the fundemental force of art. And so, GRANDFATHER'S JOURNEY is essentially a dream book, for the life's journey is an endless dreaming of the places we have left behind and the places we have yet to reach."--Allen Say (Caldecott Medal Acceptance Speech )

Online Resources:
http://faculty.salisbury.edu/~elbond/grand.htm

Coming to America: The Story of Immigration

Coming to America: The Story of Immigration

Written by: Betsy Maestro
Illustrated by: Susannah Ryan

"An introductory history of immigration from thousands of years ago through the present, focusing on why different groups of people came to America and how they became a part of our national heritage."

School Library Journal Review

Online Resources:
http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1360&subject_id=121&toplvl=174

Ellis Island: Doorway to Freedom

Ellis Island: Doorway to Freedom

Written by: Steven Kroll
Illustrated by: Karen Ritz

"The history of Ellis Island from Colonial to modern times is recounted in an important picture book which blends drawings with details on how the island become a landing point for immigrants. Included within the body of the history are plenty of details on how immigrants entered this country, and the paths they travelled in order to enter. An excellent coverage for beginners."

Midwest Book Reviews

Online Resources:
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=3810

Who Belongs Here? An American Story

Who Belongs Here? An American Story

Written by: Margy Burns Knight
Illustrated by: Anne Sibley O'Brien

"Who Belongs Here? tells the story of Nary, a young boy fleeing war-torn Cambodia for the safety of the United States. To some of his new classmates, however, he is a "chink" who should go back where he belongs. But what if everyone whose family came from another place was forced to return to his or her homeland? Who would be left? This story teaches compassion for recent immigrants while sharing the history of immigration in America and some of the important contributions made by past immigrants. It is used in schools everywhere for units on immigration and tolerance."

Publishers Description

Online Resources:
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/TLRESOURCES/units/byrnes-literature/price.html

When Jessie Came Across the Sea

When Jessie Came Across the Sea

Written by: Amy Hess
Illustrated by: P.J. Lynch

"Jessie lives with her grandmother in a poor village in Eastern Europe. When Jessie is chosen by the rabbi to travel to America and leave her grandmother behind, they both feel their hearts will break. Award-winning author Amy Hest brings her touch to the story of immigrant heritage as she follows Jessie across the ocean to a new life--and a new love--in America."

Publishers Description

Online Resources:
http://web.bsu.edu/00smtancock/CyberLessons/jessie/jessie.htm

A Very Important Day

A Very Important Day

"Captures the excitement of immigrants who are becoming U.S. citizens. All across New York City, people are preparing for 'a very important day'...not the least bit daunted by a snowstorm....A tale told with vigor, exuberantly displayed in Stock's people-filled watercolor landscapes and cozy interior scenes of all the pre-oath preparations, this is a thoughtful celebration of one of this country's most meaningful ceremonies."

Kirkus Reviews

Online Resources:
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr082.shtml

Immigrant Kids

Immigrant Kids

Written by: Russell Freedman

"This story tells the history of immigration to the United States between 1880 and 1920 and how immigrants had to adjust their traditional communities to their new home."

Publishers Description


Online Resources:
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3774&FullBreadCrumb=%3Ca+href%3D%22%2Fbrowse%2Fsearch.jsp%3Fquery%3Dimmigration%26c1%3DCONTENT30%26c2%3Dfalse%22%3EAll+Results+%3C%2Fa%3E

A Picnic in October

A Picnic in October

Written and Illustrated by: Eve Bunting

"Tony doesn’t understand why his family always has a picnic in October on Liberty Island to celebrate Lady Liberty’s birthday until the day he helps out a woman who doesn’t speak English and he comes to understand what the statue means to his grandmother."

Publishers Description

Online Resources:
http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/youth/jcssimmigration.html

Marianthe's Story: Painted Words and Spoken Memories

Marianthe's Story: Painted Words and Spoken Memories

Written and Illustrated by: Aliki

"Returning to her own childhood for inspiration, Aliki has created an exceptional sixty-four-page book that presents Marianthe's story -- her present and her past. In Painted Words, Marianthe's paintings help her to become less of an outsider as she struggles to adjust to a new language and a new school. Under the guidance of her teacher, who understands that there is more than one way to tell a story, Mari makes pictures to illustrate the history of her family, and eventually begins to decipher the meaning of words. In Spoken Memories, a proud Mari is finally able to use her new words to narrate the sequence of paintings she created, and share with her classmates her memories of her homeland and the events that brought her family to their new country."

Publishers Description

Online Resources:
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/cross-cultural-communication/printable/64815.html