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From New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz comes a debut picture book about the magic of memory and the infinite power of the imagination. A 2019 Pura Belpré Honor Book for Illustration Every kid in Lola's school was from somewhere else. Hers was a school of faraway places. So when Lola's teacher asks the students to draw a picture of where their families …
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- 9780735229860
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
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The matchbox diary
“Instantly engrossing, free of self-pity, and resonant with resilience and gratitude . . . A powerful introduction to the American immigrant story.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) When a little girl visits her great-grandfather, she asks about the collection of matchboxes harboring objects she can hold in her hand, each one evoking a memory. Together they tell of his journey from…
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- 9780763676384
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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- F
An American Tail : the illustrated story
Adapted by Emily Perl Kingsley from a screenplay by Judy Freudberg and Tony Geiss for a Don Bluth film, based upon characters created by David Kirschner.
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- 0099540703
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- 63 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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- K
Nory Ryan's song
Nory Ryan's family has lived on Maidin Bay on the west coast of Ireland for generations, raising a pig and a few chickens, planting potatoes, getting by. Every year Nory's father goes away on a fishing boat and returns with the rent money for the English lord who owns their cottage and fields, the English lord bent upon forcing the Irish from their land so he can tumble the cottages and clear t…
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- 0439444357
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- 148 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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Molly's pilgrim
A modern Thanksgiving classic about an immigrant girl who comes to identify with the story of the Pilgrims, as she seeks religious freedom and a home in a new land. As Molly nears her first Thanksgiving in the New World, she doesn't find much to be thankful for. Her classmates giggle at her Yiddish accent and make fun of her unfamiliarity with American ways. Molly's embarassed when her mo…
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- 9780439148689
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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If your name was changed at Ellis Island
If your name were changed at Ellis Island--Would everyone in your family travel together?--How long would you stay at Ellis Island?--Would your name be changed? This book tells you what it was like if when Ellis Island was opened in 1892 as a center for immigrants coming to live in America.
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- 9780590438292
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- 80 pages : illustration ; 18 cm
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- 325 LEV
Immigration
With special interest panels that will encourage debate, this series increases young readers' awareness of current affairs and helps them understand complex world issues.
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- 9781596041424
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- 48 pages : illustration ; 29 cm
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- Talking Points
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- 304.8 WIL
California gold rush
Read about one of the most exciting times in American history--the California Gold Rush. The Scholastic History Readers series was created especially to bring history to life for beginning readers. Beginning with the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill, this book traces the phenomenon that came to be called the Gold Rush. Readers learn what the phrase "gold fever" means, and who the "forty-ni…
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- 078073003990
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- 48 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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- Scholastic history reader Level 3
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- 979.4 ROO
The memory coat
Fleeing from Russia to America, Rachel and her family want to make a good impression at the inspection station at Ellis Island. Any wrong move there could cause one or all of them to be turned away. When an inspector singles out young cousin Grisha, wearing the tattered old coat his mother gave him, the family fears they will be separated forever. But Rachel's cleverness and a coat that's fille…
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- 9780590677172
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 26 cm
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The art lesson
Tommy knows he wants to be an artist when he grows up. He can't wait to get to school and have real art lessons. When Tommy gets to school and finds out that the art lessons are full of "rules", he is surprised and dismayed. How the wise art teacher finds a way to give Tommy the freedom to create and stay within the "rules" makes a wonderfully perceptive picture book about growing up and keepin…
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- 0590367951
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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