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j304.8 / DAW
Over here it's different: Carolina's story.
Mildred Leinweber Dawson.
Carolina is an 11-year-old Dominican girl who moved to the
United States four years ago. Photographs show Carolina at
home and at school, with her family and with her friends,
while she talks about her life in the Dominican Republic
and how it compares to living in New York City.
j301.43 / FRE
Immigrant kids.
Russell Freedman.
Living in crowded tenement apartments, playing in the street,
working in factories during the day and going to school at
night--these experiences were common for many immigrant
children at the turn of the century. This book is illustrated
by old photographs of children at school, at work, at home,
and at play.
j304.873 / KOR
An album of the great wave of immigration.
April Koral.
During the late 1800s and early 1900s, millions of people
came to the United States from countries all over the world.
This book tells about why they came, what the journey was
like, and what they found when they arrived. Included are
many old photographs and quotes from immigrants describing
their experiences.
J / MAYERSON
The cat who escaped from Steerage.
Evelyn Wilde Mayerson.
When nine year old Chanah and her family are traveling by
steerage on a ship from Poland to the United States, Chanahís
cat escapes and cannot be found. To make matters worse, the
family is worried that Chanahís cousin, who cannot hear or
speak, will be turned away at Ellis Island.
J / SCHUR
When I left my village.
Maxine Rose Schur.
Menelik and his family are Ethiopian Jews, living apart from
their Christian and Muslim neighbors high up in the mountains.
When a new government begins burning villages and killing and
kidnapping people, the family must make a long, dangerous
journey to Israel.
J / UCHIDA
A jar of dreams.
Yoshiko Uchida.
In San Francisco during the Great Depression, eleven year old
Rinko hates feeling different and left out at school because
she is Japanese. Her family struggles against poverty,
discrimination, and the threat of violence. Then, when Aunt
Waka comes from Japan for a visit, somehow everything changes.
J / YEP
Dragonwings.
Laurence Yep.
Moon Shadow is only eight years old when he travels from China
to San Francisco in 1903 to join his father, whom he has never
seen. Moon Shadow struggles to adjust to his strange new home
and learns to know and love his father, a master kite flyer
who dreams of building a flying machine.
j770 / NOR
The way we looked: the meaning and magic of family photographs.
Catherine Noren.
This is an unusual book about family photographs -- it discusses
where to find them, how to interpret them by examining visual
clues, and how to learn more by interviewing family members.
You will also read about some ideas for compiling a family
photo album and taking your own photographs.
929.1072 / PER
The great ancestor hunt: the fun of finding out who you are.
Lila Perl.
When and how did your family come to the United States? What
kind of experiences did they have? This book will help you
get started tracing your own familyís history, as well as
collecting stories, photographs, and keepsakes.
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