More Immigration & Memory Sources
Books
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge (Fox) A young boy gathers his own memories after listening to people in an nursing home tell him different definitions of ‘memory’.
The Color of Home (Hoffman) A Somalian boy tells about his difficulties of being in a new place and dealing with a new & unknown language, and he tells what he remembers about why his family came to the U.S.
Tea with Milk (Say) A culture clash between a young American born girl whose parents move with her back to Japan, where she isn’t accepted as either nationality.
Rivka’s First Thanksgiving (Rael) A Jewish family, new to America, has to decide whether to celebrate Thanksgiving, and are finally convinced by the young daughter.
The Whispering Cloth (Shea) A Laotian family tells about the way they keep their memories alive, through the story cloth.
My Name is Yun A lonely Korean-American girl deals with issues like the differences between her name in English and Korean.
An Ocean Apart, a World Away (Namioka) Although Yanyan grew up in China, the choice is made to move to New York to attend medical school.
Voices from the Fields: Children of Migrant Farmworkers Tell their Stories (Little Brown) Mexican American migrant farmworkers and their children tell about their experiences in photos, poems, and interviews.
A Girl Named Disaster (Farmer) An eleven year old girl runs from her home in Mozambique to Zimbabwe to escape an unwanted marriage, almost dying in the process.
Habibi (Nye) A family moves from America to a village between Palestine and Jerusalem and have to deal with tensions between Jews and Palestinians.
I am an American: A True Story of the Japanese Internment (Stanley) Discusses the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII and the compensation they were awarded afterward.
The Other Side of Truth (Naidoo) A young Nigerian brother and sister are smuggled to London after their mother’s murder, but are not met by their uncle as planned, and face new surroundings alone.
PICTURE & NON-FICTION BOOK SOURCES: Ada, Alma Flor- UNDER THE ROYAL PALMS, Hopkinson, Deborah- SHUTTING OUT THE SKY : LIFE IN THE TENEMENTS OF NEW YORK, 1880-1924, Maestro, Betsy- COMING TO AMERICA : THE STORY OF IMMIGRATION, Wolf, Bernard- COMING TO AMERICA : A MUSLIM FAMILY'S STORY, Ellen Levine- IF YOUR NAME WAS CHANGED AT ELLIS ISLAND, Russell Freedman, IMMIGRANT KIDS, Fassler, David & Danforth, Kimberly, COMING TO AMERICA: THE KIDS BOOK ABOUT IMMIGRATION, Szumski, Bonnie, IMMIGRATION: IDENTIFYING PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUES
NOVEL SOURCES: Cather, Willa -MY ANTONIA, Denenberg, Barry -SO FAR FROM HOME : THE DIARY OF MARY DRISCOLL, AN IRISH MILL GIRL (DEAR AMERICA SERIES), Easton, Richard-A REAL AMERICAN, Giff, Patricia Reilly- A HOUSE OF TAILORS, Na, An- A STEP FROM HEAVEN, Silby, Linda, JAVIER’S DREAM, Hazen, Barbara Shook, KATIE’S WISH, Gurashich, Margorie, LETTERS TO OMA: A YOUNG GERMAN GIRL’S ACCOUNT OF HER FIRST YEAR IN TEXAS, 1847
VIDEO SOURCES: Ellis Island (History Channel DVD), The Statue of Liberty (History Channel DVD), The New Americans: Finding Community (CustomFlix DVD)