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Author
Publisher
Tilbury House
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[40] p.: col. ill.; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
When their father gets sick and cannot take them out trick or treating on their first Halloween in their new country, Anya and her sisters and brother are surprised when their shy mother agrees to accompany them.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After burning their Thanksgiving dinner, Ann and Ed head for the local cafe, where they are welcomed by an immigrant family into an unusual celebration that gives everyone cause to be thankful.
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the opportunity arises, Shirley, the daughter of immigrants who live above their corner grocery store, turns some overlooked gefilte fish into a marketing strategy that changes the flavor of the neighborhood.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p.: col. ill.; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Having heard about Thanksgiving in school, nine-year-old Rivka tries to convince her immigrant family and her rabbi that it is a holiday for all Americans, Jews and non-Jews alike.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
A homesick little girl who has recently moved to an unfamiliar country comforts herself by clinging to an old blanket, but when she meets a new friend, the relationship helps her take her first steps into a new culture.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
THANKSGIVING COLLECTION. Having heard about Thanksgiving in school, nine-year-old Rivka tries to convince her immigrant family and her Rabbi that it is a holiday for all Americans, Jews and non-Jews alike.
9) Dreamers
Author
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story"--
11) Dear Whiskers
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
75 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jenny is discouraged when her second grade penpal turns out to be a new student from Saudi Arabia who does not speak English very well, but as she works with her they slowly become friends.
12) A different pond
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam"--
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
164 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
After Ruby Lu's deaf cousin, Flying Duck, and her parents come from China to live with her, Ruby finds life challenging as she adjusts to her new family, tries to mend her rocky relationship with her friend Emma, and faces various adventures in summer school.
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
As a refugee from Sudan to the United States, Sangoel is frustrated that no one can pronounce his name correctly until he finds a clever way to solve the problem.
15) Streets of gold
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
39 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Based on a memoir written in the early twentieth century, tells the story of a young girl and her life in Russia, her travels to America, and her subsequent life in the United States.
Author
Series
Publisher
Looking Glass Library is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
My First-Generation Family is the story of a normal day in Manny's life. When classmate Lenny visits his home, he discovers Manny's family moved here from Mexico. Who picks up Manny from school in a taxi? Papa! Who brings home dinner from her restaurant job? Mama! Who reads Manny's bedtime story? Mama and Papa! Lenny realizes love makes a family.
17) I am golden
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
This moving ode to the immigrant experience, as well as a manifesto of self-love for Chinese American children, is a jubilant celebration of accepting who you are.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Danbi is thrilled to start her new school in America. But a bit nervous too, for when she walks into the classroom, everything goes quiet. Everyone stares. Danbi wants to join in the dances and the games, but she doesn't know the rules and just can't get anything right. Luckily, she isn't one to give up. With a spark of imagination, she makes up a new game and leads her classmates on a parade to remember! Danbi Leads the School Parade introduces...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young girl feels out of place on her first day of school in a new country until she discovers that it only takes one friend to make her new surroundings feel like home.
20) Hanukkah hamster
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
After finding a hamster that has been left behind in his taxi, a lonely immigrant cab driver celebrates Hanukkah with the little creature, while waiting to learn if the owner will return.