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2) Ellis Island
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Traces the history of Ellis Island, focusing on its role as a port for immigrants who came to the United States between 1892 and 1924, provides information about the immigrant experience, and includes discussion of the restoration of Ellis Island as a historic landmark.
4) Ellis Island
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In Ellis Island, young readers will explore this American landmark and learn about its historic significance. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage emergent readers as they explore this important site.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Traveling to live in a new country can be terrifying, especially to a child. Leaving behind family, friends, and places you know and love is something everyone can relate to. In this book, readers board a boat with an immigrant child going to the United States for the first time. The first-person narration introduces readers to Ellis Island and the many immigrants coming to America during the late 1800s and early 1900s, including their reasons for...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"In this book, early fluent readers will learn about the causes, main events, key players, and lasting impacts of immigration through Ellis Island. Interesting photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about this important part of American history. An infographic enhances understanding of immigration through Ellis Island, and What Do You Think? sidebars encourage deeper inquiry. A timeline highlights key events and...
9) Ellis Island
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Explores the history of Ellis Island, which housed the United States' most important immigration processing center from 1892 through 1943.
10) Ellis Island
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Sophie, whose grandparents first came to the United States through Ellis Island in New York, describes the history of the immigration station and explains why Ellis Island is a symbol of freedom and the "American Dream.".
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Ellis Island and Immigration for Kids explores all angles of immigration and its history in the United States. Readers will learn about the establishment of Ellis Island and its forerunner, Castle Garden, as well as the western immigration station, Angel Island. Along with activities to further enrich kids' knowledge of immigration, this book gives its readers a thorough understanding of its impact on the United States from the earliest arrivals...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The artifacts of Ellis Island tell the story of millions of immigrants who passed through its halls on their journey to a new life in the United States. A 1900 photograph of the Statue of Liberty, an antique stethoscope, and a jigsaw puzzle are some of the primary sources that can help students better understand the experience of journeying through Ellis Island in the early 1900s. Explore these and more in this Time Capsule History book!
14) Ellis Island
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Traces the history of Ellis Island, the place where immigrants coming to the U.S. were once processed, and discusses its significance to the American people.
18) Ellis Island
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents information about the history of Ellis Island, the process immigrants went through after arriving in the United States, and how to visit the island today.
19) Ellis Island
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses what immigrants had to go through to get into the United States and become citizens as well as what happened when some of them were turned away.