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Ellis Island

Gateway to America

From the Series Core Content Social Studies — Let's Celebrate America

  • Interest Level: Grade 2 - Grade 5
  • Reading Level: Grade 3

For millions of people, leaving home and coming to America meant giving up family and all things familiar. For more than sixty years, one site was the first place in America all new immigrants saw. Find out why Ellis Island holds such an important place in America’s history.

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Interest Level Grade 2 - Grade 5
Reading Level Grade 3
Genre Social Studies
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Traditional Nonfiction
Copyright 2018
Publisher Red Chair Press
Imprint Red Chair Press
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2017-08-01
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF025260, JNF053240, JNF038100
Dewey 325.73
Graphics Full-color illustrations
Dimensions 8 x 10
Lexile 920
Guided Reading Level S
Features Glossary, Index, Photo captions, Reviewed, Sidebars, and Table of contents

Reviews

School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

Reviewed on 1 November 2017

“This series chronicles the development of well-known U.S. landmarks. Kids learn that the Gateway Arch is symbolic of St. Louis being a gateway to the west and that an artist named Lei Yixin was the sculptor of the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial. Handsome photographs are plentiful in all of the books, adding to their appeal. However, there are a few questionable moments. Mentions of American Indians in Yellowstone are spare, and the term enemy alien appears in the text and is listed in the glossary in Ellis Island. An appealing design will make these popular introductions among those curious about U.S. history and geography.”—School Library Journal, Series Made Simple