An Ellis Island Christmas illustrated by Dennis Nolan. Having left Poland and braved ocean storms to join her father in America, Krysia arrives at Ellis Island on Christmas Eve. If your name was changed at Ellis Island illustrated by Wayne Parmenter. Scholastic Inc., 1993. Describes in question and answer format, the great migration of immigrants to New York's Ellis Island, from the 1880s to 1914.
Features quotes from children and adults who passed through the station.
The Cat Who Escaped from Steerage . This is the story of nine year old Chanah, a Polish girl, and her family as they travel in steerage class to Ellis Island and America. Mills, Nicolaus, ed. The debate over the Changing Face of America . Nixon, Joan Lowery.