2nd Grade Reading List | Stories of Immigration

Fiction Texts with Aligned Themes and Topics

A Different Pond by Bao Phi (620L)
All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel by Dan Yaccarino (830L)
Apple Pie 4th of July by Janet S. Wong (540L)
Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt de la Peña (630L)
From North to South/Del Norte al Sur by René Laínez (640L)
Going Home by Eve Bunting (560L)
La Mariposa by Francisco Jimenez (750L)
“Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story” by Reem Faruqi (590L)
Li on Angel Island by Veeda Bybee (600L)
Lost and Found Cat: The True Story of Kunkush’s Incredible Journey by Doug Kuntz (810L)
Mama's Nightingale by Edwidge Danticat (890L)
Mango Moon by Diane de Anda
Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina (560L)
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote by Duncan Tonatiuh (590L)
Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family’s Journey by Margriet Ruurs
Tea with Milk by Allen Say (630L)
The Dress and the Girl by Camille Andros
When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest (470L)

Informational Texts to Build Content Knowledge

Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain by Russell Freedman
Coming to America: A Muslim Family’s Story by Bernard Wolf
Refugees and Migrants by Ceri Roberts
Their Great Gift: Courage, Sacrifice, and Hope in a New Land by John Coy (610L)
Undocumented: A Worker’s Fight by Duncan Tonatiuh
What is a Refugee? by Elisa Gravel (680L)

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Further Reading Book List for Stories of Immigration

Fiction Texts with Aligned Themes and Topics

Informational Texts to Build Content Knowledge

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