AN ELLIS ISLAND CHRISTMAS BY MAXINNE RHEA LEIGHTON

An Ellis Island Christmas by Maxinne Rhea Leighton



An Ellis Island Christmas by Maxinne Rhea Leighton

Title: An Ellis Island Christmas

Author: Maxinne Rhea Leighton

Illustrator: Dennis Nolan

Publisher: Puffin

Age Level: Ages 4-8

Date: 2005

Academic or Social Goal

The publication is in writing in such a way as to make it relatable to young children, with chronicled tidbits sprinkled in and a page-long addendum boasting some details, for example the detail that for a time span of about 30 years round the late 1800s and early 1900s, 70 per hundred of new appearances came through Ellis Island, 80 per ...