Journey to America
A Chronology of Immigration in the 1900s

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers. Journey to America is a non fiction book for children and grown ups about 20 immigrants who have helped transform a nation. Some of the people in the book will be more known to c......more

This picture book biography tells the story of 20 famous people who have immigrated to North America (or whose parents immigrated and they were born here) and recognizes the accomplishments these people have made on society today. Each person has about 2 full page spreads including a detailed portra......more

Journey to America is an anthology of people who achieved great things and are immigrants or first generation American. It's broken down into categories like scientists, entertainment, politics, etc and each category is filled with diverse and (mostly) well known people. I thought it was very intere......more

Journey to America is a nonfiction book that explores the stories of 20 people who are immigrants or are the children of immigrants. The book is split into five sections - Science, Entertainment, Politics, Business, and Children of Immigrants. Each entry includes an illustration of the person, their......more

This book will show kids that there are many people who would like to live in America or whose parents emigrated to the US. These include those who have worked in science, entertainment, politics and business. Just a few of those who are profiled here include I.M. Pei (architect), Albert Einstein (sc......more