Horn Book Review
Each book in this series includes quotations, maps, timelines, recipes, craft instructions, and brief facts about famous Americans of the pertinent ancestry. Each book is organized into six chapters ("Life in the Old Country," "Arriving in America"), but there is variety among the books. Archival and modern photos illustrate the text. Bib., glos., ind. [Review covers these Coming to America titles: [cf2]Russian Immigrants, Jewish Immigrants, French Immigrants, Greek Immigrants[cf1], and [cf2]Polish Immigrants[cf1].] (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
Gr. 4-6. Immigration to the U.S. in the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries is the subject of these titles in the new Coming to America series. Children in settled and in newly emigrated families from everywhere will welcome the look back, and those with families from Germany and Scandinavia will find this a good place to start researching family history, for school and for personal interest. Each title takes a quick look at where the immigrants came from, why they left, their arrival in the U.S., their struggle to keep their traditions, and their contributions to this country. The type is small and the writing style is flat, but the facts are solid, and the open, magazine-style design includes historical photos on each page and lots of sidebars and features, including a map, craft ideas, and recipes. A glossary, a bibliography, and a list of museums and Web sites are appended. More titles are listed in the Series Roundup in this issue. --Hazel Rochman
