children of immigrants

Sadiq's father is going on a business trip, but before he goes he tells Sadiq a story of the Desert Star, which fits in perfectly with Sadiq's third grade class field trip to the planetarium, and inspires Sadiq to build a simple telescope to study the stars when his father returns.

Using his own personal history, and telling a few of the stories that audiences across the nation have found captivating, award-winning bilingual children's author and storyteller Antonio Sacre weaves the Spanish language, Cuban and Mexican customs, and Irish humor into a memoir that is a unique blend of inspiration, tradition, and family.

Provides guidance for teachers on helping ESL students succeed, discussing theory and presenting practical teaching strategies, and includes scenarios from real classrooms, an overview of various types of ESL programs in the U.S., and a glossary of ESL terminology.

"'Strangers No More' is the first book to compare immigrant integration across key Western countries. Focusing on low-status newcomers and their children, it examines how they are making their way in four critical European countries--France, Germany, Great Britain, and the Netherlands--and, across the Atlantic, in the United States and Canada. This systematic, data-rich comparison reveals their progress and the barriers they face in an array of institutions--from labor markets and neighborhoods to educational and political systems--and considers the controversial questions of religion, race, identity, and intermarriage"--Publisher.

Contains an introduction to the different games and sports children play in the United States and Latin America, in simple text with illustrations, providing information on basketball, kick the can, Loteria, jump rope, and more. Presented in Spanish and English.

"Offers a biography of child activist Marley Dias and explores how she has made a difference for other young girls"--Provided by publisher.

"Three generations of Palestinian-American women in contemporary Brooklyn are torn by individual desire, educational ambitions, a devastating tragedy, and the strict mores of traditional Arab culture"--OCLC.

"First- and second-generation immigrants to the US from all around the world collaborate with renowned photographer Wendy Ewald to create a . . . catalog of their experiences from A to Z"--Provided by publisher.

In 1980s Quebec, Lila sees herself as the overweight, brown, immigrant kid. She idolizes her father, a literary scholar, and loves her mother, who is the perfect housewife. She also envies her lean younger sister and beautiful cousin. When Lila realizes she can control food, she becomes anorexic, wanting the slender "fairy" side of her to emerge. At the age of seventeen, Lila is admitted to a psych ward. Although she's planning on taking her life before turning eighteen, Lila strikes up an unexpected friendship with a fellow patient, Alyssa, that just might save her.

includes a wide range of opinions about the controversial subject, children of undocumented immigrants. Also includes primary and secondary sources from a variety of perspectives -- eyewitnesses, scientific journals, government officials and many others.