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 ...