Book Detail

Lights on the River

Publication Information
Author:  Thomas, Jane Resh Illustrator:  Dooling, Michael
Title:  Lights on the River Date:  1994
Publisher:  Hyperion City:  New York, NY
ISBN, paperback:  0-7868-0004-6 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Yes Young Adult:  
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction

HSE Descriptor(s):   

Summary:
A migrant girl keeps memories of her grandma close as she deals with hard times in the United States. Her voice is strong, and the illustrations are stunning.

Teaching Ideas:
This would be a wonderful beginning to a unit on immigration, to introduce illegal versus legal immigration, to combine with current events and newspapers, or to look at historically with information on Cesar Chavez and UFW, grape and lettuce boycotts, etc. Teachers might want to use the book to compare and contrast her life on farms versus her life in Mexico; immigrants today versus immigrants in other countries or at other times.

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Celebration > holidays > Christmas
bullet Family > grandparents > grandmothers
bullet Geography > locations > countries > Mexico
bullet Geography > economics
bullet Geography > environment > rivers
bullet Communities > rural > rural life
bullet Social Studies > sociology > social issues > migrant workers
bullet Work > migrant
bullet Social Studies > anthropology > cultures > cultural customs


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