Our Education Theme: Ellis Island Anniversary

Our Fun Theme: Hat Day

Web Sites about Family Roots

An Ellis Island Timeline

An Interactive Tour of Ellis Island

50 Facts about Immigrants and Ellis Island

Famous Arrivals

Books about Family Roots

Watch the Stars Come Out
By Riki Levinson
Ages: Infants to preschool

The Story of the Statue of Liberty
By Michelle Prater Burke
Ages: Infants to preschool

123 NYC: A Counting Book of New York City
By Joanne Dugan
Ages: 3-8

Grandpa Baxter and the Photographs
By Joanne Dugan
Ages: 3-8

Story of the Statue of Liberty
By Betsy Maestro
Ages: 3 and up

Statue of Liberty
By Marion Dane Bauer
Ages: 4-6

The Memory Coat: An Ellis Island Story
By Elvira Woodruff
Ages: 4-8

Toby Belfer Visits Ellis Island
By Judith Hierstein
Ages: 5-8

The Keeping Quilt
By Patricia Polacco
Ages: 6-8

Ellis Island: Coming to the Land of Liberty
By Raymond Bial
Ages: 9-12

The Orphan of Ellis Island: A Time-Travel Adventure
By Elvira Woodruff
Ages: 9-12

Web Sites about Hats

Test your Hat Knowledge with this Hat Quiz

Make your Own Hat

Color a Hat

Play The Great Nocturnal Hat Hunt

Books about Hats

The Hat
By Jan Brett
Ages: Infants to preschool

Open & Shut: Where's My Hat?
By Shaheen Bilgrami
Ages: Infants to preschool

Baby in the Hat
By Allan Ahlberg
Ages: 2-5

The Magic Hat
By Mem Fox
Ages: 3-7

Uncle Harold and the Green Hat
By Hindley
Ages: 4-8

The Cat in the Hat
By Dr. Seuss
Ages: 6-8

That Is Not My Hat
By Cecilia Venn
Ages: 6-8

Lulu's Hat
By Susan Meddaugh
Ages: 8-10

The Magic Hat of Mortimer Wintergreen
By Myron Levoy
Ages: 9-12

Lady with the Hat
By Uri Orlev
Young Adult