Melrose Kids' Reads

While some of the narratives in American Like Me are appropriate and accessible for middle grade readers, most of the book is not suited for our youngest readers. Knowing this, the Melrose Public Schools and Melrose Public Library worked together to compile a list of books with similar themes for classroom use in the Melrose Public Schools. Our preschool through elementary students will be reading from the book list below -- these books are also available in the Melrose Public Library.

Melrose Public School students grades 6 - 12 will be engaging with narratives from American Like Me in school, and we hope at home and in the community at large as well.

Preschool - 5 book selections

Preschool: Eyes that Kiss in the Corners

Kindergarten: Home is In Between

Grade 1: I Dream of Popo

Grade 2: Watch Me: A Story of Immigration and Inspiration

Grade 3: Islandborn

Grade 4: Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women who Changed the World

Grade 5: In the Spirit of a Dream: 13 Stories of American Immigrants of Color

*Special thanks to local artist Bo Tsang DiMatteo for her creative graphic design of the Melrose Reads logo!