Betsy Maestro

Betsy Maestro takes readers through America’s rich and complex history of immigration, highlighting the ways that each wave of immigrants helped America become the nation it is today. Maestro’s inclusion of Native Americans and African slaves underscores her thoughtful and sensitive approach, which she masterfully conveys through her accessible writing. Readers will pore over Susannah Ryan’s detailed and playful illustration spreads depicting immigrants of all backgrounds sharing activities here in America together.