In the article the authoress presents Polish educational contents of 'Asy z II klasy' (Class II Aces), a student's book for the second class of the Saturday Primary School in the USA. She compares the contents of the book with 'Wesola szkola', the book for the Polish second class. The comparison includes the following aspects: orthography, punctuation, grammar, cultural issues and lexis. The analysis raises the questions like: what lexical material should appear in the book for the children of Polish emigrants and what Polish contents it should include.