Real quickly-like, because daylight savings time has done a number on my sons’ bedtime (and thus my evening blogging time), here are the books that I might (or might not) be reading with 7-year-old S as we move into the period of U.S. history between 1825 and 1875:
- Roughing It on the Oregon Trail by Diane Stanley and illustrated by Holly Berry
- Thank You Very Much, Captain Ericsson by Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge and illustrated by Andrew Glass
- Prairie Skies: Pioneer Summer by Deborah Hopkinson and illustrated by Patrick Faricy
- The Sweetwater Run: The Story of Buffalo Bill Cody and the Pony Express by Andrew Glass
- Li’l Dan, the Drummer Boy: A Civil War Story by Romare Bearden
- Cecil’s Story by George Ella Lyon and illustrated by Peter Catalanotto
- Sparrow Jack by Mordicai Gerstein
- Ten Mile Day: And the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad by Mary Ann Fraser
And just for myself — since I figure battlefield photography would be a bit much for a child who still thrills to Bob the Builder — I brought home the riveting Photo by Brady: A Picture of the Civil War by Jennifer Armstrong.
There’s still time for me to add another book or two to the shelf for this month. Bartography readers, what have I missed?
Holly Berry, you got my attention for a second, but appears its not MY oscar winning Halle.
Holly Berry, you got my attention for a second, but appears its not MY oscar winning Halle.
Holly Berry, you got my attention for a second, but appears its not MY oscar winning Halle.
Chris, I just got hold of Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship & Freedom, by Tim Tingle (Cinco Puntos Press). I’ll let you know if this one might be a good one–haven’t read it yet. It’s about Choctaws and escaped slaves in Miss.
Chris, I just got hold of Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship & Freedom, by Tim Tingle (Cinco Puntos Press). I’ll let you know if this one might be a good one–haven’t read it yet. It’s about Choctaws and escaped slaves in Miss.
Chris, I just got hold of Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship & Freedom, by Tim Tingle (Cinco Puntos Press). I’ll let you know if this one might be a good one–haven’t read it yet. It’s about Choctaws and escaped slaves in Miss.
Might I suggest Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson, with illustrations by Hudson Talbott? It’s not strictly Civil War, but tells the story of quilting used to “show the way”… and how that tradition is passed down up until today. Newberry Honor book, I believe.
Might I suggest Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson, with illustrations by Hudson Talbott? It’s not strictly Civil War, but tells the story of quilting used to “show the way”… and how that tradition is passed down up until today. Newberry Honor book, I believe.
Might I suggest Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson, with illustrations by Hudson Talbott? It’s not strictly Civil War, but tells the story of quilting used to “show the way”… and how that tradition is passed down up until today. Newberry Honor book, I believe.
I should start making a file of your book title suggestions to filch for when we get up there : )
I have a couple of Bob the Builder types too, so with that in mind, here are a few picture books for the time period:
“Mike Fink” retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg
“Paul Bunyan” retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg
“Pony Express!” by Steven Kroll
“John Henry: An American Legend” written and illustrted by Ezra Jack Keats
“Mark Twain and the Queens of the Mississippi” written and illustrated by Cheryl Harness (about riverboats)
“Boss of the Plains: The Hat that Won the West” by Laurie Carlson
“The Buffalo Nickel” by Taylor Morrison
“Araminta’s Paint Box” by Karen Ackerman
“Gold Fever! Tales from the California Gold Rush” by Rosalyn Schanzer
And I’m a sucker for the HarperCollins / Harper & Row History I Can Read series, which has lots of good things for the 19th century — “Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express” by Eleanor Coerr, “The Josefina Story Quilt” by Coerr, “The Long Way Westward,” etc.
Um, that wasn’t just a few, was it? Sorry! I get carried away. Off to read to my 5yo about electricity…
I should start making a file of your book title suggestions to filch for when we get up there : )
I have a couple of Bob the Builder types too, so with that in mind, here are a few picture books for the time period:
“Mike Fink” retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg
“Paul Bunyan” retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg
“Pony Express!” by Steven Kroll
“John Henry: An American Legend” written and illustrted by Ezra Jack Keats
“Mark Twain and the Queens of the Mississippi” written and illustrated by Cheryl Harness (about riverboats)
“Boss of the Plains: The Hat that Won the West” by Laurie Carlson
“The Buffalo Nickel” by Taylor Morrison
“Araminta’s Paint Box” by Karen Ackerman
“Gold Fever! Tales from the California Gold Rush” by Rosalyn Schanzer
And I’m a sucker for the HarperCollins / Harper & Row History I Can Read series, which has lots of good things for the 19th century — “Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express” by Eleanor Coerr, “The Josefina Story Quilt” by Coerr, “The Long Way Westward,” etc.
Um, that wasn’t just a few, was it? Sorry! I get carried away. Off to read to my 5yo about electricity…
I should start making a file of your book title suggestions to filch for when we get up there : )
I have a couple of Bob the Builder types too, so with that in mind, here are a few picture books for the time period:
“Mike Fink” retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg
“Paul Bunyan” retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg
“Pony Express!” by Steven Kroll
“John Henry: An American Legend” written and illustrted by Ezra Jack Keats
“Mark Twain and the Queens of the Mississippi” written and illustrated by Cheryl Harness (about riverboats)
“Boss of the Plains: The Hat that Won the West” by Laurie Carlson
“The Buffalo Nickel” by Taylor Morrison
“Araminta’s Paint Box” by Karen Ackerman
“Gold Fever! Tales from the California Gold Rush” by Rosalyn Schanzer
And I’m a sucker for the HarperCollins / Harper & Row History I Can Read series, which has lots of good things for the 19th century — “Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express” by Eleanor Coerr, “The Josefina Story Quilt” by Coerr, “The Long Way Westward,” etc.
Um, that wasn’t just a few, was it? Sorry! I get carried away. Off to read to my 5yo about electricity…
Sorry to disappoint, Don.
Thanks, Susan, Greg and especially Becky. I’ve heard good things about Crossing Bok Chitto and Show Way, and I loved American tall tales when I was a boy — I can’t wait to give all these a try.
Sorry to disappoint, Don.
Thanks, Susan, Greg and especially Becky. I’ve heard good things about Crossing Bok Chitto and Show Way, and I loved American tall tales when I was a boy — I can’t wait to give all these a try.
Sorry to disappoint, Don.
Thanks, Susan, Greg and especially Becky. I’ve heard good things about Crossing Bok Chitto and Show Way, and I loved American tall tales when I was a boy — I can’t wait to give all these a try.
Darn….I missed this way back when but if you cross that time period again might I suggest my new (this year) Robert Smalls Sails to Freedom? It’s a Millbrook – On My Own History book.
Darn….I missed this way back when but if you cross that time period again might I suggest my new (this year) Robert Smalls Sails to Freedom? It’s a Millbrook – On My Own History book.
Darn….I missed this way back when but if you cross that time period again might I suggest my new (this year) Robert Smalls Sails to Freedom? It’s a Millbrook – On My Own History book.