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[druse judy <zzdrus@ACC.WUACC.EDU>]

Here is the bibliography for "Teaching Point of View." Thanks to help from
LM_NETTERS, we came up with quite a list.

Familiar concepts presented from an unexpected perspective:
Bunting, Eve. Scary, scary Halloween. Clarin, 1986. (cat's view of
    Halloween)
Thayer, Jane. The puppy who wanted a boy. Morrow, 1958, 1985. (dog's
    perspective on adopting his master)
Willis, Jeanne. Earth hounds, as explained by Professor Xargle. Dutton,
    1990. (dogs from an alien's eyes)
Willis, Jeanne. Earthlets, as explained by Professor Xargle. Dutton,
    1989. (babies from an alien's eyes)
Willis, Jeanne. Earth tigerlets, as explained by Professor Xargle. Dutton,
    1991. (alien explains cats)
Willis, Jeanne. Earth Mobiles, as explained by Professor Xargle. Dutton,
    1992. (alien explains vehicles)
Willis, Jeanne. Earth weather as explained by Professor Xargle. Dutton,
    1993. (alien explains earth's weather)

Familiar stories from an unexpected viewpoint:
Anno. Anno's Aesop. Orchard, 1987. (fox's version)
Celsi, Teresa. The Fourth Little Pig. Raintree, 1990. (sister pig's version)
Napoli, Donna Jo. The Prince of the Pond. Dutton, 1992. (frog's eye view of
    a prince's dilemma when he is turned into a frog by an evil witch)
Paulson, Tim. Jack and the Beanstalk/The Beanstalk Incident. Carol Pub. Group,
    1990. (giant/giant's wife's story)
Scieszka, Jon. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. Viking, 1989.
    (A. Wolf's version)
Shorto, Russell. Cinderella and the Untold Story. Carol Publishing Group,
    1990. (stepsister's story)
Yolen, Jane. "Happy Dens or A Day in the old Wolves' Home" in The Faery
    Flag. Orchard, 1989. (three tales from the wolf's point of view: The
    Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, and Peter and the Wolf)

Historical events through another's eyes:
Cohen, Barbara. Gooseberries to Oranges. Lothrop, 1982. (a young girl's
    tale of the journey from cholera-ravaged village in Russia to
    America)
Conrad, Pam. Pedro's Journey. Caroline House, 1991. (a cabin boy's view of
    the voyage of Columbus through diary entries)
Goble, Paul & Dorothy. Custer's Last Battle. Pantheon, 1969. (The Battle of
    the Little Big Horn from the eyes of a 15-year-old Oglala Indian)
Harvey, Brett. My Prairie Year. Holiday House, 1986. (a family's trek west
    from Maine across the Dakota prairies from the eyes of a 9-year-old)
Heide, Florence & Judith. Sami and the Time of troubles. Clarion, 1993.
    (Lebanon's Civil War through the eyes of a 10-year-old)
Ibbitson, John. 1812: Jeremy and the General. Macmillan, 1991. (15-year-old
    British participant tells about the War of 1812)
Innocenti, Roberto. Rose Blanche. Creative Education, 1985. (a child
    experiences the horrors of Germany during WWII)
Levinson, Riki. Watch the Stars Come Out. Dutton, 1985. (a grandmother
    tells of her mother's experiences as an immigrant coming to America)
Lyons, Mary. Letters from a Slave Girl. Scribners, 1992. (slavery through
    eyes of a young girl who escapes to freedom)
Mattingly, Christobel. The Angel with a Mouth-Organ. Holiday House, 1984.
    (Refugees in flight during WWII retold by a Mother, but through her
    eyes as a young girl)
Mochizuki, Ken. Baseball Saved Us. Lee and Low Books, 1993. (Life in a
    Japanese internment camp during 1942 from a child's eyes)
Monjo, F.N. The Vicksburg Veteran. Simon & Schuster, 1971. (U.S. Grant's
    12-year-old son tells about the Battle of Vicksburg)
Turner, Ann. Katie's Trunk. Macmillan, 1992. (a child of a Tory family
    narrates a personal experience during the American Revolution)
Van Leeuwen, Jean. Going West. Dial, 1992. (a seven-year-old narrates her
    family's move west)
Whelan, Gloria. Goodbye Vietnam. Knopf, 1992. (flight out of Vietnam
    through the eyes of a 13-year-old)
Winter, Jeanette. Klara's new World. Knopf, 1992. (Swedish immigrants
   journey to Minnesota in the 1860's as told by a 7-year-old)
Yolen, Jane. Encounter. Harcourt Brace, 1992. (a Taino boy's perspective
    of the strangers and their customs when Columbus encounters the New
    World)
Yolen, Jane. Letting Swift River Go. Little, Brown, 1992. (a six-year-old
    explains how towns in the Swift River Valley are drowned when a
    reservoir is created)

An Insider's Perspective of a Specific Time/Place:
Fleischman, Paul. The Borning Room. Harpercollins, 1991. (Life growing up
    in Ohio from 1859 to 1870 through the eyes of a young girl)
Harvey, Brett. Cassie's Journey. Holiday House, 1988. (Life on a wagon
    train in the 1860's through the eyes of a child)
Harvey, Brett. Immigrant Girl. Holiday House, 1987. (a ten-year-old
    immigrant girl tells of life on the Lower East Side of New York in 1910)
Harvey, Brett. My Prairie Christmas. Holiday House, 1990. (Christmastime on
    the prairie through the eyes of a young girl)
Hendershot, Judith. In Coal Country. Knopf, 1987. (a child recounts life
    in a mining town during the 1930's)
Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane. Cherokee Summer. Holiday House, 1993. (a ten-year-
    old tells about life on a reservation today)
Sewall, Marcia. The Pilgrims of Plimoth. Atheneum, 1986. (Life in Plimoth
    written from the Pilgrims' collective viewpoint--"we")
Smucker, Anna Egan. No Star Nights. Knopf, 1989. (a child's recollections
    of life in a steel-mill town in the 1950's)
Turner, Ann. Dakota Dugout. Macmillan, 1985. )
    (a woman recalls life on the Dakota prairie)
Waters, Kate. Sarah Morton's Day. Scholastic, 1989. (a seven-year-old gives
    an insider's perspective of a day in the life of a Pilgrim girl)
Williams, Sherley Anne. Working Cotton. Harcourt Brace, 1992. (migrant
    workers' arduous life through the eyes of a young girl)

Stories presented from more than one perspective:
Armstrong, Jennifer. Steal Away. Orchard, 1992. (two 13-year-old girls,
    one slave and one a white orphan, jorney North together and tell their
    stories of the perilous trek alternately through flashbacks)
Avi. Nothing but the Truth. Orchard, 1991. (an incident that results in
    school suspension from the eyes of the student and the teacher)
Conrad, Pam. Taking the Ferry Home. HarperCollins, 1988. (Two sixteen
   year old girls from different social classes alternately tell about
    their friendship and summer from each perspective)
Dorris, Michael. Morning Girl. Hyperion, 1992. (a twelve-year-old Taino
    girl and her younger brother, Star boy, tell about life on their island
    before and during the arrival of Columbus)
Fleischman, Paul. Bull Run. Harpercollins, 1993. (The first battle of the
    Civil War from sixteen different eye-witnesses' points of view)
Taylor, Theodore. Timothy of the Cay. Harcourt Brace, 1993. (Timothy tells
    his story from cabin boy to captain prior to The Cay and Phillip tells
    his story after the rescue in alternate chapters; a prequel-sequel)

Fictionalized biographies from an unexpected point of view:
Bourne, Miriam Anne. Nabby Adam's Diary. Coward, 1975. (Sam Adam's
    daughter's fictionalized diary of the events of their lives)
Bourne, Miriam Anne. Nelly Custus' Diary. Coward, 1974. (life at Mt. Vernon
    through the eyes of Martha Washington's grandchild)
Bourne, Miriam Anne. Patsy Jefferson's Diary. Coward, 1976. (Thomas
    Jefferson's daughter's fictionalized accounts of life at Monticello)
Lawson, Robert. Ben and Me. Dell, 1939, 1973. (Benjamin Franklin's life
    from the eyes of a mouse companion)
Monjo, F.N. Poor Richard in France. Holt, Rinehart, 1973. (Ben Franklin's
    7-year-old grandson tells about events during the American Revolution)

This bibliography was produced by Dr. Mary Shoop at Washburn University,
Topeka, Kansas. She is willing to share it with LM_NETTERS because of the
assistance of her curriculum librarian, me, in identifying titles and for
posting a request for suggestions with this discussion group. Just another
example of the wonderful things that happen when teachers and librarians
cooperate!

Judy Druse
Curriculum/Media Librarian
Washburn University
Topeka, Kansas