HIT, ELEM: 2nd gr. read alouds with early american settings

[Laura Spota <lspota@SCARSDALESCHOOLS.K12.NY.US>]

Thank you so much to all who contributed to this list!

Gratefully,
Laura Spota, Library Media Specialist
Edgewood School (K-5)
Scarsdale, New York
lspota@scarsdaleschools.k12.ny.us

2nd grade read alouds with early american settings:

Charlotte by Janet Lunn
Sarah Morton's Day and Samuel Eaton's Day
A Lion to Guard Us by Bulla
The cabin faced west - by Jean Fritz
The Courage of Sarah Noble by Dalglish (sic)
Dakota Dugout by Ann Turner
Betsy Maestro's In 1776
The Hatmaker's Sign by Candace Fleming
Boston Coffee Party by Rappaport
Six Silver Spoons by Janette Lowrey
American Girls series
the Little House books
Oxcart Man by Hall
The Hundred Penny Goose
the David Adler Picture
Book of... biographies, eg Franklin, Paul Revere etc
Why Don't You Get a Horse Paul Revere by Jean Fritz
Pioneer Cat by Hooks
Sam the Minuteman by Benchley
The Drinking Gourd by Monjo  Ann
Daniel's Duck by Bulla
Save Queen of Sheba
Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers
Pink and Say (May be too much for 2nd grade?)
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Thy Friend Obediah
I'M SORRY, ALMIRA ANN  by Jane Kurtz


Details of a few titles:

Charlotte by Janet Lunn.  This beautifully
illustrated picture book has a Canadian ending but is
about a young girl named Charlotte who secretly talks
and plays with her cousin (they both go to the same
school)although both families (the two dad are
brothers) are on opposite sides of the fence regards
loyalists or American. Her dad finds out and banishes
her to Canada to live.  (I think)the postscipt goes on
to say that her grand (or maybe great grand) daughter
marries an early premier of New Brunswick, Canada


It may be too old for them, but I have always liked 'Save Queen of
Sheba', though I cannot remember the author's name.  It is a story of a
boy named King David and his sister Queen of sheba traveling across the
plains by wagon train.  While the men are out hunting one day, the train
is attacked and decimated by Indians.  The boy survives and eventually
gets himself and his sister to safety.


Children's author Jane Kurtz' short novel, I'M SORRY, ALMIRA ANN (Henry
Holt, 1999) makes a wonderful historical read aloud for second graders.
My second grade teachers have used it and raved about it. In this short
novel, Sarah and her family leave Missouri and travel west by wagon
train on the Oregon trail with Almira Ann's family.  Severe weather
conditions and the hardships of the trail are documented through the
small and large details of the girls' daily lives.  But when Sarah
accidentally causes Almira Ann to fall from the wagon and break her leg,
she must find a way to confront her own feelings and those of her
friend--and make amends.  This historically accurate journey is overlain
with a charming story of friendship.  Kids are certain to respond to it!

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