HIT: Historical fiction for Second graders

[Esther Schnaidman <DE1088@AOL.COM>]

Hi Group,
I appreciated all of the responses to my query regarding historical fiction
for beginning readers.  Thanks to Jonie, Carol, Jackie, Sharon, Stephanie,
Judy, Charlotte and A.D.
Here are your suggestions!

1. Hannah by Gloria Whelan
Story of a blind girl who wants to go to school.  Pioneer time period.
I enjoy this as a read aloud.

2.  Try the Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House picture books.

3.  The two authors who come to mind immediately are F. N. Monjo and Peter
Roop,
both of whom write historical fiction for lower reading ability.  Monjo's
works like The One Bad Thing about Father (T. Roosevelt) are very much in
the reader format.  Roop's books like Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie, are
more transitional fiction and may be above second grade reading level.

5.  Do you have Sign Of the Beaver by Lynn Speare and Sarah Plain and Tall?


6.   Wagon Wheels by Barbara Brenner
Next Spring an Oriole by Gloria Whelan
The series of "First Book of" based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's books
Pioneer Cat by ???


7.   Hyperion Chapter Books have several of this type for this reading level.
 Also, American Girl has a series called History Mysteries (I think).


8.   Hi.  HarperCollins I Can Read series has titles--The Long Way to a New
land, The Long Way Westward, Small Wolf, Sam the Minuteman, George the
Drummer Boy, Hill of Fire, Clipper Ship.  I  have other titles--By George,
Bloomers!, Lysbet and the fire kittens (Dutch NYC) (CowardMcCann, I think.)
S. Krensky's The Iron Dragon Never Sleeps (trans. cont. rail) is a bit
longer, but I think its publisher (can't think of it) has others in the same
vein.


9.   Do you have Betsy Byars The Golly Sisters books.  There is one called
Wagon wheels by Brenner.  Ann Turner has done deveral--Dakota Dugout and
another one something about a trunk that relates to the revolutionary
war.  There is another Revolution book I have sitting on my desk at work
which I think is called Redcoats and Petticoats or something similar.  And
there are many many pioneer books.  I am not at school so don't have
access to the catalog now. Mailing May is good historical fiction.
Another is called Nothing Here but Trees--don't remember the author.
There's something about George Washington's teeth or George Washington's
Mother.


10.   I would suggest anything by Bulla.  We have A Lion to Guard Us which was
read by my own son as a second grader.


11.  There are some good I Can Read titles that are historical fiction.  A
couple that I can remember off the top of my head (I am at home) are The
Boston Coffee Party, Clara and the Book Wagon, Josefina Story Quilt.  They
are probably a beginning or middle second grade level, not especially
challenging.

 Esther Schnaidman
Librarian/Media Specialist
Yeshiva of North Jersey
River Edge, NJ
eschnaid@aol.com

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