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Thanks to all of you for the wonderful HITS on my posting: Historical fiction for westward expansion - Here is what I have complied: Websites: http://bookgirl3.tripod.com/historicalfiction.html <http://mail.ccpsnet.net/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://bookgirl3.tripod.com/historicalfiction.html> http://atn-reading-lists.wikispaces.com/Westward+Emigration+Picture-Story+Books+%28Grade+2-4%29 <http://mail.ccpsnet.net/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://atn-reading-lists.wikispaces.com/Westward%2BEmigration%2BPicture-Story%2BBooks%2B%2528Grade%2B2-4%2529> http://nancykeane.com/rl/25.htm#Top <http://mail.ccpsnet.net/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://nancykeane.com/rl/25.htm%23Top> Books: Gerrard, Roy. Wagons west! / Roy Gerrard.-- 1st American ed.-- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c1996. 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill ; 24 x 27 cm. Summary: A rhyming story of a family's move by wagon train between Missouri and Oregon in the 1850's and their daughter's role in outwitting cattle thieves. ISBN 0374382492 : $15.00 1. Overland journeys to the Pacific--Fiction. 2. Frontier and pioneer life--Fiction. 3. Stories in rhyme. I. Title. Johnston, Tony, 1942- Sunsets of the West / Tony Johnston ; illustrated by Ted Lewin.-- New York : Putnam's, c2002. 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill ; 26 cm. BKLST 06/01/2002 PW 05/13/2002 Kirkus 05/15/2002 Summary: Pa and his family pack up their belongings and undertake the difficult journey to a new life in the West. ISBN 0399226591 : $16.99 1. Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--Fiction. 2. West (U.S.)--Fiction. I. Title. II. Lewin, Ted. ill. Lawlor, Laurie. Old Crump : the true story of a trip West / by Laurie Lawlor ; illustrations by John Winch.-- 1st ed.-- New York : Holiday House, c2002. 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill ; 23 cm. BKLST 03/15/2002 SLJ Jun 2002 PW 02/11/2002 Kirkus 03/01/2002 Summary: In 1850, a faithful ox helps a group of travelers survive their trip through Death Valley. ISBN 0823416089 : $16.95 1. Oxen--Juvenile fiction. 2. Oxen--Fiction. 3. Survival-- Fiction. 4. Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)--Fiction. 5. West (U.S.)-- Fiction. I. Title. II. Winch, John, 1944-. ill. Levitin, Sonia, 1934- Nine for California / by Sonia Levitin ; illustrated by Cat Bowman Smith.-- New York : Orchard Books, 1996. p. cm. Summary: Amanda travels by stagecoach with her four siblings and her mother from Missouri to California to join her father. ISBN 0531095274 : $15.95 1. Coaching--Fiction. 2. Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)-- Fiction. I. Title. II. Smith, Cat Bowman. ill. Van Leeuwen, Jean. Going West / Jean Van Leeuwen ; pictures by Thomas B. Allen.-- 1st ed.-- New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1992 [i.e. 1991]. 1 v. (unpaged) : ill ; 22 x 28 cm. Summary: Follows a family's emigration by prairie schooner from the East, across the plains to Kansas. ISBN 0803710275 : $15.00 1. Frontier and pioneer life--Fiction. 2. Family life--Fiction. I. Title. II. Allen, Thomas B., 1928-. ill. Thomas Burt. Picture books about the Laura Ingalls Wilder Family. One in non-fiction and several are fiction. I think the non-fiction one is by Anderson. Rachel Woodyer Araminta's Paintbox by Karen Ackerman Dandelions by Eve Bunting Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries(and Children) ... the Plains (Golden Kite Awards (Awards)) by Deborah Hopkinson and Nancy Carpenter Non-fiction <mailto:cwelch@softhome.net> Here is a website which links to numerous primary-source materials, including maps, narratives and incredible pictures from the national archives and the Library of Congress. http://www.awesomestories.com/history/go_west/go_west_ch1.htm <http://mail.ccpsnet.net/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.awesomestories.com/history/go_west/go_west_ch1.htm> It also includes links to information about Native-American mistreatment and displacement (which some history books tend to either ignore or gloss over). The site is free to all educators, schools and libraries. Simply request a free academic membership with this sign-up form. http://www.awesomestories.com/group_signup.php <http://mail.ccpsnet.net/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.awesomestories.com/group_signup.php> <mailto:bosc@gvsu.edu> Carol DeMasi 6th Grade LD Specialist & LMS Student Bailey Bridge Middle School Carol_DeMasi@ccpsnet.net -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. 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