* "Ben and Me" - story about Ben Franklin and a mouse.
* Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
* Boston Coffee Party by Doreen Rappaport
* The Long Way to a New Land by Joan Sandin
* Westward to Home: Joshua's Oregon Trail Diary by Patricia
Hermes
* The Birchbark House by Erdrich is a little lengthier than
"American Girls" but I think 2nd grade might be able to handle it at
this time of year. Also, the Native American perspective is refreshing
* Sarah, Plain and Tall and the sequels
* Candace Ransom's Fire in the Sky is short enough for 2nd
graders. It's about the Hindenburg explosion.
* There is a segment of the Dear America series called My
America that often has young boys...the Dear America series, of course,
is also outstanding.
* The Earth Dragon Awakes
* Honeycake by Joan Betty Stuchner and Cynthia Nugent
* Please do not recommend Little House on the Prairie. See
Debbie Reese's blog on American Indians in Children's Literature. These
books create a stereotype for Indians that is no longer acceptable and
was never truthful. - I had another response that said these would be
great to use as a teachable moment to teach the ways things were
misunderstood and inaccurate. Use your own judgement.
* Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes, Lynd Ward ( Illustrator)
* Lynd Ward Young hero's of History series
* The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman, Peter Sis
* An Island Far from Home by John Donahue
* Under the Blood-Red Sun by Graham Salisbury
* Eyes of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury
* Freaks : Alive, on the Inside! by Annette Curtis Klause, Cliff
Nielsen
* The Kitchen Boy : A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander
* Street Child by Berlie Doherty
* Bradley, Kimberly Brubak. One-of-a-kind Mallie and Ruthie's
Gift.
* Deutsch, Stacia and Rhody Cohon. Blast to the Past series.
* Osborne, Mary Pope. The Magic Tree House series.
* Rappaport, Doreen. The Boston Coffee Party.
* Whelan, Gloria. Hannah.
* " " Next Spring an Oriole; Night of the
Full Moon and Shadow of the Wolf.
* http://www.weberpl.lib.ut.us/content/booklists/sort/t/36
<http://www.weberpl.lib.ut.us/content/booklists/sort/t/36>
* http://www.exodusbooks.com/category.aspx?id=5311&gradeid=4
<http://www.exodusbooks.com/category.aspx?id=5311&gradeid=4>
MY AMERICA by Scholastic
TITLES
(In order by historical chronology):
* OUR STRANGE NEW LAND: Elizabeth's Diary; Jamestown, Virginia,
1609 by Patricia Hermes
<http://www.kidsreads.com/reviews/0439112087.asp>
* THE STARVING TIME: Elizabeth's Diary; Book Two; Jamestown,
Virginia, 1609 by Patricia Hermes
<http://www.kidsreads.com/reviews/0439199980.asp>
* SEASON OF PROMISE: Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary; Book
Three; Jamestown, Virginia, 1611 by Patricia Hermes
* FIVE SMOOTH STONES: Hope's Diary; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
1776 by Kristiana Gregory
<http://www.kidsreads.com/reviews/0439148278.asp>
* WE ARE PATRIOTS: Hope's Revolutionary War Diary, Book Two;
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 by Kristiana Gregory
<http://www.kidsreads.com/series/series-myamerica-reviews.asp#0439210399
>
* WHEN FREEDOM COMES: Hope's Revolutionary War Diary, Book Three,
1778 by Kristiana Gregory
<http://www.kidsreads.com/series/series-myamerica-reviews.asp#043937054X
>
* WESTWARD TO HOME: Joshua's Diary; Book One; The Oregon Trail,
1848 by Patricia Hermes
<http://www.kidsreads.com/reviews/0439112095.asp>
* A PERFECT PLACE: Joshua's Oregon Trail Diary, Book Two, 1848 by
Patricia Hermes
<http://www.kidsreads.com/series/series-myamerica-reviews.asp#0439389003
>
* THE WILD YEAR: Joshua's Oregon Trail Diary, Book Three, 1849 by
Patricia Hermes
* AS FAR AS I CAN SEE: Meg's Prairie Diary; St. Louis to the
Kansas Territory, 1856 by Kate McMullan
* FOR THIS LAND: Meg's Prairie Diary, Book Two, 1856 by Kate
McMullan
* A FINE START: Meg's Prairie Diary, Book Three, 1857 by Kate
McMullan
* FREEDOM'S WINGS: Corey's Diary; Kentucky to Ohio, 1857 by Sharon
Dennis Wyeth <http://www.kidsreads.com/reviews/0439141001.asp>
* FLYING FREE: Corey's Underground Railroad Diary, Book Two;
Amherstburg, Canada, 1858 by Sharon Dennis Wyeth
<http://www.kidsreads.com/series/series-myamerica-reviews.asp#0439244439
>
* MESSAGE IN THE SKY, 1859, Corey's Underground Railroad Diary,
Book Three by Sharon Dennis Wyeth
* MY BROTHER'S KEEPER: Virginia's Diary; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,
1863 by Mary Pope Osborne
<http://www.kidsreads.com/reviews/0439153077.asp>
* AFTER THE RAIN: Virginia's Diary; Book Two; Washington, D.C.,
1864 by Mary Pope Osborne
<http://www.kidsreads.com/reviews/0439201381.asp>
* A TIME TO DANCE: Virginia's Civil War Diary, Book Three,
1865-1866 by Mary Pope Osborne and Will Osborne
* HOPE IN MY HEART: Sofia's Ellis Island Diary, Book One, 1903 by
Kathryn Lasky
<http://www.kidsreads.com/features/0311-cool.asp#0439449626>
* HOME AT LAST: Sofia's Ellis Island Diary, Book Two, 1903 by
Kathryn Lasky
<http://www.kidsreads.com/features/0311-cool.asp#0439206448>
* AN AMERICAN SPRING: Sofia's Immigrant Diary, Book Three, 1903 by
Kathryn Lasky
<http://www.kidsreads.com/series/series-myamerica-reviews.asp#0439370469
>
Erin Woods
Media Specialist
Lindemann ~ 827-1150
Bennie ~ 827-1300
erin.woods@apps.k12.mi.us
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