Books That Make Kids
Love America
As we get ready to celebrate
America's birthday with the Fourth of July, smart parents will get beneath the
fun and frivolity to find ways to make sure their children understand the price
of freedom and how this country came to be.
A trip to the library may yield
several choices of books which are not only good books that provide food for
thought, but will make your child love and appreciate the gifts of liberty that
we have here in the U.S.A.
The Star-Spangled Banner, illustrated by Peter
Spier (ages 4-8), a well-illustrated portrait of the warfare that led to the
birth of our national anthem.
By the Dawn's Early Light: The Story of the
Star-Spangled Banner, by Steven Kroll (ages 4-8), another good
depiction of how the anthem was written.
Arthur Meets the
President, by Marc Tolon Brown (ages 4-8); cartoon favorite Arthur wins a
trip to Washington, D.C., and learns about the White House.
When I First Came to
This Land, by Harriet Ziefert (ages 4-8). Here's a poem about an immigrant
to the United States in times past.
Johnny
Tremain by Esther
Forbes (upper primary to middle school age), a 14-year-old silversmith's
apprentice observes the start of the Revolutionary War
Drums
Along the Mohawk by
Walter D. Edmonds (middle school and high school), how the Revolutionary War
began among settlers in upstate New York
1776 by David McCullough (high
school), the military history behind the Revolutionary War and good portraits
of George Washington and King George by the best historian in America, a
Pulitzer Prize winner
Miracle at Philadelphia by Catherine Drinker Bowen (high
school), a complete, compelling account of the Constitutional Convention of
1787 in Philadelphia.
Paul Revere's Ride or Washington's Crossing (high school), by another Pulitzer Prize
winning historian, David Hackett Fischer
Here are many more:
http://theoldentimes.com/kids_history_books.html
http://www.drpsychotic.com/books/kids_books/kids_books_02.html
