Mary Beth and I will be presenting historical fiction and nonfiction at the ACARC meeting this week. Here are the titles I’m bringing.
Related to our theme the Underground Railroad.
Abe Lincoln Crosses A Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale (Introducing His Forgotten Frontier Friend). Written by Deborah Hopkinson. Illustrated by John Hendrix. Schwartz & Wade, 2008. [Check the blog archives on 9-22-2008 for an interview with Hopkinson]. Primary-Intermediate.
Chains. Written by Laurie Halse Anderson. Simon & Schuster, 2008. [See my review in the blog archives, January 2009.] YA.
Henry’s Freedom Box. Written by Ellen Levine. Illustrated by Kair Nelson. Scholastic, 2007. Primary-Intermediate.
Way Up and Over Everything. Written by Alice McGill. Illustrated by Judy Daly. Houghton Mifflin, 2008. Primary-Intermediate.
Not related to our theme.
Gold Rush Kid. Written by Mary Waldorf. Clarion, 2008. Intermediate-YA.
Keeping Score. Written by Linda Sue Park. Clarion Books, 2008. Intermediate-YA.
Liz
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March 11, 2009 at 9:02 am
Sick child means I can’t come to ACARC to share these books, but these are all great examples of historical fiction/nonfiction. Liz