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June 21, 2011 at 3:37 pm
Britney
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Do any of you have recommendations for a couple of living books to read for Independence Day?
Or activities?
June 21, 2011 at 3:54 pm
nerakr
Participant
Since you didn’t mention ages, these are for younger children.
The Fourth of July Story by Alice Dalgliesh
Fourth of July on the Plains by Jean van Leeuwen (check the spelling on that)
June 21, 2011 at 4:18 pm
Bookworm
Participant
Check around in your community–mine has an annual ice cream festival close to the 4th in which they recruit community leaders to read the Declaration of Independence–the ENTIRE thing–on the steps of our county library. It is a very visual and memorable thing. I second the Alice Dalgliesh book and there is a Cornerstones of Freedom also, The Story of the Declaration of Independence. There is a nice book by Peter Spier called We the People that includes coverage of the Declaration.
June 21, 2011 at 7:01 pm
Rachel White
Participant
America: A Patriotic Primer by Lynne Cheny
The Declaration of Independence: The Words that Made America by Sam Fink (wonderful!)
Will you Sign Here, John Hancock? by Jean Fritz; also other histories (King George) and bios of those who attended the Congress and signed (Sam Adams, Benjamin Franklin)
Cherly Harness bios of:
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Give Me Liberty! The Story of the Declaration of Independence by Russell Freedman
And for background:
Boston Tea Party by Pamela Edwards
Let it Begin here! by Don Brown
Web site for great info.
HTH,
Rachel
June 22, 2011 at 11:59 am
Ladyofthehouse
Member
I second the suggestion for Peter Spier’s We The People, he has one on the Star Spangled Banner as well which would be great for the 4th.
I love his illustrations, they are so rich with detail and since his text is so minimal (just quoting his source) it is very thought provoking for the kids to look at the books.
June 22, 2011 at 11:05 pm
Britney
Member
Thanks ladies…gotta check the library now…:)
June 28, 2011 at 6:00 pm
Rachel White
Participant
I came across this one today:
The Signers: The 56 Stories Behind the Declaration of Independence by Dennia Fradin gr. 4-7
Others for olders:
Setting the Record Straight: American History in Black & White by David Barton
Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence (Reprint of an 1818 original, short bios) from Wallbuilders
Wives of the Signers by Mary Green
Rachel
June 28, 2011 at 9:02 pm
sheraz
Participant
I really enjoyed Lives of the Signers…I would take the library’s copy in a nano-second. There is another one called “Glory, Passion, and Principle: The Story of Eight Remarkable Women at the Core of the American Revolution” by Melissa Lukeman Bohrer. Very inspiring…I learned a lot…so much that I turned those two books into a patriotic program we did for the women at church, including a lot of patriotic music. LOVE the music – helps get me in the mood – flag raising ceremonies…ahhh… =)
June 28, 2011 at 9:14 pm
blue j
Participant
Here’s another one:
The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution by William Cooper Nell
June 28, 2011 at 9:15 pm
Rachel White
Participant
Abigail Adams is my all time heroine. She was a Republican mother, believing in educating herself in order to bring up freedom loving, independent minded children; was dedicated to loving and educating her family; ran a farm, was frugal, principled; encouraged her husband (kept him in check and made him even a better man than he already was by being his intellectual equal) and struggled with depression, too. She pushed through all the heartbreak and struggles that she endured.
Here’s one for the younger set:http://www.amazon.com/Independent-Dames-Never-American-Revolution/dp/0689858086/ref=wl_mb_hu_m_6_dp
Rachel
July 2, 2011 at 12:24 pm
Rachel White
Participant
Some more:
You’re A Grand Old Flag by George M. Cohan and Norman Rockwell
Black Heroes of the American Revolution by Burke Davis ages 8-12
America’s Black Founders: Revolutionary Heroes & Early Leaders with 21 Activities (For Kids series) by Nancy Sanders
Rachel
July 2, 2011 at 12:27 pm
Rachel White
Participant
Some more:
You’re A Grand Old Flag by George M. Cohan and Norman Rockwell
Black Heroes of the American Revolution by Burke Davis ages 8-12
America’s Black Founders: Revolutionary Heroes & Early Leaders with 21 Activities (For Kids series) by Nancy Sanders
Rachel