share some of your favorite early elem books and bios!

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  • April 21, 2010 at 9:18 pm
    Tia
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    i’ve settled on Mara Pratt’s series. Finally, a decision! LOL  I plan to add supplementary books as well. i would like biographies and historical fiction for read alouds.  i, of course, have found many titles online and was hoping to get a list of some of your favorites.  TIA! 🙂

    April 21, 2010 at 9:39 pm
    Polly
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    A good place to start is Beautiful Feet.  I love all of Beautiful Feet’s Early American Primary books.  We can get them from our library.

    April 21, 2010 at 10:02 pm
    Tia
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    thanks!  i know the D’Aulaire biographies get rave reviews.  i have never met anyone irl who has read them, so i was hesitant at first.  thanks for the reassurance that those bios are good ones. 🙂

    April 21, 2010 at 11:18 pm
    nerakr
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    David Adler’s Picture Book biographies are good, too.

    April 22, 2010 at 12:50 am
    Esby
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    Benjamin West and His Cat, Grimalkin is one of my favorite artist biographies – and it covers American History as well. My kids and I loved this book.

    April 22, 2010 at 9:20 pm
    briedell
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    Bethlehem Books has excellent History selections/Historical Fiction for the most part, but based on actual history

    April 23, 2010 at 2:53 am
    Tia
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    thanks so much for your suggestions! i will be making my shopping list this week.  i really appreciate all of your thoughts and advice on history…it has helped immensely. 🙂

    May 9, 2010 at 3:29 pm
    krommama
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    some of our favorites:

    D’Aulaire books

    Diane Stanley’s biographies

    Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield (i think) – we loved this story!

    Holling C. Holling – our favorite was Pagoo

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