Stay Put, Robbie McAmis
Stay Put, Robbie McAmis

Author: Frances G. Tunbo

Publisher: TCU Press

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 9780875650258

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When a wagon train accident separates a traveling family and strands five helpless children and Grammie in the Texas wilderness of 1848, it is up to twelve-year-old Robbie to find them food and shelter and help them all survive.

Literature Connections to American History K6
Literature Connections to American History K6

Author: Lynda G. Adamson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1997-09-15

Total Pages: 553

ISBN-13: 0313089957

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Identifying thousands of historical fiction novels, biographies, history trade books, CD-ROMs, and videotapes, this book helps you locate resources on American history for students. Each book presents information in two sections. In the first part, titles are listed according to grade levels within eras and further organized according to product type. The books cover American history from North America Before 1600 and The American Colonies, 1600-1774 to The Mid-Twentieth Century, 1946-1975 and Since 1975. The second section has annotated bibliographies that describe each title and includes publication information and awards won. The focus is on books published since 1990, and all have received at least one favorable review. Some books with more illustration than text will be valuable for enticing slow or reticent readers. An index helps users find resources by author, title, or biographical subject.

Recreating the Past
Recreating the Past

Author: Lynda G. Adamson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1994-06-30

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 0313387966

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Spanning grades 1-10+, this annotated bibliography of 970 recommended American and world titles published through early 1994 includes adult titles suitable for young readers; at least 200 of the titles are award winners. In support of interdisciplinary English and social studies curricula, librarians and teachers can easily assemble a basic list of books on a geographical place and time period. Geographical sections are divided into historical time periods within which entries are organized alphabetically by author. Each entry contains both reading and interest grade levels, a short incisive annotation about the historical event, setting, plot, protagonist and theme, current publication availability, and awards won. Seven reference appendices allow for easy searching. These helpful appendices and an authors, a titles, and an illustrators index help to make this volume a critical professional tool.

Around the World with Historical Fiction and Folktales
Around the World with Historical Fiction and Folktales

Author: Beth Bartleson Zarian

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 9780810848160

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Whether two teachers are covering the same topic in separate classes, or designing a thematic unit with the school librarian, this handy guide to nearly 800 award-winning historical fiction for Kindergarten through 8th grade will assist all parties in the selection of high quality literature.

Muddy Banks
Muddy Banks

Author: Ruby C. Tolliver

Publisher: TCU Press

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9780875650494

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A twelve-year-old runaway slave is torn between desire for freedom and affection for the woman who has protected him, as the impending Battle of Sabine Pass threatens to engulf their part of Texas.

Dictionary of American Children's Fiction, 1985-1989
Dictionary of American Children's Fiction, 1985-1989

Author: Alethea K. Helbig

Publisher: Greenwood

Published: 1993-04-13

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13:

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A supplement to two earlier volumes on American children's fiction from 1859 to 1984, this new dictionary, the first of a projected series of five-year updates, covers 134 award-winning books published from 1985 to 1989 with detailed factual material and insightful critical appraisal. Included in the more than 400 entries are book title entries, which provide plot summary and literary analysis; author entries, which stress major contributions to children's literature and significant biographical facts; character entries, which identify and describe memorable characters and analyze characterization; and miscellaneous entries on certain settings and other elements needing additional explanation. An appendix classifies the books under major awards given for the period in question. The extensive index, while providing access to specific names and terms, also identifies broad themes and subjects relating to fictional genres, narrative structures, and elements of style and tone. Taken together with its predecessors, this volume will be valuable for use in university, school, and public libraries, and by librarians, educators, parents, and scholars of children's literature and American culture.