[LM_NET] HIT> Historical Fiction for Westward Expansion

[Carol A Demasi <Carol_Demasi@CCPSNET.NET>]

Thanks to all of you for the wonderful HITS on my posting:  Historical fiction for 
westward expansion - 

 

 

Here is what I have complied:

 

Websites:

 

http://bookgirl3.tripod.com/historicalfiction.html 
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http://atn-reading-lists.wikispaces.com/Westward+Emigration+Picture-Story+Books+%28Grade+2-4%29
 
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http://nancykeane.com/rl/25.htm#Top 
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Books:

Gerrard, Roy.
Wagons west! / Roy Gerrard.-- 1st American ed.-- New York : Farrar,
Straus and Giroux, c1996.
    1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill ; 24 x 27 cm.
    Summary:  A rhyming story of a family's move by wagon train
between Missouri and Oregon in the 1850's and their daughter's role
in outwitting cattle thieves.
    ISBN 0374382492 : $15.00 
    1. Overland journeys to the Pacific--Fiction. 2. Frontier and
pioneer life--Fiction. 3. Stories in rhyme. I. Title.

Johnston, Tony, 1942-
Sunsets of the West / Tony Johnston ; illustrated by Ted Lewin.-- New
York : Putnam's, c2002.
    1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill ; 26 cm.
    BKLST 06/01/2002
    PW 05/13/2002
    Kirkus 05/15/2002
    Summary:  Pa and his family pack up their belongings and
undertake the difficult journey to a new life in the West.
    ISBN 0399226591 : $16.99 
    1. Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--Fiction. 2. West
(U.S.)--Fiction. I. Title. II. Lewin, Ted. ill.

Lawlor, Laurie.
Old Crump : the true story of a trip West / by Laurie Lawlor ;
illustrations by John Winch.-- 1st ed.-- New York : Holiday House,
c2002.
    1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill ; 23 cm.
    BKLST 03/15/2002
    SLJ Jun 2002
    PW 02/11/2002
    Kirkus 03/01/2002
    Summary:  In 1850, a faithful ox helps a group of travelers
survive their trip through Death Valley.
    ISBN 0823416089 : $16.95 
    1. Oxen--Juvenile fiction. 2. Oxen--Fiction. 3. Survival--
Fiction. 4. Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)--Fiction. 5. West (U.S.)--
Fiction. I. Title. II. Winch, John, 1944-. ill.

Levitin, Sonia, 1934-
Nine for California / by Sonia Levitin ; illustrated by Cat Bowman
Smith.-- New York : Orchard Books, 1996.
    p. cm.
    Summary:  Amanda travels by stagecoach with her four siblings and
her mother from Missouri to California to join her father.
    ISBN 0531095274 : $15.95 
    1. Coaching--Fiction. 2. Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--
Fiction. I. Title. II. Smith, Cat Bowman. ill.

Van Leeuwen, Jean.
Going West / Jean Van Leeuwen ; pictures by Thomas B. Allen.-- 1st
ed.-- New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1992 [i.e. 1991].
    1 v. (unpaged) : ill ; 22 x 28 cm.
    Summary:  Follows a family's emigration by prairie schooner from
the East, across the plains to Kansas.
    ISBN 0803710275 : $15.00 
    1. Frontier and pioneer life--Fiction. 2. Family life--Fiction.
I. Title. II. Allen, Thomas B., 1928-. ill. Thomas Burt.

 

 

Picture books about the Laura Ingalls Wilder Family.  One
in non-fiction and several are fiction.  I think the non-fiction one
is by Anderson.
Rachel Woodyer

 

Araminta's Paintbox by Karen Ackerman
 

Dandelions by Eve Bunting

     

Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave
Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries(and 
Children) ... the Plains (Golden Kite Awards (Awards)) by Deborah Hopkinson and 
Nancy Carpenter
 

 


Non-fiction            <mailto:cwelch@softhome.net>  

 

Here is a website which links to numerous primary-source materials, including maps, 
narratives and incredible pictures from the national archives and the Library of 
Congress. http://www.awesomestories.com/history/go_west/go_west_ch1.htm 
<http://mail.ccpsnet.net/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.awesomestories.com/history/go_west/go_west_ch1.htm>
    It also includes links to information about Native-American mistreatment and 
displacement (which some history books tend to either ignore or gloss over).  The 
site is free to all educators, schools and libraries.  Simply request a free 
academic membership with this sign-up form. 
http://www.awesomestories.com/group_signup.php 
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<mailto:bosc@gvsu.edu>  

 

 
Carol DeMasi
6th Grade  LD Specialist & LMS Student
Bailey Bridge Middle School
Carol_DeMasi@ccpsnet.net

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