Children's lit question (moved from Ramble)
Posted by Carolyn B on July 10, 1998 at 19:43:10:
I'm trying to come up with a list of books (fiction or non-fiction) appropriate for younger kids to preteen (say ages 6-14) that give an idea of what life was like in the 1920s and 1930s, preferably in the US. This is for a school packet we're working on for our historic site, and when I was brainstorming all the children's lit I could think of was too early (Laura Ingalls Wilder, "Betsy Tacy Tib", Ann of Green Gables, etc.)
Do any of y'all have any favorites that fall into that time period. (I figure older high school kids can read the classics like The Great Gatsby and Grapes of Wrath). These would need to be books that are still in print, I guess, or at least readily found in a school or local library. (extra bonus points for books set in the South!)
Suggestions made so far include:
Cheaper by the Dozen & sequel
Margaret Epp's Sarah/Princess series
Mirette(sp?) on the High Wire
Noel Streatfield's "Shoes" series
for older kids:
To Kill a Mockingbird
- Some others Lesley 00:27:01 7/27/98
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- This might be a good one. It is even set in the south Mary Collette 09:21:41 7/14/98
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- Another Good Book: Tay 13:26:17 7/14/98
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- Another Good Book: Tay 13:26:17 7/14/98
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- FYI - Some other recommendations made to me Carolyn B 15:39:40 7/13/98
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- Noel Streatfield Kate 00:09:40 7/11/98
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