Children's Picture books about History
Treasa Bowe, AKA Between the Covers of a Good Book, have compiled a list of suggested picturebooks to assist with teaching History.
Civil Rights and North America
· Henry’s Freedom Box, Ellen Levine & Kadir Nelson
· Barack Obama, Son of Promise, Child of Hope, Nikki Grimes & Bryan Collier
· Martin’s Big Words, Doreen Rappaport & Bryan Collier
· Before she was Harriett, Lesa Cline-Ransome & James E. Ransome
World War II - Different sides of the story
· Benno and the Night of the Broken Glass, Meg Wiviott
· A Tree in the Courtyard, Jeff Gottesfeld & Peter McCarty
· Martin & Anne, Nancy Churnin & Yevgenia Nayberg
· So Far from the Sea, Eve Bunting
· Baseball Saved us, by Ken Mochizuki & Dom Lee
· A Scarf for Keiko, Ann Malaspina & Merrilee Liddiard
· Mercedes and the chocolate pilot, Margot Theis Raven & Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen
Boxes for Katje, Candace Fleming& Stacey Dressen-McQueen
You can find links to purchase some of the books here.
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Civil Rights and North America
· Henry’s Freedom Box, Ellen Levine & Kadir Nelson
· Barack Obama, Son of Promise, Child of Hope, Nikki Grimes & Bryan Collier
· Martin’s Big Words, Doreen Rappaport & Bryan Collier
· Before she was Harriett, Lesa Cline-Ransome & James E. Ransome
World War II - Different sides of the story
· Benno and the Night of the Broken Glass, Meg Wiviott
· A Tree in the Courtyard, Jeff Gottesfeld & Peter McCarty
· Martin & Anne, Nancy Churnin & Yevgenia Nayberg
· So Far from the Sea, Eve Bunting
· Baseball Saved us, by Ken Mochizuki & Dom Lee
· A Scarf for Keiko, Ann Malaspina & Merrilee Liddiard
· Mercedes and the chocolate pilot, Margot Theis Raven & Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen
Boxes for Katje, Candace Fleming& Stacey Dressen-McQueen
You can find links to purchase some of the books here.
Playful Classroom is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk.