Titles are arranged in a loose timeline, starting with the Iron Age and finishing up in the 1990s. Some of these authors are well-known for theiroeuvreof historical fiction, so looking their names up in the library catalog is a good way to continue the search for great middle grade histori...
Reading historical fiction can be a wonderful way to get kids interested in history and keep them reading. This book summarizes short stories that...
30+ Historical Fiction Graphic Novels for Tweens & Teens As with all of the lists in our Graphic Novels for Kids collection, each title in this list of Historical Fiction Graphic Novels links to an Amazon and/or Book Depository page (these are affiliate links and I may earn a small commiss...
I’ve previously established my kids’ obsession with polar bears, not to mention that we probably own every book published on the subject, fiction or non-fiction, so I won’t belabor that now. What I will tell you is that none of the polar bear books on our shelves—none of them!—...
Historical fiction read-alouds rely on ideas, characters and imagery to help kids learn about a specifi c time period. c 1. What can we know about the group These stories help make history come alive.of friends in George Washington's George Washington's Socks Elvir a Woodruff's George Wash...
The kids are alright: children are reading historical fiction as never before. What lies behind the remarkable boom?Moore, Christopher
Posted inHistorical fiction,Middle Grade Book Reviews|TaggedMIddle grade book series,MM Downing,SJ Waugh,The Advenutres of the Flash Gang|7 Comments THE BOY AND THE SPY Posted onApril 16, 2023byGreg Pattridge I know several middle grade kids who open a new book and will read just the fi...
prestigious John Newbery Medal, the Scott O’Dell Prize for Historical Fiction, and the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. These books represent time periods from the 1770s to the 1970s and appeal to kids in the upper elementary and middle school range (grades 4 through 8)....
University. The fact that her nose was always stuck in a book should have been an early indicator of her eventual profession; however her undergrad degree is actually in Economics. When she’s not reading Amanda can be found attempting to keep up with her husband and two...
When not writing fiction, she’s homeschooling her two kids, editing, designing book covers, and pretending her house will clean itself. To start us off, I ran across an interesting bookish conundrum on Facebook the other day that I thought would be fun to ask. Continue reading“A ...