Little Shack by the School
Jennifer Regehr. The author used imagination and research to weave in details about her grandmother’s childhood. Josie Schartner lived a very different childhood from modern times. Since they lived four miles away from school, Josie and her sisters wouldn’t be … Read More
Florence Nightingale
Carol Alexander. This fact-filled book introduces the youngest readers to Florence Nightingale, the mother of modern nursing.With interesting pictures on every other page, and simple nonfiction text, children can learn how Nightingale worked hard to change health-care practices and saved … Read More
Go West with Miners, Prospectors, and Loggers
Cynthia O’Brien. This book describes those who came because of the land’s rich natural resources. “News stories” reveal the hard lives of miners in the Rockies and the desperation of prospectors searching for riches in the gold rushes in California, … Read More