What are some great children's books about famous Americans or famous American history stories? (for 5-9 year olds)?

(for 5-9 year olds) I'm looking for a couple of books as a gift for a British child who is moving back the UK after living here for a few years. Thanks! Asked by coachJen 42 months ago Similar questions: great children's books famous Americans American history stories 5 9 year olds Society > story.

Similar questions: great children's books famous Americans American history stories 5 9 year olds.

Blow out the Moon" and "We are a Rainbow" Here is a review of "We are a Rainbow". Note that it is about a child moving to another country. (the one for "Blow out the Moon" is below it -- it is about a child moving to England):I love books on diversity for children.

Not only to share with other children but also to show my daughter that even though someone does not look like her, they are people too and should always be treated nicely. Of course more often than not, my daughter is the one who is different out of every group of children. She is the shortest among girls her age.

The littlest in our family. The one with the dark curly hair around blonde children. The only girl surrounded with a neighborhood of boys.

Not to mention she is the one with autism who does not act her age. Little children are always wonderful with her and help her, way more often than older children and adults who tend to stare at her. The time two little girls took my daughter's hands out of mine at the skating rink and said "here let us help her!" still warms my heart and wets my eyes.

We Are A Rainbow is a book of our home collection that I love. In this book, a little girl is speaking about moving to a new country. She never mentions what country she is from nor what country she is going to but does speak of different things they do in each place.

Also she speaks Spanish and where she is going they speak English. The first page we see a bus full of people with suitcases on top and she says We are moving to a new country. She talks about all of the new things and people she will see.

How the landscape and ocean is different. In each of these pictures we can see the different lands, animals, and plants. Next she tells us about the tree that was by her old house and the one that is by her new house.

These pictures show a palm tree by an adobe house and an oak tree by a wooden house. Then she speaks of different cultural ways of doing things such as showing affection....there they would hug and kiss everyone but here hugs and kisses are only for very close friends or family. That sounds hard to get used to!

We learn that they would eat tortillas for breakfast but in this new place, the people eat tortillas for the evening meal. To you, I may seem different. But to me, you seem different, too.

The next pictures show two children trying to speak to each other with balloons saying words in Spanish and English such as sonrie and smile. She says that they attempt to interpret each other's speech. Turn the page and see the two children fighting then walking away from each other, the little girl's picture shows a broken heart and all of the children look very sad.

The picture shows them all leaving. She says when they do not understand each other, they stop attempting to get to know the other. The next illustrations show a smiling girl and she says seriously are we THAT different?

Then says sol or sun is the same sun and we see a picture of a large smiling sun. The next pages she talks about and shows in the pictures how the children are similar: dancing, singing, playing, playing guitar, running, jump roping, planting flowers, and holding hands. Then says it is more fun to be together - to share, to care, to smile, and to laugh.

The illustrations in this book are different than the norm as they are more big stick figures. None show race or color. More like an outline of the person filled in with a bright color like red or orange--even their hair is the same color as their body.

Each page has a solid colored background making the illustrations on the page look 3-D. The illustrations are really simplistic, when she shows us her house....we only see a house, a tree, and green grass. Nothing else.

Each page only has one to three lines of text to it so would be great for ages 4 and up. A great read-aloud book for a classroom or daycare setting. Would be great for a classroom having children that are new to America from a different country and do not speak English well yet so the other children can understand how they feel.

5 stars! BLOW OUT THE MOONGrade 3-6–In this novel based on the author's childhood in the 1950s, Libby, an engaging and feisty girl, moves from New York to London with her parents and three younger siblings. Her first school in London is a less-than-positive experience–the children tease her, and even the teacher is unkind.

But things look up when she is sent to Sibton Park, a boarding school in the countryside, where everyone is nicer. Koponen is a gifted writer whose distinctive style has a conversational rhythm from frequent use of colons, dashes, and the like. She is especially good at describing what to modern children will seem like a very different time, with adults thoroughly in charge and children expected to sit quietly while the grown-ups talk.

The author is very good at a kind of straightforward subtlety, an asset in a quiet book whose main focus is on emotions. The book's visuals are another asset, with small photos placed throughout, showing the author's childhood letters, pictures from her favorite fairy tales, the ship her family sailed on to England, and more.As a novel, the story lacks dramatic tension, especially after Libby leaves her first English school, but overall this is a thoughtful and interesting book. –Lauralyn Persson, Wilmette Public Library, IL Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.

All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Sources: http://www.amazon.com/Blow-Out-Moon-Libby-Koponen/dp/031601480X/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214687691&sr=1-4 .

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.