Bibliography to Accompany a Discussion of Past Times in History, as seen in Children's Books

A bibliography prepared by Jacqueline Briggs Martin

This list includes picture books set in past times in the United States. Many of my books are sent in the past, including Grandmother Bryant's Pocket,and while these books are not closely related to that book the books on the list below might be useful to look at for a general discussion of history.

Bradby, Marie. More Than Anything Else. (Illus. by Chris Soentpiet). Orchard, 1995. 32 pp.

Hest, Amy. When Jessie Came Across the Sea (Illus. by P.J.Lynch) Candlewick, 1997.

McGill, Alice (collector) In the Hollow of Your Hand: Slave Lullabies. (Illus. by Michael Cummings). Houghton Mifflin, 2001.

Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald. Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys. (Illus by E.B. Lewis) Simon & Schuster, 2000. 32 pp.

Johnson, Tony. The Wagon (Illus. by James Ransome) Tambourine, 1996. 32 pp.

Krupinski, Loretta. Best Friends. Hyperion, 1998.

McCully, Emily Arnold. An Outlaw Thanksgiving. Dial, 1998. 32 pp.

Turner, Ann. Abe Lincoln Remembers. (Illus. by Wendell Minor). HarperCollins, 2001. 32 pp.

Turner, Ann. Red Flower Goes West. (Illus. by Dennis Nolan). Hyperion, 1999.

Wiles, Deborah. Freedom Summer. (Illus by Jerome Lagarrigue). Atheneum, 2001. 32 pp.

Yin. Coolies. (Illus by Chris Soentpiet). Philomel, 2001. 32 pp.

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