Suggested Books for Story for History First and Second
Storybooks, biography and novels for your classroom or school library: • This is a suggested list and is not definitive. • Included at each class level are books children may enjoy reading on their own and books to read aloud to them. • The books listed below can be ordered from any good bookshop using the ISBN provided • These books can also be sourced on the net. • Many of the books listed may be available from your local library
Books may be classified by curriculum strand. Some of the books suggested may link a number of strands/strand units.
First and Second Class. Strands: Myself and My Family/Story Title Author Publisher/ ISBN Description Grandma’s Bill Martin Waddell Macdonald Explores change and [big book] 075002627-8 continuity as Grandma shows her photo album to Bill My Great Grandpa Martin Waddell Walker Books Little girl takes Grandpa 0-7445-7865-5 for a walk – a special friendship The Toymaker Martin Waddell Walker Books Story of Mary who 0-7445-3018-0 returns to the toyshop where her father made dolls many years earlier…
Old Bear Jane Hissey Red Fox Toys think of a plan to 0-099-26576-1 rescue old bear from the attic Science links. The Big Alfie and Shirley Hughes Red Fox Grandma shows her Annie Rose Story 0-09- 975030 -9 photographs and tells Book Grandma’s stories about when she Pictures Was a little girl.
Strand: Change and Continuity over time
Our House Emma and Paul The story of an old house Rogers and 4 families who live Illustrated by there in different periods Priscilla Lamont from 1780 to 1990. Mrs Lather’s Allan Ahlberg Puffin Mrs Lather is tired Laundry. Andre Amstutz 0-140-31243-9 washing laundry… illustrations show life/domestic work before electricity The Sandal Tony Bradman Picture Puffins Dad takes his children 0-14-054173-x into town for a walk and Illustrated by the baby’s sandal gets Philippe Dupasquier lost…the same story set Yesterday 77BC,Today and Tomorrow 2250 AD
Strand: Story
Samson’s Titanic Lauren Graham O’Donnell Press Samson, the mouse Journey Roisin Matthews 0-9546163-5-9 sneaks on board the luxury liner the Titanic.
Tom Crean’s Rabbit Meredith Hooper Frances Lincoln True story of rabbits Children’s Books stowed away on the 9781845073930 Terra Nova by adventurer Tom Crean. Beautiful illustrations of Antarctica Edison’s Fantastic Diane Kempton Frances Lincoln A scientist called Phonograph M.P. Robertson 0-7112-1865-X Thomas Edison invents a machine that will change the world. Degas and the Little Laurence Anholt Frances Lincoln The story of the little girl, Dancer 0-7112-1075-6 Marie, who cannot afford * Other titles include ballet lessons but Cezanne and Monet becomes a model for available in series Degas’ sculpture Irish Legends Told by Reg Tarantula Series of 9 books including Keating. Books. Cuchulainn, Illustrated by Published by Geddes Ladybird size Oisin agus Niamh, Heather Mc Kay and Grosset. Children of Lir, St. Brigid’s Cloak… St. Brendan and the Mike Mc Grew 0 8091 6705 0 Picture book. voyage before Illustrated by Marine Nice bright illustrations. Columbus Saenz Litz Brigid’s Cloak. Bryce Milligan Eerdman’s Books for Legend of St. Brigid’s Illustrated by young readers cloak Helen Mc Cann Brightly illustrated Greek Myths for Marcia Williams Walker Books Eight legends retold in young children 0-7445-3075-X strip cartoon style.
How the kangaroos George Mung Mung Ashton Scholastic An aboriginal story of two got their tails Lirrmiyarri 0-86896-323-2 kangaroos in search of bush honey. Also in series How the birds got their colours The Sleeping Giant Marie Louise Wolfhound Press Of the coast of Kerry is Fitzpatrick 0-86896-323-2 an island that looks just like a giant sleeping giant. One day the giant wakes up… Brother Eagle Sister Chief Seattle Puffin Chief Seattle’s message Sky Susan Jeffers 0-14-054514-X to the government in Washington D.C. who wanted to buy his people’s land. Littlenose the John Grant Shuster. Littlenose the cave boy hunter. Illustrated by 1 416 910905 can’t stay out of trouble. Ross Collins