V DOCUMENT RESUME ED 117.046 CS 202 500 -A UT-HO-R-- --Marker,- -War 11a TITLE 1776: A Guide to Bicentennial Books', 1763-1790. INSTITUTION Wcwbu PUB DATE "75 NOTE -8313. AVAILABLE FROM Children's Department, Newburgh Free Liary, 124 Grand Street, Newburgh, New York 12550 ($1.001 EDRS PRICE MF-$0.83 HC-$4.67 Plus Postage DESCRIPTORS American Culture; *Annotated Bibliographies; *Childrens Books; Childrens Literature; *Colonial History (United States); Elementary Secondary Education; Fiction; Nonfiction; *Revolutionary War (United States); United States History IDENTIFIERS *Bicentennial ABSTRACT This annotated bibliography lists over 300 fiction and nonfiction books pertaining .to the Revolutionary period and contained in the children's department of the Newburgh Free Library, New York. Items are listed in three indexes: author, title, and \,_ subject. Those in the author index include annotations and indicate grade level. 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ATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS NECESSAI6RILYRJETPEROEF-riNNOT STATED DO AL EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY Al7 7 6 A GUIDE TO BICENTENNIAL pics' 1763 - 1790 Prepared and edited by Marion Parker and Stella Denton Children's,' Department. Newburgh F -ee Library r a 1 4 SPECIAL THANKS AND ApPRECIATION TO MRS. SOPHIE WALSH MRS. ZELMA BENNFTT MARYLOU' oRASSI \a 0 Jr 4 ' ". 1 TABLE OF C''ONTENT $' '4 . AUTHOR INDEX ow TITLE INDEX 52 , n SUBJECT INDEX v.:63 4 4 V4 I 4 Q. .,w - ":' BICENTENNIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY POLICY STATEMENT: This bibliography includes only those books owned by Newburgh Free Library and houd in its Children's Department. No attempt has been made to inc ude all books concerning the subject, as some general history :and Refe,5ence booksnot'included also contain information, elating to this period. We have tried to include books which the whole deals withthe Revdlutionary period. Where only part of a.book i8 useful, that has beeniAdicated. ) The 4nnotations included are from Childree'S Catalog, publisher's magazines and book blurbs, and are therefote not always critical, but descriptive. These-are listinigs, not'necessarily recommendations. '.Grade levels included are guidelines. / .4 AUTHOR INDEX r r \ , . , I ( \ 'a 4 116.14111r V Adams, Dorothy. CAVALRY HERO, CASIMIR PULASKI. Kenedy, 1957. (5-7) JB Pulaski 0. Gallant pen from many countries played adecisive part in: American ' helping to win the AMerican RevolUtion, but none brought to. 'soil a greter live of liberty than did CasimirPulaski from Poland. This is his real-§tory which every Americanwill want-to .knOw., , Albrecht, Lillie V. SPINNING WHEEL SECRET. Crowell, -1969. Y\ (5) J Albrecht Joan Tower. along with her brothers Dan and Sam,enjoy doing all the things boys and girls 'enjoy doing-now. However, in the day's gf The Spinning Wheel Secfet, in colonial Massachusetts, a.9iri's was a bit different from the modernday girl. Joan 'rower finds'out the perils of not knowing how to keep house andcare.for,a family almost too late. Alderman, Clifford L. THE.RHODE ISLAND COLONY. Crowell, 1969. (5, up) .J974.5Q2 The establishment of the Rhode Islandcolony, its turbulent early history and contributions during theRevolutionary War makes- this good background- reading on the period. :Alderman, Clifford L.,-.THE-STORY OF THE.THIRTEENCOLONIES. Random. House, 1966 (5-7) J973.2 The author describes'the eventsleading up to the establishment of the colonies, including the lives andcharacters of the men most important in each colony's history. 7 `1 ,-Anderson, LaVere. MARTHA WASHINGTON Garrard, 1973. 3) JB Washington In this lively biography young readers will come to know pretty Marth Washington who grew up on a plantation in Virginia, met and married George Washington, and took part in the founding of a- new nation. Asimov, 'Isaac. THE BIRTH OF THE UNITED STATES, 1763-1816. Houghton Mifflin, 1974. (6, up) J973 Dr. Asimov goes on to discuss that period when America's destiny was most closely inter-twined with the British.. It is the period beginning with the aftermath of the Treaty of Paris, when England gained control of the area east of the Mississippi, encompassing the American Revolution, when American fought for and won her independence, and concluding with the War of 1812, which wasthe last time that Americans and British took up arms against one another. Asimov, Isaac. THE KITE THAT WON THE REVOLUTION.., . (7-8) JBFrankfin HoughtomAifflin, 1963. J This book tells how Ben .Franklin's knowledge of science led him to be the world's foremost statesman at the time of the-- Revolution in being able to per&uade,France.to help the struggling - anation in its fight fOrfreedom , - , . / 1 , Athearn, Robert G. COLONIAL AMERICA, Vol. II. American Heritage, 1971. (4-7) n73 The colonial and Revolutionary War periods arepictorially represented through paintings, drawings -and test in this American Heritage history of the United States. AulairerIngri and Edgar.,'BENJAMIg FRANKLT.N. Doubleday, 1950. (3) Ja Franklin . This is the young readers story of Benjamin Franklin.and -inventions and exploits before, Auring and after the Revolutionary Era. Included as an added.spice to-the story'and pictures are a series of Poor Richard's own sayings in typical Pennsylvania Dutch decorations. Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar.- GEORGE WASHINGTON. E Doubleday,*11936. (3) JB Washington Here in a series of lovely lithographs that form aglowing .pageant of colonial life, the Aulaires have depicted for young children the life of George Washington up to the time he became the "Father of His Country". 8 2 Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar. THE STAR SPANGLED. BANNER. E J1 Aulaire OC-3) . Doubleday, 1942. , . A beautifully illustratedand dramatic depiction of cux included. , national anthem. Words and musical scores are E Averill, Esthe . DANIEL BOONE. Harper and R w, 1945. (3) JB Boone A'nicely lustrated biography onDaniel'Boone for the younger set. Bailey; Carolyn S. CHILDREN OF THE HANDCRAFTS. Viking, 191. (5 up) J920 The stories of seventeenreal children who learned towork with individual crafts. their hands and ip most casesbecame famous in their--- Contains much oriiginal.historicalmaterial.. Bailey, Carolyn S. PIONEER ART IN AMERICA. Viking, 1944. P(6-7) J745 ,A collection of earlyAmerican artists and theirproducts, the methods. used in brief.form'andactually an all rouhd gooddescription of crafts and arts in theearly daY'$ of the dolonies.. Bakeless, John..SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION. Houghton Mifflin, 1969. (6 up) J973,3 The signing of the Declaration ofIndependence wds not as clear book is an insight cut as the records wouldhave us believe and this into the situations caused bythe writing and the,signing of the document. Bakeless, John. SPIES OF THE REVOLUTION. Lippincott, 1962. (5-8) J973.. 3 Risking their lives behind enemylines, bold spies gathered,the vitalinformation that helped or-,country win itsindependence in the American Revolution. Equally brave and clever were theirBritish counter- parts: These_ exciting and authentic adventures-shed new, light on the American' Revolutionand some of its unsufig'heroesi, heroines ...and villians'. * tit 3 SHELTERS, SHACKS AND SHANTIES. Beard, D. C. J728 Scribner, 1972. (7 up) Although this is notstrictly a bicentennial book,it does constructing some of thedwellings 9-ive-stepblf_s-tely instritctions__On_ that were prevalent duringthat time period. Beers, Lorna. THE CRYSTAL CORNERSTONE. Harper'and Row, 1953. (6-8) J Beers This is an exciting storyof a youth's adventurein the Revolutionary War, of thedisillusionment of battle and the- reaffirmation of faith in thedeeds of men great and small. Becker, May L. GROWING UP WITH AMERICA. Lippificott, 1941. (4-8) J Becker An anthology of stories concerning thedevelopment of America. Includes stories on colonial childlife andyouth ih the Revolution in chapter I and II. Benchley, Nathankl. SAM THE MINUTEMAN. Harper and Row, 1969. (K-3) J Benchley ---\Sam, a young boy from a farm inLexington, Massachusetts, is caught up in the beginning of the freedomfight of the Revolutionary War. This story tells how Sam is taken tobattle by his father because every abled body man.was needed. Benet, Rosemary. A BIOK OF AMERICANS. Hale, 1933. (4-6) J811 Fifty-six poems of varied moods and metersdescribe cleverly and often with gusto, the life andcharacteregig famous men and women in American history. Includes such R utionary War personages as George Washington,Benedict Arnold, AbaJjal Adams and several others. Berry, Erick.-HAY-F60T, STRAW-FOOT. Viking, 1954; (4-7) J Berry Twelve-year old Si Cameron with histalent for whistling and -drumming, succeeds in enlisting inAbercrombie's army during the French and Indian Wars, and the catchy tunehe whistles becomes the inspiration