For all you educators, librarians, history lovers, and those who have been led to believe that history is boring…
Over the next year and a half, I’ll be celebrating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution with a special series of blog posts from children’s authors and illustrators with books on the period surrounding the American Revolution! As many of you know, I’m fascinated with this time when “the world turned upside down,” and people wrestled with what was and dedicated themselves to what might be. While many of us think of the American Revolution as a military battle, it’s mind-opening to explore what was happening in this time of testing new ideas in government, science, language, daily life, and so much more!
Many recent books for young readers have the power to surprise us with what was going on behind the scenes, little-known events, people we should know about, and fresh angles on famous figures we thought we knew. I’ll be inviting authors and illustrators to share something from their experiences in creating these books, such as process, research, decisions, challenges, rethinking, and discovery. Seeing how pieces of history come alive on the page opens our eyes to the past and connects it to our world today.
You can find 10 previous posts in the American Revolution blog category to get you started.
Stay tuned!
And – Thanks to all who dove into The Bounty of Back Matter with my 3-part back-to-school series on some of the many ways to support learning objectives with the valuable array that back matter offers.
Congratulations to the GIVEAWAY winners Dedra Carter, Destiny Lawyer, and Dani Hammelef who’ll receive the book of their choice from my titles!
Beth Anderson, Children's Writer 
Love the idea of exploring the American Revolution aside from just the battlefield. Tbh, it’s actually happy to see children’s authors and illustrators bringing these not-much-known stories into ways that are engaging for readers. I myself like to read a lot of stories related to this topic. I remember during my high school days I used to sneak in the library in my women’s white leather jacket and read some interesting stories like these ones.
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