‘Memorial Day’ by Christin Ditchfield is one of the best books around for giving children factual information about Memorial Day. Like all of the children’s books in the True Books series ‘Memorial Day’ includes information such as how the holiday began, an insight into ‘The United States at War’ and exciting stories such why President Lincoln grew a beard making the book not just a history lesson but interesting.
Two other great features found in ‘Memorial Day’ and other True Books is the sections giving children information on other recommended books to read on the topic. The other section gives internet links to web sites where even more information related to Memorial Day like Arlington National Cemetery http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org and The History Channel http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/memorial
The text is easy to read and recommended for ages 9-12 but I found my seven year old grandson read ‘Memorial Day’ with some assistance and the bright real photographs interested my four year old grand-daughter.
You can find ‘Memorial Day’ at the Holt, Lansing, and Okemos branches of the Capital Area District Library, Barnes & Noble and Schuler book stores, or online at Amazon here: Memorial Day (True Books)
Book Details:
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback: 48 pages
Publisher: Children's Press (CT) (September 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0516278215
ISBN-13: 978-0516278216
The author of ‘Memorial Day’, Christin Ditchfield, has written over 50 children's books, including several other books in the 'True Books' series. A sample of Christin's authored titles include:
A Family Guide To Narnia: Biblical Truths in C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia
Soil (True Books: Natural Resources)
Bible Stories of Boys and Girls (Little Golden Book)
A Family Guide to the Bible
The Choctaw (True Books)
Cowlick! (Deluxe Golden Book)
A Teacher's Guide to the Lion, the Witch And the Wardrobe: Grades 2-5
Bible Heroes (Little Golden Book)
The Comanche (True Books)
The Shoshone (True Books)
You may also be interested in these other Memorial Day related children’s books reviews:
Memorial Day Rookie Read About Holidays by Jacqueline S Cotton
and
Memorial Day Surprise by Theresa Golding
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Comments
Sounds like a great book to learn about Memorial Day!
The more books like this, the better our children will learn the sacrifices Americans have made.
Good way for children to learn about the history around Memorial Day. Thank you for the great review. I will be buying this for my grandson for June birthday.
Looks like a fun way to teach kids about Memorial Day!
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