Comments on: You’re a grand old picture book!

By: M. G. King

M. G. King — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:38:08 +0000

Interesting question, John! There’s JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE & BEN by Lane Smith (some of the stories needed a lot of explaining, but my kids thought the pictures were pretty funny.) But I’ve always been a big believer in “throwing mud on the wall to see what sticks.” Kids will surprise you. I read to my own preschoolers from a sparsely-pictured anthology of stories that was read to me when I was a girl, called AMERICAN BACKGROUNDS, part of a set published by Groiler back in the dark ages of 1958. (Edited, as I read, to be a little more PC — this volume was already old when I was a child). They loved the stories of George Washington, Lewis & Clark, the Continental Railroad, excerpts from the Little House books, the, ahem, Native Americans and the Great Buffalo, etc. There’s also a great PBS series available on Netflix called LIBERTY KIDS, which my boys watched as 4 year olds, and again in their early elementary years. Peanuts also has a great patriotic series. But you’re right, the pickin’s for patriotic preschoolers might be a bit slim, at least for titles still in print.

By: Amy Armstrong

Amy Armstrong — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:44:31 +0000

Huh. Okay, I’m stumped. Sounds like a question for the LibraryThing forums.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:42:45 +0000

John, you are right there are not many historical picture books out there, so I did a search and found this web site. It has a whole section on holidays and history. Check it out.

http://lookingglassreview.com/books/

And here is another book I found as well.

Betsy Ross : Patriot of Philadelphia
Judith St. George
Illustrator: Sasha Meret
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 8 to 12
Henry Holt, 1997 ISBN: 978-0805054392

Happy hunting! Cynthia