Disclaimer: I am brand-new at this homeschooling gig. I am positive this book list will only get better in the future. That being said, I really wanted to document the history picture books we read through this year. I hope that it will come in handy again when my little ones study U.S History. So feel free to click away... But in case you are as picture book crazy as I am, here is our Kindergarten survey of United States history through children's stories.
Native Americans
Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie Depaola
The First Strawberries by Joseph Bruchac
Pocahontas by D'Aulaire
Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims by Clyde Robert Bulla
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Columbus Discovers America
Columbus by D'Aulaire
Follow the Dream: The Story of Christopher Columbus by Peter Sis
Animals Christopher Columbus Saw by Sandra Markle
Where do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus? by Jean Fritz
Pilgrims Arrive at Plymouth
...If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 by Ann McGovern
Three Young Pilgrims by Cheryl Harness
First Thanksgiving
The Thanksgiving Story by Alice Dalgliesh
This is the Feast by Diane Z. Shore
The Pilgrim's First Thanksgiving by Ann McGovern
Squanto's Journey by Joseph Bruchac
One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims by B.G. Hennessy
This First Thanksgiving Day by Laura Krauss Melmed
If You were at the First Thanksgiving by Anne Kamma
Thirteen Colonies
If You Lived in Colonial Times by Ann McGovern
Ben Franklin
Benjamin Franklin by D'Aulaire
Declaration of Independence
The Fourth of July Story by Alice Dalgliesh
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Revolutionary War
Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Sam the Minuteman by Nathaniel Benchley
George the Drummer Boy by Nathaniel Benchley
Constitutional Convention
A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution by Betsy Maestro
George Washington
George Washington by D'Aulaire
George Washington's Mother by Jean Fritz
George Washington by Cheryl Harness
A Picture Book about George Washington by David Adler
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Lewis and Clark by Steven Kroll
Johnny Appleseed
Johnny Appleseed by Reeve Lindbergh
John James Audubon
The Boy Who Drew Birds by Jacqueline Davies
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War of 1812
The Star-Spangled Banner by Peter Spier
Erie Canal
Amazing Impossible Erie Canal by Cheryl Harness
Davy Crocket at the Alamo
California Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush by Mel Friedman
Gold Fever by Schanzer
Pony Express
Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express by Eleanor Coerr
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln by D'Aulaire
Abe's Fish by Jen Bryant
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Transcontinental Railroad
Locomotive by Brian Floca
The Transcontinental Railroad by John Peritanno
Bell Invents the Telephone
Listen Up! Alexander Graham Bell's Talking Machine by Monica Kulling
Alexander Graham Bell by Mike Venezia
Alexander Graham Bell by Victoria Sherrow
Baseball and Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth Saves Baseball by Frank Murphy
Home Run by Robert Burleigh
The Babe and I by David Adler
Becoming Babe Ruth by Matt Tavares
Edison's Light Bulb
Timeless Thomas by Gene Baretta
A Picture Book about Thomas Alva Edison by David Adler
Thomas Edison by Lori Mortenson
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Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
Buffalo Bill by Ingri Parim D'Aulaire
Immigration
Coming to America by Betsy Maestro
When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest
A Picnic in October by Eve Bunting
Watch the Stars Come Out by Riki Levenson
A Very Important Day by Maggie Rugg Herold
Oranges on Golden Mountain by Elizabeth Partridge
Tattered Sails by Verla Kay
Statue of Liberty
The Story of the Statue of Liberty by Betsy Maestro
Emma's Poem by Linda Glaser
Teddy Roosevelt
Teedie: The Story of Young Teddy Roosevelt by Don Brown
The One Bad Thing About Father by F.N. Monjo
First Flight Wright Brothers
To Fly: The Story of the Wright Brothers by Wendie C. Old
The Wright Brothers by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Model T Ford
Eat my Dust! Henry Ford's First Race by Monica Kulling
World War I
Christmas in the Trenches by John McCutcheon
Great Depression
Potato: A Tale from the Great Depression by Kate Lied
Born and Bred in the Great Depression by Jonah Winter
Dust for Dinner by Ann Turner/Robert Barrett
World War II
Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki
Boxes for Katje by Candace Fleming
Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot by Margot Theis Raven
The Bracelet by Yoshiko Uchida
Rosa Parks
If A Bus Could Talk by Faith Ringgold
Rosa by Nikki Giovanni
John F. Kennedy
A Picture Book of John F. Kennedy by David Adler
Jack's Path of Courage by Doreen Rappaport
Martin Luther King, Jr.
A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr. by David Adler
I Have a Dream by Dr. Marting Luther King, Jr. Ill by Kadir Nelson
Martin's Big Words by Doreen Rappaport
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First Man on the Moon
Moonshot by Brian Floca
Man on the Moon by Anastasia Suen
September 11
The Little Chapel that Stood by A.B. Curtiss
Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of John J. Harvey by Maira Kalman
Other Favorite Resources
The Children's Book of America by William Bennett
Can you tell that I learned so much in Kinder this year? I am pretty sure Dominic enjoyed it as well ;-).
I also cannot wait to add to this list. Please send me any recommendations I am missing!
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