children's literature
Mary Haas (MaryHaas@AOL.COM)
Wed, 13 Mar 1996 09:33:18 -0500
As a social studies educator I am enjoying reading all of the questions and
responses. Thanks to all for your willingness to share. To the young readers
Iwant to say that it is good to ask questions of those who lived during WWII,
but it is also a good idea to read what others have previously recorded.
Especially to Manny. Here are two books for youth that tell of children's
experiences during WWII and vividly describe bombings. Perhaps you will need
to ask a book store to order the books for you or perhaps your school
librarian will order the books for the school library.
PEARL HARBOR CHILD (1993) by Dorinda Makanaonalani Nicholson Woodson House
Publishing, P.O. Box 16536, Kansas City, MO 64133
War Boy (1989) by Michael Foreman. New York: Arcade Publishing, Inc. (a
Little Brown co).
These books will give you a few from England and from Hawaii. After learning
of the attack on Pearl Harbor most of us forget about Hawaii and the war. I
learned much from both books and think that some of the other adults might
also benefit from these books and might want to share them with their own
grandchildren to help them get a more complete view of the impact of WWII.
Mary E. Haas