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Posted: July 01 2010 at 2:31am | IP Logged Quote MaryM
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Tired of me, yet? I just read in a book a reference for another living historical fiction book for this period. I haven't read it, but hope to track it down:

River of the Wolves by Stephen Meader (1948), story of a boy captured by Indians and taken to Canada after a raid on a New Hampshire settlement during the French and Indian War.


All Stephen Meader are highly recommended. He was very prolific and I find he has covered the major time periods of American history. I tend to forget to check him sometimes, but should on every American history era.

Here is the link to River of the Wolves with a nice summary from the Stephen Meader page.

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It seems like there should be more picture books.


Unfortunately, I don't think so. The majority of picture books I've seen are of the factual non-fiction-y types. Not much that I would classify as quality picture book.


Someone needs to get Deborah Hopkinson on that!!!!


Agreed! She would be the perfect author for it.

Here is one picture book - Malian's Song. It is very informative and the pictures are great. It's based on a true story of the raid on a St. Francis Abenaki mission told from the point of view of a young native girl and her fammily. Includes mention of the Black Robe, Fr. Roubaud, priest at the mission. The story comes from oral tradition of teh Abenaki, writings of Fr. Roubaud, and Major Robert Roger's journal.

Daniel Boone Woodsman of Kentucky is not exactly a picture book ( or how I define it) but is a good book and covers his involement in the F & I Wars.

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Posted: Aug 14 2010 at 4:58pm | IP Logged Quote MaryM
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Seems like there would be a lovely illustrated version of Evangeline to use. I saw this Evangeline for Children but it's not the original Longfellow's version.


Jenn, did you see this one in person or just find it online? I ended up requesting it on library loan and even though it's abridged, think it would be a great resource for this time period with younger ones. I'll admit to not being familiar with the original Longfellow poem, so read it as well. It's way too long for a picture book so I think the abridgment is good and the language is more accessible for young children. It tells the basic story and is true to it. This would be a case where I think an abridged version is okay and useful.

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Posted: Aug 16 2010 at 1:22pm | IP Logged Quote JennGM
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Seems like there would be a lovely illustrated version of Evangeline to use. I saw this Evangeline for Children but it's not the original Longfellow's version.


Jenn, did you see this one in person or just find it online? I ended up requesting it on library loan and even though it's abridged, think it would be a great resource for this time period with younger ones. I'll admit to not being familiar with the original Longfellow poem, so read it as well. It's way too long for a picture book so I think the abridgment is good and the language is more accessible for young children. It tells the basic story and is true to it. This would be a case where I think an abridged version is okay and useful.


Thanks for the great review! I haven't seen it yet, waiting for ILL for this title, too!

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I have not checked out this book, but see it referred quite often:
Evangeline and the Acadians - Robert Tallant


Just returned this to the library. Very good children's story on the topic. OOP Landmark Book with was reprinted by Penguin Publishing.

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I have not checked out this book, but see it referred quite often:
Evangeline and the Acadians - Robert Tallant


Just returned this to the library. Very good children's story on the topic. OOP Landmark Book with was reprinted by Penguin Publishing.


Now how did I not realize it was a Landmark?

Years ago our family visited St. Martinville, Louisiana, which has the Evangeline Oak and other sites based on Evangeline. It did make quite an impression on me.

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I just found Priest on Horseback on Librivox!
Priest on Horseback

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I just found Priest on Horseback on Librivox!
Priest on Horseback


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The girls and I are having trouble understanding the reader. Sometimes Librivox is hit or miss.    Maybe someone from a different region would not have any difficulty understanding her though.

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