World War II Books

Last week and this week we're studying WWII for history. It took a while for these to come in at the library so had to wait a bit to get our picture in. I remember reading Snow Treasure when I was around the boys' ages! Here's some of the books we selected:

Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story, by Ken Mochizuki, illustrated by Dom Lee

DK Eyewitness Books: World War II, by Simon Adams

Snow Treasure, by Marie McSwigan

Who Was Albert Einstein?, by Jess Brallier

One Candle, by Eve Bunting, illustrated by K. Wendy Poppyseeds

The Little Ships, by Louise Borden, illustrated by Michael Foreman

Terrible Things, by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Stephen Gammell

Do you have any WWII based books you would add to our list?

World War I Books

Last week and this week we're studying WWI for history. Here's just a few of the books we picked up at the library to help us learn more.

Shooting at the Stars, by John Hendrix

DK Eyewitness Books: World War I, by Simon Adams

World War I: An Interactive History Adventure, by Gwenyth Swain

Christmas in the Trenches, by John McCutcheon, illustrated by Henri Sorensen

World War I Heroes, by Allan Zullo

Fly, Cher Ami, Fly!, by Robert Burleigh, illustrated by Robert MacKenzie

Finding Winnie, by Lindsay Mattick, illustrated by Sophie Blackall

Do you have any WWI based books you would add to our list?

Li Lun, Lad of Courage

Li Lun, Lad of Courage, by Carolyn Treffinger

Started 01.06.20 • Finished 01.15.20 / 5 stars

"I liked when Li Lun was able to save the last rice stalk. I also liked that they had the big temple ceremony and that his father and mother greeted him well. He had courage when he had to climb up the mountain, find water, stay on the mountain by himself for a very long time. Some of the other things he did was keep the rats and gulls away from the final rice plant, and also survive though he only had a little food left. He demonstrated that people could grow rice on Blue Shark Island as well as fish."