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PreK-2: Trade Books

• This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie, Kathy Jakobsen (Illustrator). Little Brown, 1998. ISBN: 0316392154.
• Flag Lore of All Nations by Whitney Smith. Millbrook Press. ISBN: 7761317538.
• A Very Important Day by Maggie R. Herold. William Morrow and Company. ISBN: 0688130666.
• Red, White, Blue and Uncle Who? The Stories Behind Some of America’s Patriotic Symbols by Teresa Bateman. Holiday House, 2003. ISBN: 0823412857.
• Give Me Half by Stuart J. Murphy. Scott Foresman (Pearson K-12), 1996. ISBN: 0060258748.
• Everything Has a Place by Patricia Lillie. Greenwillow, 1993. ISBN: 06881008201.
• Snail Started It by Katja Reider. North-South Books, 1999. ISBN: 1558587063.
• Something Beautiful by Sharon Dennis Wyeth. Delacarte, 2002. ISBN: 0385322399.
• Let’s Talk About It: Extraordinary Friends by Fred Rogers. Putnam, 2003. ISBN: 0399231463.
• Emergency by Joy Massof. Scholastic Reference, 1999. ISBN: 0590978985.
• I Read Symbols by Tana Hoban. Harper Collins, 1996. ISBN: 0688166962.
• A Flag for Our Country by Eve Spencer. Raintree/Steck-Vaughn, 1999. ISBN: 0811472116.
• Red, White, and Blue: The Story of the American Flag by J. Hermit and R. Roraback. Grosset and Dunlap, 1998. ISBN: 0448412705.
• It’s Mine by Leo Lionni. Dragonfly, 1996. Story about cooperating and sharing. ISBN: 0679880844.
• Office Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann. Putnam Books, 1995. ISBN: 0399226168.
• On the Town: A Community Adventure by Judith Caseley. Greenwillow, 2002. ISBN: 0060295848.
• The Quarreling Book by Charlotte Zolotow. Harper/Trophy, 1982. ISBN: 0064430340.
• So You Want to be President by Judith St. George. Philomel Books, 2000. ISBN: 0299123071.
• Something’s Happening on Calabash Street by Judith Ross Enderle and Stephanie Jacob Gordon. Chronicle Books. ISBN: 0811824500.
• Dinosaurs, Beware!: A Safety Guide by Marc Brown and Stephen Krensky. Scott Foresman, 1984. ISBN: 0316112194.
• I am Fire (Sol El Fuego) by Jean Marzollo. Scholastic Trade, 2002. ISBN: 0439173094.
• Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges. Scholastic Trade, 1999. ISBN: 0590189239.
• The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles. Scholastic, Inc., 1995.ISBN: 0590572814.
• America: A Patriotic Primer by Lynn Cheney. Simon and Schuster Children’s, 2002. ISBN: 0689851928.
• Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney. Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1985. ISBN: 0140505393.
• Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola. Simon and Schuster Children’s, 1997. ISBN: 0689817649.
• Fireworks and Picnics and Flags: The Story of the Fourth of July Symbols by James Gilbin and Ursula Arndt. Houghton Mifflin, 2001. ISBN: 061809654X.
• Swimmy by Leo Lionni. Alfred Knopf, 1973. ISBN: 0394826205.
• The Story of the Statue of Liberty by Betsy and Guilio Maestro. William Morrow and Company, 1989. ISBN: 0688087469.
• The Story of the White House by Kate Waters. Scholastic Trade, 1992. ISBN: 0590433342.
• Honor Our Flag: How to Care for, Fly, etc. by David Singleton. Globe Pequot Press, 2001. ISBN: 0762723688.
• House Mouse, Senate Mouse by Peter and Cheryl Barnes. VSP Books, 1996. ISBN: 0963768840.
• Marshall, the Courthouse Mouse: The Tail of the U.S. Supreme Court by Peter and Cheryl Barnes. Scholastic, 1998. ISBN: 0963768867.
• Woodrow, the White House Mouse by Peter and Cheryl Barnes. Scholastic, 2000. ISBN: 0439129524.
• Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charlie? by R. Caudill. Yearling Books, 1988. ISBN: 0440400929.
• By the Dawn’s Early Light: The Story of the Star-Spangled Banner by Steven Kroll. Scholastic Trade, 2000. ISBN: 0590450557.
• The Star-Spangled Banner by Peter Spier. Yearling, 1992.
• Fair Bears Learn About Justice. Center for Civic Education, 1998. www.civiced.org.
• Orb and Effy Learn About Authority. Center for Civic Education, 1999. www.civiced.org.
• Zookeeper Learns About Responsibility. Center for Civic Education, 1999. About personal and social responsibility. www.civiced.org.
• Fables by Arnold Lobel. HarperCollins, 1980.
• Our National Symbols by Linda Carlson Johnson. Millbrook Press, 1992.
• Lincoln Memorial by Deborah Kent. Children’s Press, 1996.
• Celebrations by Myra Cohn Livingston. Holiday, 1987.
• The Statue of Liberty by Lucille Recht Penner. Random House, 1995.
• America The Beautiful by Katherine Lee Bates. Atheneum, 1993.
• Fourth of July by Lynda Sorensen. Rourke Publishing Company, 1994.
• We the Kids: The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States by David Catrow. Penguin Putnam, 2002.
• The Children’s Book of Heroes by William J. Bennett. Simon and Schuster, 1997.
• Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King by Jean Marzollo. Scholastic, 1993.

(*Adapted from: Social Studies Instructional Strategies and Resources: Prekindergarten Through Grade 6, The University of the State of New York: The State Education Department, 2003 and Education for Democracy: California Civic Education Scope and Sequence. Los Angeles County Office of Education, 2003. Contact: www.civiced.org for copies)

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