''My America'' is a series of fictional diaries of children that take place during significant moments in
American history
The history of the present-day United States began in roughly 15,000 BC with the arrival of Peopling of the Americas, the first people in the Americas. In the late 15th century, European colonization of the Americas, European colonization beg ...
. Created by
Scholastic, it is a spin-off of the series, ''
Dear America
''Dear America'' is a series of historical fiction novels for children published by Scholastic starting in 1996. By 1998, the series had 12 titles with 3.5 million copies in print. The series was canceled in 2004 with its final release, ''Hear ...
'', geared toward younger children (ages 7-10
). The series covers:
Jamestown, the
American Revolution
The American Revolution (1765–1783) was a colonial rebellion and war of independence in which the Thirteen Colonies broke from British America, British rule to form the United States of America. The revolution culminated in the American ...
, the
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...
,
Westward Expansion
The United States of America was formed after thirteen British colonies in North America declared independence from the British Empire on July 4, 1776. In the Lee Resolution, passed by the Second Continental Congress two days prior, the colon ...
,
Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was an organized network of secret routes and safe houses used by freedom seekers to escape to the abolitionist Northern United States and Eastern Canada. Enslaved Africans and African Americans escaped from slavery ...
, and
slavery
Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour. Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location of work and residence dictated by the party that holds them in bondage. Enslavemen ...
. Each topic has three books and is authored by a different writer. Writers include well respected and popular children's authors, such as
Mary Pope Osborne
Mary Pope Osborne (born May 20, 1949) is an American author of children's books and audiobook narrator. She is best known as the author of the ''Magic Tree House'' series, which sold more than 134 million copies worldwide. Both the series and Os ...
of
Magic Tree House
''Magic Tree House'' is an American children's series written by American author Mary Pope Osborne. The original American series was illustrated by Salvatore Murdocca until 2016, after which AG Ford took over . Other illustrators have been us ...
fame. The series was discontinued in 2004, but the books continue to be a popular teaching device for introducing American history to elementary school age children.
Books
My America Series:
Elizabeth "Lizzy" Mary Barker's Jamestown Colony Diaries (1609) by Patricia Hermes:
(1) Our Strange New Land
(2) The Starving Time
(3) Season of Promise
Hope Penny Potter's Revolutionary War Diaries (1776) by Kristiana Gregory:
(1) Five Smooth Stones
(2) We Are Patriots
(3) When Freedom Comes
Joshua Martin McCullough's Oregon Trail Diaries (1848) by Patricia Hermes:
(1) Westward To Home
(2) A Perfect Place
(3) The Wild Year
Margaret "Meg" Cora Wells' Prairie Diaries (1856) by
Kate McMullan
Kate McMullan (; born January 16, 1947) is an American author of children's books. She has published over 100 books. Notable works include the Myth-o-Mania and Dragon Slayers' Academy book series.
Biography
McMullan was born on January 16, 194 ...
:
(1) As Far As I Can See
(2) For This Land
(3) A Fine Start
Corey Birdsong's Underground Railroad Diaries (1857) by Sharon Dennis Wyeth:
(1) Freedom's Wings
(2) Flying Free
(3) Message In The Sky
Virginia "Ginny" B. Dickens' Civil War Diaries (1863) by Mary Pope Osborne & Will Osborne:
(1) My Brother's Keeper
(2) After The Rain
(3) A Time To Dance
Sofia Monari's Immigrant Diaries (1903) by Kathryn Lasky:
(1) Hope In My Heart
(2) Home At Last
(3) An American Spring
See also
*
Dear America
''Dear America'' is a series of historical fiction novels for children published by Scholastic starting in 1996. By 1998, the series had 12 titles with 3.5 million copies in print. The series was canceled in 2004 with its final release, ''Hear ...
*
My Name Is America
*
The Royal Diaries
*
My Australian Story
''My Australian Story'' is a series of historical novels for older children published by Scholastic Corporation, Scholastic Australia which was inspired by ''Dear America''. Each book is written in the form of a fictional diary of a young person ...
*
Dear Canada
''Dear Canada'' is a series of historical novels for children, published by Scholastic Canada and popular in school libraries and classrooms. Each text explores significant events in Canadian history through the eyes of a female child. First p ...
*
My Story (UK)
*
My Story (New Zealand)
*
Mon Histoire (France) (non-Scholastic)
*
I Am Canada
References
External links
''Dear America'': Scholastic Book Series
Series of children's books
Children's historical novels
American children's novels
American historical novels
Fictional diaries
Children's books set in the United States
Novels set in the United States
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