Example of a true history book that has stories to communicate the heart desires of the times Twelve Years of No Stories Please take an inventory of how many true stories of the American War for Independence were read by last years graduating seniors.
History differs from Annals.
For a child to appreciate history, there must be told a story that relates the heart-felt beliefs that led those people to the actions they chose. Without such an understanding of their heart, there is no understanding of the history. To know history is to know what people did and why, that is to know their heart. Cold names without warm understanding of why they did the things they did is no more use to a child than learning the alphabet and not learning to form words. It takes stories from the time to be able to understand the time you are studying.