The stories we tell our children
Subtitle: how our past is made present in children's literature
By: by David Thomas.
Publisher: Unionville, NY
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Royal Fireworks Press
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9780898243611; 9780898243628
Subjects: Children's literature, American -- History and criticism; Children's literature, American -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Children -- Books and reading -- United States; United States -- History -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Table of contents: title: The things we use : material history and stories of American development; title: The people we live with : social history and stories of American people; title: The ideas that guide us : intellectual history and stories of American ideals; title: Between two worlds : immigration and assimilation; title: One history, many stories : synthesis and comparison; title: Mistakes, omissions, and other difficulties; title: History and fiction : a view of the borders.