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Cover: Famine and Dust: Dust Bowl

Booklist - Famine and Dust: Dust Bowl

Behind the Curtain series takes an atypical approach to history by giving students a chance to act out major events in our country’s past. Designed as a two-act play, each book opens with a succinct historical overview, cast of characters, and “Spotlight Biography” on a noteworthy… View →

 
Cover: Behind the Curtain

School Library Journal - Behind the Curtain

Gr 3-5–This series allows children to immerse themselves in the past through a unique and rarely seen approach. An engaging blend of historical events with readers’ theater brings the prose to life. After presenting simplified background information, the books present a cast of… View →

 
Cover: Fighting the Monarchy: Battle of Bunker Hill

School Library Journal - Fighting the Monarchy: Battle of Bunker Hill

Gr 3-5–This series allows children to immerse themselves in the past through a unique and rarely seen approach. An engaging blend of historical events with readers’ theater brings the prose to life. After presenting simplified background information, the books present a cast of… View →

 
Cover: Boycotting the British: Boston Tea Party

School Library Journal - Boycotting the British: Boston Tea Party

Gr 3-5–This series allows children to immerse themselves in the past through a unique and rarely seen approach. An engaging blend of historical events with readers’ theater brings the prose to life. After presenting simplified background information, the books present a cast of… View →

 
Cover: Heading West: Oregon Trail and Westward Expansion

School Library Journal - Heading West: Oregon Trail and Westward Expansion

Gr 3-5–This series allows children to immerse themselves in the past through a unique and rarely seen approach. An engaging blend of historical events with readers’ theater brings the prose to life. After presenting simplified background information, the books present a cast of… View →

 
Cover: Women and Children First: Sinking of the Titanic

School Library Journal - Women and Children First: Sinking of the Titanic

Gr 3-5–This series allows children to immerse themselves in the past through a unique and rarely seen approach. An engaging blend of historical events with readers’ theater brings the prose to life. After presenting simplified background information, the books present a cast of… View →

 
Cover: Escape North: Underground Railroad

School Library Journal - Escape North: Underground Railroad

Gr 3-5–This series allows children to immerse themselves in the past through a unique and rarely seen approach. An engaging blend of historical events with readers’ theater brings the prose to life. After presenting simplified background information, the books present a cast of… View →

 
Cover: A Date Which Will Live in Infamy: Attack on Pearl Harbor

School Library Journal - A Date Which Will Live in Infamy: Attack on Pearl Harbor

Gr 3-5–This series allows children to immerse themselves in the past through a unique and rarely seen approach. An engaging blend of historical events with readers’ theater brings the prose to life. After presenting simplified background information, the books present a cast of… View →

 
Cover: Union Triumph: Battle of Gettysburg

School Library Journal - Union Triumph: Battle of Gettysburg

Gr 3-5–This series allows children to immerse themselves in the past through a unique and rarely seen approach. An engaging blend of historical events with readers’ theater brings the prose to life. After presenting simplified background information, the books present a cast of… View →

 
Cover: Famine and Dust: Dust Bowl

School Library Journal - Famine and Dust: Dust Bowl

Gr 3-5–This series allows children to immerse themselves in the past through a unique and rarely seen approach. An engaging blend of historical events with readers’ theater brings the prose to life. After presenting simplified background information, the books present a cast of… View →