I need a good history RA circa 1900 for 4th and 2nd grade boys

[Karie]

We are just starting into the turn of the century (1900) in history. We will be hitting Teddy Roosevelt, Spanish-American War, and WW1 in the next few weeks. I have plenty of RA books for the 30's and 40's, but I don't have anything right now for the time period we are in. If you could recommend a good book for me to read to them, I'd greatly appreciate it!

Thanks!

[Lori D.]

READ ALOUDS -- US HISTORY
- The Great Wheel (Lawson) -- 1893, first Ferris wheel at the Chicago Colombian Exposition (my boys LOVED this book!)
- Little Britches (Moody) -- 1900, misadventures of the author as a boy moving from an East Coast city to live on a Colorado ranch
- The Great Brain (Fitzgerald) -- 1890s-1900s, misadventures of 3 brothers in a rural small town in Utah
- Summer of the Monkeys (Rawls) - 1890s, misadventures of a rural boy trying to recapture escaped circus monkeys
- Bully For You, Teddy Roosevelt (Fritz)
- We'll Race You, Henry Ford (Mitchell)


NON-FICTION -- US HISTORY
- 1898 - Cornerstones of Freedom: The Story of The Spanish American War (Collins)
- 1900-1914 - Cornerstones of Freedom: The Story of the Panama Canal (Stein)
- 1890s-1910s - Cornerstones of Freedom: The Story of The Industrial Revolution (Collins)
- 1890s-1940s - Cornerstones of Freedom: The Story of Ellis Island (Stein)


READERS -- US HISTORY
1890 - Sitting Bull (AAR2) -- Lucille Penner (1831-1890)
1896 - Rescue on the Outer Banks (CR) -- (Ransom) African-American rescue crew
1890s - Jumbo (Worth) -- famous PT Barnum circus elephant
1890s - The Great Houdini: World Famous Magician (Kulling)
1890s - Danger at the Breaker (Welch) -- 19th century coal mining
1890s - Helen Keller (Davidson)
1890s - Helen Keller: Courage in the Dark (Hurwitz)
1890s-1900s - Little Sure Shot: Annie Oakley (SIR3) -- Spinner
1903 - Will and Orv (Schulz) -- first airplane flight
1903 - First Flight: The Wright Brothers (Jenner)
1903 - First Flight: Story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers (Shea)
1905 - Clara and the Bookwagon (Levinson)
1900s - Eat My Dust! Henry Ford's First Race (Kulling)
1900s-1920s - Wizard of Menlo Park: Thomas Alva Edison (Davidson)
1900s-1920s - Thomas Edison; The Great Inventor (Jenner)
1900s-1920s - Zepplin: Age of the Airship (Donkin)
1911 - Fire at the Triangle Factory (Littlefield) -- NY factory workers disaster
1914 - Sea of Ice: The Wreck of the Endurance (Kulling)



READ ALOUDS -- WORLD HISTORY
- Little Pear (Lattimore) -- China, 1900; misadventures of a young Chinese boy


READERS -- WORLD HISTORY
1890s-1900s -- The Big Balloon Race" (Coerr)
1912 - The Titanic: Lost and Found (Donnelly)
1912 - Titanic: A Survivor's Story (Martin)
1912 - Titanic (Dubowski)

[Karie]

This is perfect!! Thanks so much!!!!!