GENEALOGY FOR KIDS
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Want to investigate your roots, explore your family tree, learn about your family's history, or read about the adventures of family history detectives?
This is the list for you!
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Picture BooksNote: All
call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort
Wayne, Indiana
| AUTHOR |
TITLE |
DATE |
CALL # |
| Atwell, Debby |
Pearl
Events
in the history of the United States, from George
Washington's presidency through the beginning of the
space program, are related to the experiences of one
family. |
2001 |
JE ATWEL |
| Carlstrom, Nancy White |
Climb the Family Tree, Jesse Bear!
Jesse Bear experiences the excitement of a family reunion filled with grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins and lots of food, games, and storytelling. |
2004 |
JE CARLS |
| Castle, Caroline |
Grandpa
Baxter and the Photographs
Benjamin, a young teddy bear,
watches the history of his family unfold as he and
Grandpa explore Great-granddad Dudley's photograph
collection. |
1993 |
JE CASTL |
| Coran, Pierre |
Family
Tree
A girl describes her
relatives from Great-grandmother Allegra through aunts
and uncles to her cousins and how she came to have her
own special place on the family tree. |
1999 |
JE |
| Dunbar, James |
When
I Was Young
A young boy learns
about his family history as his grandmother passes down
stories from previous generations. |
1999 |
JE DUNBA |
| Flournoy, Valerie |
Tanya's
Reunion
When she and her
grandmother go to help with preparations for a big
family reunion, Tanya learns about the history of the
farm in Virginia where Grandma grew up. |
1995 |
JE FLOUR |
| Fruisen, Catherine Myler |
My Mother's Pearls
The story evokes the special bond between mothers and daughters and provides an opportunity for children to learn about their family tree. |
2000 |
JE FRUIE |
| Hearne, Betsy Gould |
Seven
Brave Women
A young girl recounts
the brave exploits of her female ancestors, including
her great-great-great grandmother who came to America in
a wooden sailboat. |
1997 |
JE |
| Isadora, Rachel |
What
a Family!: A Fresh Look at Family Trees
Grandpa Max explains to
Ollie the ways their relatives are connected and the things they have in common. |
2006 |
JE ISADO |
| Krishnaswami, Uma |
Chachaji's
Cup
A boy learns about his
family history and the Partition of India from his great
uncle, through stories told over a beloved old teacup.
|
2003 |
JE KRISH |
| Polacco, Patricia |
The
Keeping Quilt
A homemade quilt
ties together the lives of four generations of an
immigrant Jewish family, remaining a symbol of their
enduring love and faith. |
1998 |
JE |
| Rochelle, Belinda |
Jewels
During
Lea Mae's annual summer visit her great-grandmother 'Ma
Dear tells her wonderful stories about their family
members and the past, stories that are jewels of
African-American history. |
2001 |
JE |
| Schreck, Karen Halvorsen |
Lucy's
Family Tree
Lucy, an adopted
child from Mexico, is convinced that her family
background is too complicated for her to make the family
tree she is supposed to create for a homework
assignment. |
1996 |
JE SCHRE |
| Shelby, Anne |
Homeplace
A
grandmother and grandchild trace their family history.
All of it happens in one house that from year to year
has grown and changed and gathered in one family.
|
2003 |
JE SHELB |
| Fruisen, Catherine Myler |
My
Mother's Pearls
The story evokes
the special bond between mothers and daughters and
provides an opportunity for children to learn about
their family tree. |
2000 |
JE |
Chapter Books
| AUTHOR |
TITLE |
DATE |
CALL # |
| Anders, Bill |
Becoming Noah
To keep their family's traditions alive, Noah's dad tells him stories about his ancestors. As he snuggles until his blue baseball blanket, Noah imagines that he is the hero in each night's story. There's only one problem though...Noah just can't see himself taking the courageous actions of his ancestors. In fact, he finds it difficult to move from thought to action.
| 2004 |
J PAPERBK ANDER |
| Ayres, Katherine |
Family Tree
While trying to construct her family tree for a school assignment, eleven-year-old Tyler discovers her Amish heritage and other secrets about her family's past.
| 1996 |
J |
| Blumberg, Margie |
Avram's Gift
Mark is afraid of the photograph of his great-great grandfather Avram from Russia. Who was Avram, and was he really as stern as he looks in that photograph? One special Rosh Hashanah, Mark learns the answers to these questions from his Grandpa Morris and discovers Avram's gift.
| 2003 | J BLUMB |
| Johnson, Angela |
Toning The Sweep
On a visit to her grandmother Ola, who is dying of cancer, fourteen-year-old Emmie hears many stories about the past and her family history, and comes to a better understanding of relatives both dead and living.
| 1993 | J |
| Krishnaswami, Uma |
Naming Maya
When Maya accompanies her mother to India to sell her grandfather's house, she uncovers family history relating to her parents divorce and learns about herself and her relationship with her mother.
| 2004 |
J KRISH |
| Rhema, Dan |
One Tiny Twig
The gift of a Twig family heirloom leads Emily Twig and her grandfather on a quest to solve a mystery in the Twig family history. With each new discovery, Emily adds to her family line until, in the end, she gathers more than enough Twigs to make a fine family tree. |
2003 |
J RHEMA |
| Rocklin, Joanne |
Strudel Stories
Seven generations of a Jewish family hear stories of their family history, all told while making apple strudel.
|
1999 |
J ROCKL |
Non Fiction Books
| AUTHOR |
TITLE |
DATE |
CALL # |
| Cooper, Kay |
Where Did You Get Those Eyes? : A Guide to Discovering Your Family History
An introduction to the forms and processes involved in researching one's family history.
|
1988 |
J929.1 |
| Depue, Anne |
Climb Your Family Tree: A Genealogy Detective's Kit
A guide showing how to trace one's genealogy including suggestions for gathering evidence and investigating the family's past.
|
1996 |
J929.1 |
| Douglas, Ann |
The Family Tree Detective: Cracking the Case of Your Family's Story
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1999 |
J929.1 |
| Jungreis, Abigail |
Know Your Hometown History
Includes creating a contour map and model of your town, making a "patchwork quilt" of local history, researching the history of a place name, and preparing family trees and time lines.
|
1992 |
J973.07 |
| Laden, Nina |
My Family Tree, A Birds-Eye View
Explains, in simple terms, what a family tree is.
|
1997 |
J929.1 |
| Leavitt, Caroline |
The Kids' Family Tree Book
"The Kids' Family Tree Book will show you how to trace
and organize your family history using fun research ideas and great
creative projects."--inside front cover |
2005 |
J929.1 LEAVI |
| Morris, Ann |
What Was It Like, Grandma?(Series):
Grandma Esther remembers : a Jewish-American family story
In Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York, two Jewish girls learn about their heritage from their grandmother, who was born in Lithuania, escaped during World War II, and lived for a while in Israel.
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2002 |
J974.71 MORRI
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| Sweeney, Joan |
Me and My Family Tree
Using a family tree, a child explains how her brother, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins are related to her.
|
1999 |
J929.1 SWEEN |
| Taylor, Maureen |
Through the Eyes of Your Ancestors
Discusses genealogy, the study of one's family, examining how such an interest develops, how to get started, how to use family stories and keepsakes, where to get help, and the positive effects of such study.
|
1999 |
J929.1 T21T |
| Wolfman, Ira |
Climbing Your Family Tree: Online and Offline Genealogy for Kids: The Offical Ellis Island Handbook
Revised edition of Do People Grow on Family Trees?.
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2002 |
J929.1 W83C |
| Wolfman, Ira |
Do People Grow On Family Trees? : Genealogy for Kids and Other Beginners
A guide to finding out one's own family history and how to formally record it.
|
1991 |
J929.1 |
Parent/Teacher and Non Print
Materials
| AUTHOR |
TITLE |
DATE |
CALL # |
| Hickey, M. Gail |
Bringing History Home: Local and Family History Projects for Grades K-6
Parent-Teacher Collection.
Presents activities and resources that teachers can use in the classroom to foster an understanding of how history affects individual students' lives and help them discover similarities and differences in the classroom community.
|
1999 |
J929.1 PTC |
| Moore, Robin |
My Family Tree : A Recorded History
1 sound cassette + 1 booklet with genealogical chart.
Teaches children how to preserve their family history via stories told by family members themselves. Shows how to listen to stories, collect them, create and tell them. |
1993 |
KIT J929.2 |
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Heritage : Family History
1 videocassette. Craft projects help children understand and appreciate their personal history.
|
2000 |
V J745.5 |
Web Sites
Genealogy for Children
http://www.genealogyspot.com/features/kids.htm
Genealogy for Children -- Presented by Genwriters
http://www.genwriters.com/children.html
Genealogy for Kids -- Family Tree Magazine
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/articles/oct01/kids.html
USGenWeb Kidz
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwkidz/
WorldGenWeb for Kids
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wgwkids/
If you need help finding these or other Library materials, please
check with anyone in Children's Services. We look forward to seeing
you at the Library!
This list was created by Children's Services Librarians and is maintained by Kris Lill.
Comments about this list may be sent to Kris Lill at klill@acpl.info.
General comments and suggestions may be sent to Becky White at bwhite@acpl.info,
or to Mary R. Voors, Manager, Children's Services at mvoors@acpl.info.
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