My African Roots
By Jacqueline Galloway-Blake.
Great
for your family reunion - an activity book to keep the children busy
exploring their heritage and getting to know the family members. Grab
the crayons, scissors and glue, this is an activity book for the child
who wants to research his family history and learn more about Africa.
There are pages to collect family autographs, paste family photos,
create a family tree, draw self-portraits and write reports about famous
Africans. This unique book grows with the child. The questions become
increasingly more challenging and when completed keep this book as a
treasured family memento.
Who’s Who In My Family?
By
Loreen Leedy.
The students in Ms. Fox’s class make family trees as
they learn how aunts, uncles, cousins, and their other kinfolk are
related to them. Traditional as well as blended and adoptive families
are represented.
My Family Tree Workbook: Genealogy for Beginners
By
Rosemary A. Chorzempa.
An ideal starter book for young
genealogists! Large print forms assist children in learning more about
their heritage and ask questions pertaining to their lives. 1982. 57 pp.
Softbound. Dover Press. Age Suitability: Grades 4-7
Kids
and Kin: The Family History Vacation That Involves Kids
By
Patricia Suter and Corinne Earnest
Six chapters and 82 activities
cover pre-planning, traveling, library research, visiting relatives, and
returning home. Idea for games, quizzes, races, contests, riddles,
scavenger hunts and more.
My Family Tree Workbook:
Genealogy for Beginners
By Rosemary A. Chorzempa. An ideal
starter book for young genealogists! Large print forms assist children
in learning more about their heritage and ask questions pertaining to
their lives.
Who’s Who In My Family?
By
Loreen Leedy. The students in Mrs. Fox’s class are a kitten, a rabbit, a
skunk, a frog, a squirrel and a raccoon. Mrs. Fox is indeed a fox. They
make family trees and learn how their aunts, uncles, grandparents, and
cousins are them. They also learn the meaning of stepbrother,
stepsister, stepparent, half sister, and half brother. They share their
family trees and see how every family is unique and special.
The
Family Tree Detective Cracking the Case of Your Family’s Story
By
Ann Douglas. Not your ordinary “How to book.” Reveals ways to uncover
intriguing pieces of family lore. Includes information about e-mail,
audiotapes, videotapes and the Internet plus traditional genealogical
tips. The text is “Amazing Family Facts” sidebars, plus lively, colorful
illustrations.
My Family Tree: A Bird’s Eye View
By
Nina Laden.
Explains relationships in the family with colorful
pictures. There are pages to record family histories and to paste in
pictures plus a poster to create your own family tree.
My
Backyard History Book
By David Weitzmen.
For teachers,
parents, and children. Tells where youngster can find historical
information about himself in unusual places.
A Gift
From Grandma: "Our Family," As Grandma Remembers
by
Allerton, George.
A workbook to be filled out by grandparents for
their children or grandchildren replete with helpful forms for
organizing family history information. The forms could easily be adapted
for use by teachers and students in the classroom. (Orefield, PA:
Associated Specialties, Co., Publishers, 1990)
Roots
for Kids: A Genealogy Guide for Young People
by Beller,
Susan Provost.
(Crozet, VA: Betterway Publications, Inc., 1989)
Genealogy
by Boy Scouts of America.
(Irving,
TX: Boy Scouts of America, 1995) A handbook for completing a unit on
genealogy.
Family Fill in Book: Discovering Your
Roots
by Buchman, Dian Dincin.
(New York: Scholastic,
Inc., 1994)
My Family Tree Book: A Fill In and Keep
Activity Book
by Bruzzone, Catherine.
(Nashville, TN:
Ideals Children's Books, 1991.) A basic fill-in activity book for grades
K-2.
Kids' America
by Caney, Steven.
(New
York: Workman Publishing, 1978)
Growing Up in My
Family: A Guide for Recording Information on Family History
by
Carlson, Helen L., Linda LeGarde Grover, Daniel W. Anderson, with
assistance from Bonnie A. Cusick.
A book designed to be filled out
by young people (grades 3-6) about their families. Topics include family
members, clothing, schooling, shopping, food, celebrating, recreation,
toys.
(Duluth, MN: A.M. Chisholm Museum, 1994).
My
Family Tree Workbook: Genealogy for Beginners
by Chorzempa,
Rosemary A.
(New York: Dover Publications, 1982)
Speaking
for Ourselves: African American Life in Farmington, Connecticut
by
Donahue, Barbara, and the Farmington Historical Society Research Team.
This
catalog was prepared to accompany a traveling exhibit presented by the
Farmington Historical Society. Full of original photos and documents, it
is a creative model for other projects documenting local history.Topics
include race and color; names; personal stories; African American
slaves and free Blacks in New England in the 18th and 19th centuries;
the Amistad revolt; and a useful timeline of New England events from
1635 to the present. Probably appropriate for 5th grade to adult.
(Farmington,
CT: Farmington Historical Society, 1998)
The Families
Book: True Stories about Real Kids and the People They Live With and
Love
by Erlbach, Arlene.
Includes descriptions of
different family types, making family trees and keeping traditions;
solving problems; and staying close to relatives. Appropriate for
elementary, possibly middle school students.
(Minneapolis, MN: Free
Spirit Publishing, 1996)
My Days...My Writings: A
Daily Journal for 6 to 9 Year Olds
by Farrell, Joanne.
(Pelican
Lake, WI: Shoestrings, 1995)
Immigrant Kids
by
Freedman, Russell.
(London: Puffin Books, a division of Penguin
Books, 1980)
Celebrating Families
by
Hausherr, Rosemarie.
A beautiful picture book.
(New York:
Scholastic Press, 1997)
The African-American Family
Album
by Hoobler, Dorothy and Thomas.
This book, and
those that follow, are lavishly illustrated guides to families from a
variety of ethnic backgrounds.
(New York: Oxford University Press,
1995)
The Chinese American Family Album
(New
York: Oxford University Press, 1994)
The German
American Family Album
(New York: Oxford University Press,
1996)
The Irish American Family Album
(New
York: Oxford University Press, 1995)
The Italian
American Family Album
(New York: Oxford University Press,
1994)
The Jewish American Family Album
(New
York: Oxford University Press, 1995)
The Mexican
American Family Album
(New York: Oxford University Press,
1994)
The Scandinavian American Family Album
(New
York: Oxford University Press, 1997)
Grandfather's
Gold Watch
by Hubbard, Louise Garff.
For younger
children (grades K-3), Peter cherishes the watch his grandfather gives
him before his family leaves Denmark for America. Even after losing the
watch on the journey to Utah, he remembers its message.
(Salt Lake
City, UT: Shadow Mountain Publishers, 1997).
Families:
A Celebration of Diversity, Commitment and Love
by
Jenness, Aylette.
"Seventeen children and their parents openly
discuss the challenges and benefits of contemporary family life." Good
discussion and lots of photographs.
(Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin,
1990)
The Language of Names: What We Call Ourselves
and Why It Matters
by Kaplan, Justin, and Anne Bernays.
A
book for high school students or adults, with lots of interesting
information about the history of names. Topics include maiden names,
African American names, the etiquette of names, literary names, and new
types of names.
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 1997)