STUDENT'S READING LIST
 

Andryszewski, Tricia. The Dust Bowl: Disaster on the Plains. Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, 1993. This book looks at the causes, human and natural, and the effects of the dust storms of the 1930s.

Colman, Penny. Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front in World War II. New York: Crown Publishers, 1995. Illustrated with period photographs, this book shows how women went to work to help the war effort.

Engelbert, Phillis. American Civil Rights: Biographies. Detroit, Mich.: UXL, 1999. This volume includes life stories of major civil rights figures. Sidebars cover related events and issues.

Feinstein, Stephen. The 1960s: From the Vietnam War to Flower Power. Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 2000. Feinstein covers important people and events as well as trends in fashion, sports, and technology.

King, David C. World War II Days. Illustrated by Cheryl Kirk Noll. American Kids in History Series. New York: Wiley & Sons, 2000. American life during World War II is explored through stories, projects, games, and recipes.

Rice, Earle. The Cold War: Collapse of Communism. San Diego, Calif: Lucent Books, 2000. The author traces the tense relations between the United States and Soviet Russia from the end of World War II.

Rose, LaVera. Grandchildren of the Lakota. Photographs by Cheryl Walsh Bellville. Minneapolis, Minn.: Carolrhoda Books, 1999. Young readers learn about the culture of today’s Lakota Indians through the lives of modern-day children on the Rosebud Indian Reservation.

Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk. The Christmas Coat: Memories of My Sioux Childhood. Illustrated by Ellen Beier. Pierre: South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2019.

Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk. Sioux Women: Traditionally Sacred. Pierre: South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2016.

Wroble, Lisa A. Kids during the Great Depression. New York: Powerkids Press, 1999. Wroble looks at how the Great Depression affected the everyday lives of children.