Juvenille Fiction
"Cranberry
Summer" by: Wende Devlin
Through their hard
work at the Fourth of July celebration,
Maggie and Mr. Whiskers are able to
provide a home for a lost donkey.
Includes a recipe for cranberry punch.
"Fourth of July
Bear" by Kathryn Lasky
Spending summer vacation on a Maine
island, Rebecca misses her best friend
Emily until she meets Amanda, who invites
Rebecca to be in the Fourth of July parad.
"Big Wheel"
by Marilyn Singer
Wheel's attempt to
organize a Fourth of July carnival,
starring all of his friends, is
threatened when the new kid in town
starts to take over his gang.
"Celebration!"
by Jane Resh Thomas
Grandmother, aunts
and uncles, and assorted cousins gather
for the annual Fourth of July picnic in
Maggie's backyard, complete with good
food and family fun.
"A Fourth of
July on the Plains" by Jean Van
Leeuwen
Young Jesse and his
family are with a wagon train traveling
from Indiana to Oregon when they stop to
celebrate the Fourth of July, but Jesse
is too young to go hunting with the men
so he comes up with his own contribution
to the festivities.
"Hurray for the
Fourth of July" by Wendy Watson
A small-town family celebrates the Fourth
of July by attending a parade, having a
picnic, and watching fireworks.
Interspersed throughout the pages are
patriotic songs and traditional rhymes.
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Juvenille
Literature
"Independence
Day Magic" by James W. Baker
Instructions for ten
magic tricks with a Fourth of July theme.
"Doodle
Dandy!: The Complete Book of Independence
Day Words" by Lynda Graham-Barber
Includes
bibliographical references (p. 115-117)
and index.Defines or explains various
words commonly associated with
Independence Day, such as "barbecue,"
"fireworks," and "liberty,"
and gives their origin or historical
background.
"Fourth
of July" by Charles Parlin Graves
Describes the events
of July 4, 1776; early celebrations of
the day; and the symbols, patriotic
music, fireworks, monuments and statues
associated with this holiday.
"America's
Birthday: The Fourth of July" by Tom
Shachtman
The Fourth of July
celebration along the coast of New
Hampshire and Maine is presented in text
and photographs.
"The
Glorious Fourth at Prairietown" by
Joan Anderson
Recreates the Fourth of July in 1836 in
the fictional village of Prairietown,
Indiana, to show how the holiday was
celebrated in a typical frontier
community.
"Fireworks,
Picnics, and Flags" by James Cross
Giblin
Includes index.
Traces the social history behind
America's celebration of Independence Day
and explains the background of such
national symbols as the flag, the bald
eagle, the Liberty Bell, and Uncle Sam.
"Heroes
of the American Revolution" by Burke
Davis
"A book for
young Americans." Includes index.
"Picture
Book of Revolutionary War Heroes" by
Leonard Everett Fisher
Briefly recounts the
heroic deeds of fifty men and women from
the thirteen colonies and their foreign
allies during the Revolutionary War.
"Will
you sign here, John Hancock?" by
Jean Fritz
A biography of the
first signer of the Declaration of
Independence, outlining all that he did
for himself as well as what he did for
Massachusetts and his new nation.
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