Children's Literature: Historical Fiction
What is Historical Fiction?
Historical fiction portrays fictional characters in realistic settings during historical events or time periods. These are just a few of the historical fiction titles available in the Derrell C. Roberts Library. To locate more titles, you can search the library catalog using the subject headings: History>Juvenile Fiction or search for a specific historical event or period (Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939 > Fiction).
Historical Fiction (K-3 grade)
- Dadblamed Union Army Cow byCall Number: PZ7.F6356 Dad 2007ISBN: 9780763622633Publication Date: 2007-06-12During the Civil War, a devoted cow follows her owner when he joins the Union Army and, despite all his efforts to send her home, stays with him and his regiment until the end of the war. Based on a true story.
- Little House on the Prairie byCall Number: PZ7.W6461 Lit 1971ISBN: 0064400026Publication Date: 2008-04-08The adventures continue for Laura Ingalls and her family as they leave their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin and set out for Kansas. They travel for many days in their covered wagon until they find the best spot to build their little house on the prairie. Soon they are planting and plowing, hunting wild ducks and turkeys, and gathering grass for their cows. Sometimes pioneer life is hard, but Laura and her folks are always busy and happy in their new little house.
- Pappy's Handkerchief byCall Number: PZ7.S41269 Pap 2007ISBN: 9781585363162Publication Date: 2007-08-22Young Moses and his family are barely scraping by. But when they hear of free farmland out in Oklahoma, it sounds like the answer to their prayers. The family sells all they own and heads west to fulfill a lifelong dream.
Historical Fiction (3-6 grade)
- Anne of Green Gables byCall Number: PZ7.M768 An 1998ISBN: 0517189682Publication Date: 1998-09-01Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.
- Crispin - The Cross of Lead byCall Number: PZ7.A953 Cr 2002ISBN: 0786808284Publication Date: 2002-06-03Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret.
- One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping byCall Number: PZ7.D4135 On 2000ISBN: 0439095182Publication Date: 2000-10-01Julie Weiss's world is suddenly torn apart by a war that will forever change the face of humanity. Her life as a privileged Jewish girl quickly becomes one of humiliation and terror. After the war, Julie leaves Nazi Austria for New York, where she begins a new life with her extended family who she has never met.
- Seeing the Elephant byCall Number: PZ7.H87374 See 2007ISBN: 9780374380243Publication Date: 2007-09-18Young Izzie wishes he could join the Union Army with his brothers, Ario and Cal. He wonders what it would be like to "see the elephant"-soldier talk for going into battle for the first time.