ELA-Author-Dial-LNF

Author's Craft - Dialogue - Print - Literary Nonfiction Resources

 * 3-5**
 * //Buddy, The First Seeing Eye Dog// by Eva Moore, ISBN-10: 0590265857 Read to learn how a blind man, Morris Frank, was instrumental in starting the Seeing Eye in America in the 1930s.


 * //The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War// by Jim Murphy, ISBN-10: 0395664128 Learn about the emotions, thoughts, and actions of soldiers of the Civil War through the eyes of its youthful participants.


 * //Survivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust// by Allan Zullo, ISBN-10: 0439669960 This book has true-life accounts of nine Jewish boys and girls whose lives changed as the Holocaust overtook Europe.


 * //The Number on My Grandfather’s Arm// by David Adler, ISBN-10: 0807403288 A granddaughter learns about her grandfather's experiences surviving the Holocaust.


 * //Independent Dames: What You Never Knew About the Women and Girls of the American Revolution// by Laurie Halse Anderson, ISBN-10: 0689858086 The title says it all. Read to learn about the role women and girls played in the American Revolution. In this book there are four types of writing: a timeline, biographical information, narrative storyline, and dialogue bubbles.