Child-Sized History: Fictions of the Past in U.S. Classrooms

Title Page

Child-Sized History Fictions of the Past in U.S. Classrooms Sara L. Schwebel Vanderbilt University Press / Nashville © 2011 by Vanderbilt University Press Nashville, Tennessee 37235 All rights reserved First printing 2011 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Schwebel, Sara L. Child-sized history : fictions of the past in U.S. classrooms / Sara L. Schwebel. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8265-1792-0 (cloth edition : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8265-1793-7 (pbk. edition : alk. paper) 1. United States—History—Study and teaching. 2. Historical fiction, American—Study and teaching. 3. Literature and history—Study and teaching—United States. 4. Children— Books and reading—United States. I. Title. E175.8.S375 2011 973.007—dc22 2011003010 For my mother, Carol Schwebel ...