Resources for Living History through Historical Fiction

I wanted to provide a guide to some resources that would help a librarian select Historical fiction for home schoolers. The idea of learning about history by using historical fiction is called living books and it was first supported by Charlotte Mason, a educator who’s schooling methods has been adopted by many home schoolers. Charlotte Mason wrote below are some other resources that can help a librarian or homeschooling parent select historical fiction for lesson plans.

Charlotte Mason’s guide to learning through living books is outlined in the book The Charlotte Mason Companion, Personal Reflections on the Gentle Art of Learning by Karen Andreola.
and listed below are some other resource books that can be helpful when selecting historical fiction.

• Historical Fiction for Children: Capturing the Past edited by Fiona M. Collinsand Judith Graham
• Historical Fiction For Young Readers ( Grades 4-8) An Introduction by John T. Gillespie
• Around the World with Historical Fiction and Folktales: Highly Recommended and Award-Winning Books, Grades K-8 byBeth Bartleson Zarian

• Literature Connections to World History K6: Resources to Enhance and Entice by Lynda G. Adamson

• Junior Genreflecting: A Guide to Good Reads and Series Fiction for Children by Bridget Dealy Volz ,, Cheryl Perkins Scheer, and Lynda Blackburn Welborn


And here are some links to online book lists of Children’s historical fiction
http://librarybooklists.org/fiction/children/jhistorical.htm
http://bookgirl3.tripod.com/historicalfiction.html