Today we are looking at books on the early 1900s up to World War I. Some of these topics overlap with my previous list on the late 1800s.
Living Books on the Early 1900s
China and the Boxer Rebellion
Preston, Diana. The Boxer Rebellion. Teens.
Silbey, David. The Great Game in China. Slightly shorter and more accessible than Preston’s book. Teens.
Teddy Roosevelt (1901-1909)
Foster, Genevieve. Theodore Roosevelt. Foster’s books made wonderful spines for a wide range of ages. Elementary +.
Fritz, Jean. Bully for You Teddy Roosevelt. Elementary.
Kent, Zachary. The Story of the Rough Riders. Cornerstones of Freedom series. This series is good if you get the older books whose titles all begin “The Story of . . .” Elementary-middle.
Marrin, Albert. Theodore Roosevelt and the Rise of Modern America. Teens.
Disasters
Crew, Gary. Pig on the Titanic. Picture book. Elementary.
Stein, R. Conrad. The Story of the San Francisco Earthquake. Cornerstones of Freedom series. This series is good if you get the older books whose titles all begin “The Story of . . .” Elementary-middle.
Women’s Suffrage
Fritz, Jean. You Want Women to Vote Lizzie Staunton. Elementary.
Stein, R. Conrad. The Story of the Nineteenth Amendment. Cornerstones of Freedom series. This series is good if you get the older books whose titles all begin “The Story of . . .” Elementary-middle.
Wise, Winfred. Rebel in Petticoats. Middle years (?).
Woolridge, Connie. When Esther Morris Headed West. Elementary.
Immigration and Immigrants
Bartone, Elisa. Peppe the Lamplighter. Elementary.
Bunting, Eve. Dreaming of America. Elementary.
Estes, Eleanor. The 100 Dresses. A Polish girl in Connecticut. Elementary-middle.
Forbes, Kathryn. Mama’s Bank Account. Norwegian immigrants in San Francisco. Elementary-middle years.
Judson, Clara Ingram. The Green Ginger Jar. A mystery set in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Middle years.
Stein, R. Conrad. Story of Ellis Island. Cornerstones of Freedom series. Elementary.
Wells, Rosemary. Streets of Gold. Elementary.
Industry and Invention
Judson, Clara Ingram. Andrew Carnegie. Middle-teens.
Quackenbush, Robert. Along Came the Model T and Ahoy! Ahoy! Are You There? A Story of Alexander Graham Bell. Elementary.
Silverberg, Robert. Light for the World: Edison and the Power Industry. Teens.
Spier, Peter. Tin Lizzie. Elementary.
Yolen, Jane. My Brothers Flying Machine. Elementary.
Factory Life
The Lowell Mill Girls: Life in the Factory. Letters. Elementary-middle.
Marrin, Albert. Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy. Marrin manages to tell quite a bit about the whole era. Middle-teens.
Paterson, Katherine Lyddie. Middle years.
Selden, Bernice. The Mill Girls. Middle years.
General Life
Steig, William. When Everybody Wore a Hat. Elementary.