Childhood in the Civil War

April 05, 2011

How did the great war between the states affect the children of the time? Were Yankee children different from Rebel children?

Join us at the Blue Springs North Branch on Wednesday, April 6, at 2:00 p.m. to discover what life was like for Civil War children 150 years ago.

To discover more, try reading some of these great juvenile books for all ages:

Juvenile Fiction

The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg 
     --W. R. (W. Rodman) Philbrick

Iron Thunder: The Battle Between the Monitor & the Merrimac, a Civil War Novel
     --Avi

The River Between Us 
     --Richard Peck

Bull Run 
     --Paul Fleischman

Across Five Aprils 
     --Irene Hunt

The Red Badge of Courage 
     --Stephen Crane

Juvenile Non-Fiction

The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk about the Civil War
     --Jim Murphy

The Civil War Handbook: How to Dress, Talk, Eat, and Command like a Union Lieutenant 
     --Robin Robinson

Civil War Cooking: The Union 
     --Susan Dosier

Photo by Brady: A Picture of the Civil War
     --Jennifer Armstrong

You Wouldn't Want to Be a Nurse During the American Civil War!: A Job That's Not for the Squeamish 
     --Kathryn Senior

The Brothers' War: Civil War Voices in Verse 
     --J. Patrick Lewis

Enjoy!

Sarah G.
Blue Springs North Branch