My America
My America is a series of fictional diaries of children that take place during significant moments in American history. Created by Scholastic, it is a spin-off of the series, Dear America, geared toward younger children (grades 3-5). The series covers: Jamestown, the American Revolution, the American Civil War, Westward Expansion, Underground Railroad, and slavery. Each topic has three books and is authored by a different writer. Writers include well respected and popular children's authors, such as Mary Pope Osborne of Magic Tree House fame. The series was discontinued in 2004, but the books continue to be a popular teaching device for introducing American history to elementary school age children.
Books
My America Series:
Elizabeth "Lizzy" Mary Barker's Jamestown Colony Diaries (1609) by Patricia Hermes:
(1) Our Strange New Land
(2) The Starving Time
(3) Season of Promise
Hope Penny Potter's Revolutionary War Diaries (1776) by Kristiana Gregory:
(1) Five Smooth Stones
(2) We Are Patriots
(3) When Freedom Comes
Joshua Martin McCullough's Oregon Trail Diaries (1848) by Patricia Hermes:
(1) Westward To Home
(2) A Perfect Place
(3) The Wild Year
Margaret "Meg" Cora Wells' Prairie Diaries (1856) by Kate McMullan:
(1) As Far As I Can See
(2) For This Land
(3) A Fine Start
Corey Birdsong's Underground Railroad Diaries (1857) by Sharon Dennis Wyeth:
(1) Freedom's Wings
(2) Flying Free
(3) Message In The Sky
Virginia "Ginny" B. Dickens' Civil War Diaries (1863) by Mary Pope Osborne & Will Osborne:
(1) My Brother's Keeper
(2) After The Rain
(3) A Time To Dance
Sofia Monari's Immigrant Diaries (1903) by Kathryn Lasky:
(1) Hope In My Heart
(2) Home At Last
(3) An American Spring