Two boys, J.J and the narrator learn about the Civil War as
J.J’s house is being built on top of the landmark.
This historical fiction book is built in poetic form, going
back and forth from the present to the past. The illustrations help the reader
with presenting a picture of the events. My favorite illustration is the one
with the blue bird and the grey bird flying together and the poem describing
it. It really makes you think about the events in the Civil War and how it
impacted our present today
Teaching Ideas
Speaking of how history impacted us, this could be a great
lesson for Black History. Students could come up with a fun in-group book
report on how the Civil War impacted us today.
I love this book because it is creatively written in poetry form. I think that children would be interested in reading this book and I highly recommend it.
Bunting, Eve (1996). The
blue and the grey Scholastic Press. New York
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