Bobbie Kalman's acclaimed Historic Communities Series provides a close-up view of how people lived more than two hundred years ago. Colorful photos, many taken by Bobbie Kalman herself at restored historic villages across the country, help support the fascinating information. Children will have fun learning about:
-- early homes and the settler community
-- what people wore and the crafts they made
-- how settlers made their living
-- how they spent their leisure time
-- the values, customs, and traditions of the early settlers

This beautiful and usefl book is a fascinating picture dictionary of the early pioneers' way of life and the often curious items they used. Each letter features a number of entries to give children a broad overview of pioneer life. Includes such items as:
-- abacus
-- cuspidor
-- knickers
-- pemmican
-- zoetrope
-- and many more!

[This book description comes from a different edition of this title. Please report any inaccuracies].

 

 

This book features in the following series: Alphabasics, Historic Communities .

This book is aimed at children at US 1st grade-3rd grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 6-9 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published in 1999 by Crabtree Publishing Co, Canada .

Jan Lewis's distinctive work has appeared on greetings cards, in animatics for advertising, and in animation for TV, though the bulk of her work has been for a wide range of attractive children's books.