The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Library will be closed on Monday, April 15 to celebrate Patriot’s Day. For families with children in school, Patriot’s Day marks the beginning of spring school vacation week, and for some the Boston Maraton, but actually Patriot's Day commemorates the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the American Revolutionary War. (What year did those battles take place?) 

History is exciting to share with your children. To learn more, start off your reading with:

Let It Begin Here! Lexington & Concord : First Battles of the American Revolution by Dennis Brindell Fradin.

Listen, my children, and you shall hear/Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, is the opening line of the exciting poem, The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It recounts the danterous ride Rever made to from town to farm to sound the alarm that The British are coming! We have several copies illustrated by different artists in our collection.

The American Revolution for Kids by Janis Herbert has 21 activities to make learning fun and memoriable.

And, if your family still is interested in learning more about America, read The American Story: 100 true tales from American History by Jennifer Armstrong.

If you have teens, grades 8 and up, who love historical fiction, a really great book to offer them is Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson. After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War. Isabel and her friend Cruzon's story continues in Forge. Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more.

Stop in to the Library during vacation week for books, movies, music CD’s, and more.