Recommended Children's and Pedagogy Literature: Exploring America/Westward Expansion

I recommend the following books for use when teaching the era of the westward migration to students in intermediate-level grades:

• Discovery Kids Magazine: Lewis and Clark
• Discovery Kids Magazine: Pioneers
• ...If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon by Levine Ellen
• ...If You Were a Pioneer on the Prairie by Kamma, Anne
• America in the Time of Lewis and Clark, the Story of Our Nation from Coast to Coast, from 1801-1850 by Isaacs, Sally Senzel
• Little House Book Collection by Wilder, Laura Ingalls
• Lewis and Clark on the Trail of Discovery: The Journey that Shaped America by Gragg, Rod
• Patty Reed's Doll: The Story of the Donner Party by Laurgaard, Rachel K.
• Seaman's Journal on the Trail by Karwoski, Gail
• Balloon Boy of San Francisco by Leland, Dorothy Kupcha
• Sacagawea by Erdrich, Liselotte
• Apples to Oregon: True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, Cherries (and Children) … the Plains by Hopkinson, Deborah
• Conestoga Wagons by Ammon, Richard
• Dakota Dugout by Turner, Ann
• Sarah, Plain and Tall by MacLachlan, Patricia
• Daily Life in a Covered Wagon by Paul Erickson
• Newsgirl by Ketchum, Liza
• You Wouldn't Want to Live in a Wild West Town: Dust You'd Rather Not Settle by Peter Hicks, David Salariya, and David Antram
• Pioneers: A Simulation of Decision Making on a Wagon Train
• Spotlight on America: Westward Movement
• Sallie Fox: The Story of a Pioneer Girl by Leland, Dorothy Kupcha
• How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark by Schanzer, Rosalyn
• The Tragic Tale of Narcissa Whitman and a Faithful History of the Oregon Trail by Harness, Cheryl
• Mountain Men: True Grit and Tall Tales by Glass, Andrew
• Children of the Wild West by Freedman, Russell
• Children of the Trail West by Littlefield, Holly
• Despite All Obstacles: LaSalle and the Conquest of the Mississippi by Goodman, Elizabeth Joan
• Caddie Woodlawn by Brink, Carol Ryrie
• Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, U.S. Marshall by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
• An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose Books)
• The California Gold Rush by Elizabeth Raum and Malcolm Rohrbough
• Westward Expansion by Allison Lassieur
• Exploring the New World by Melody Herr