If You Lived At The Time Of The Civil War

by Kay Moore

Book Overview

If you lived at the time of the Civil War--Would you have seen a battle?--Did you continue to go to school?--Was it hard to get food? This book tells you what it was like to live at the time of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590454226
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Missing key historical points

This book says that slavery was the exclusive cause of the civil war. If you use this for homeschooling be sure to get some other books to balance it out.

Great kids book with nice illustrations.

All of the "If you Lived at the Time of..." books are great for kids, and also a nice, quick read for adults! What I like about them is their layout, which is easy for readers to follow. Each page begins with a question, "Would you have seen a battle in the South?" for example. Nicely drawn illustrations accompany each answer. The book itself is small and lightweight enough to be handled easily by kids. Issues between the North and South are explained simply and, I believe, fairly.

Excellent Book for Young Readers

I highly recommend this book for young readers who are first learning about the Civil War, and for parents/adults who want to refresh their knowledge about the Civil War. It uses an easy-to-follow Question/Answer approach. It explains which states seceded, who fought for the northern and southern armies, how the war affected the daily lives of northerners and southerners, who were the famous people from the north, and who were the famous people from the south. I really like the approach of the entire "If You" Series by Scholastic for introducing history to young readers. I highly recommend it for classrooms, home schooling, or pleasure.

It was pretty neat.

IT is a really cool book. It is pretty interesting book. It explains some pretty cool stuff.