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19th Century Art and Architecture Bibliography for k-8
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[Ed Note]19th Century Art and Architecture Content Institute (Summer/Fall 2004). This bibliography is for K-8 teachers and librarians. Any of these suggestions would be useful while exploring the topic of 19th Century Art and Architecture in Boston.

19^th Century Art & Architecture K-8 Bibliography
author: Judith Nierenberg/Somerville Public Schools

FICTION

This section contains books with beautiful illustrations. All of these work well as read a-loud stories to stimulate class discussion.

Burton, Virginia Lee Little House 1942 K-2
A story about a house built in the country that eventually ends up in a busy city due to urban expansion.

Crew, Gary Memorial 2004 Gr. 4-8
A story about building a World War I monument

Farber, Norma As I Was Crossing Boston Common 1991 K-2
A rhymed account of the unusual animals seen crossing Boston Common

Henderson Kathy A Year in the City 1996 K-3
A month-by-month description of what goes on in the city during a year

Lasky, Kathryn I have an Aunt on Marlborough Street 1992 K-3
Phoebe describes many visits to her aunt in her neighborhood of brick sidewalks and “touching shoulder” houses

McClosky, Robert Make Way for Ducklings 1941 K-2
Boston official story of a duck family making its home on the Common and the Charles

Platt, Richard The Apartment Book: A Day in Five Stories 1995 Gr.3-8
This beautifully illustrated book shows a Mansard style apartment building and the goings-on of its inhabitants

Van Allsburg, Chris The Garden of Abdul Gasazi 1979 Gr. 2-5
A quirky story set in a magical garden with statues and topiaries

Zschock, Martha Journey Around Boston from A to Z 2001 Gr. 2-5
An updated tour of Boston with illustrations and history of important sites

BIOGRAPHY

This list of easy biographies is for students in grades 4-8, depending on student’s interests and reading levels. The Wishinsky book is one of my recent favorites. Robert Gould Shaw, Olmsted and Bartholdi are familiar figures these days so I think it’s great to introduce lesser knowns such as Gutzon, French, Fraser and Lewis. Each story gives students information about US history as well as the influences in an artist’s life.

Frederick Law Olmsted

Dunlap, Julie Parks for the People: A Story about Frederick Law Olmsted 1994 Gr.6-8

Johnston, Joanna Frederick Law Olmsted: Partner with Nature 1975

Wishinsky, Freida The Man Who Made Parks: The Story of Parkbuilder Frederick Law Olmsted 1999

This is a great read-aloud book for introducing biographies. A real hero’s tale with beautiful illustrations

Sculptors

Burchard, Peter   One Gallant Rush: Robert Gould Shaw and His Brave Black Regiment 1965

Burcard, Peter “We’ll Stand by the Union” (Shaw)   1993

Hartman, Fran   From Lions to Lincoln: The Life of Dan French    1987

Mercer, Charles    The Statue of Liberty   (Bartholdi)    1985

St. George, Judith   The Mount Rushmore Story (Borglum Gutzon 1867-1941)    1985

Taylor Morrison   The Buffalo Nickel (James Earle Fraser)     2002

Wolfe, Rinna   Edmonia Lewis: Wildfire in Marble    1998

NON-FICTION

Urban Life

Byers, Helen   Kidding Around Boston: A Young Person’s Guide 1993   Gr. 4-8
Describes sights, events and buildings in Boston with games and activities

Cocca-Leffler, Maryann    Bus Route to Boston   2000   K-3
Well-illustrated look at what to see on the way to Boston

Hall, Elvajean   Today in Boston   1975   Gr. 4-8
Dated and hard to find but can be useful to show change in the city

Leuzzi, Linda   Urban Life   1995   Gr. 6-8
Life in America 100 years ago

Millard, Anne    A Street Through Time   1998   Gr. 4-6
Detailed illustrations to show how one street changes over 12,000 years

Monke, Ingrid    Boston   1988   Gr. 4-8
Explores Boston’s past and present describing neighborhoods, festivals and historic sights

Richardson, Wendy    Cities (Artists of the World) 1989   Gr. 5-8
Paintings, drawings and prints by notable artists expressing ideas about city environments

Whitehill, Walter Muir     Boston Statues   1970   Gr. 3-8
Dated but has photographs

Architecture

Each of the following books includes illustrations and cross-sections of buildings, how they are constructed and their purposes. Every middle school library should include as many of the newer titles as possible. The older books are hard to find but are occasionally available through distributors like Amazon.com for the teacher doing a specialized unit.

Devlin, Harry   What Kind of House is That?   1969

Downer, Marion   Roofs Over America   1967

Heywood, Matthew   The Fantastic Cut-away Book of Giant Buildings   1997

Hiller, Carl   From Tepees to Towers: A Photo-history of American Architecture   1967

Isaacson, Philip   Round Buildings, Square Buildings and Buildings that Wiggle Like a Fish 1988

Jefferis, David   Megastructures   2003

Kern, Evan   Creating New England Villages   1998   K-8
Includes reproducible line drawings of various architectural styles

Macaulay, David      Cathedral   1973

MacDonald, Fiona   Houses: Habitats and Home Life   1994

Milo, Francesco    The Story of Architecture   1999]

Perrin, Pat   Architecture: An Image for America   1998

Salariya, David   The X-ray Picture Book of Big Buildings of the Modern World   1993

Searle, Bobbi    Inside a Skyscraper   2001

Ventura, Piero   Houses   1992

Weaver, Janice    Building America   2002

Landscape

Melissa, Maupin   Landscape Contractor   2001    K-5
Introduction to the career of a landscape contractor

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