HS Mom in NC Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 TKDMom's question about what American Children's Literature she should give her Spanish exchange student has me wondering. For those of you who are native English speakers but not American, what American literature do you read aloud to or assign to your kids? If English is not your first language but you're teaching your children English, what American Children's Literature do you read aloud or assign to them? Another perspective can be very valuable and insightful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Native English speaker not American. I haven't give any thought to whether the books I assign my boys are British or American literature. My boys has read some of these I list below. I'll probably assign more than what I listed eventually. Washington Irving (1783–1859) - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) -The Scarlet Letter Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) - The Fall of the House of Usher Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) - Uncle Tom’s Cabin Herman Melville (1819–1891) - Moby Dick Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835–1910) -The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper Henry James - The Portrait of a Lady, The Turn of the Screw Stephen Crane (1871–1900)- The Red Badge of Courage Jack London (1876–1916) - The Call of the Wild Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973) - The Good Earth F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) - The Great Gatsby Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) - A Farewell to Arms, The Old Man and the Sea John Steinbeck (1902–1968) - The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men Ralph Ellison (1914–1994) - Invisible Man J. D. Salinger (1919– ) - Catcher in the Rye Ray Bradbury (1920– ) - Fahrenheit 451 James Jones (1921–1977) - From Here to Eternity Joseph Heller (1923–1999) - Catch-22 Harper Lee (1926– ) - To Kill a Mockingbird Alice Walker (1944– ) - The Color Purple ETA: I'll also assign my boys George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm but he falls under British Literature? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS Mom in NC Posted July 8, 2014 Author Share Posted July 8, 2014 Almost everything we read/read aloud is American or British. Would that include picture books and chapter books? I am not fond of most Australian authors. ?!?!??!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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