GENERAL WWII HISTORY: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL:

Adler, David A., and Rose Eichenbaum. The Number on My Grandfather's Arm. New York, N.Y.: UAHC Press, 1987. Printed numbers on her grandfather's arm prompt a young girl to ask questions about how they got there.  Fiction, Grades 3-4.

Ambrose, Stephen E. The Good Fight: How World War II Was Won. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001. A history of the major events of World War II, includes personal accounts from soldiers in the field.  Nonfiction, Grades 2-3.

Borden, Louise, and Niki Daly. The Greatest Skating Race: A World War II Story from the Netherlands. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2004.  A Dutch boy dreams of being a famous skater during the time of World War II in the Netherlands.  Fiction, Grades 3-4.

Borden, Louise, and Allan Drummond. The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. The story of how the popular children's authors' childhoods and early life together and their amazing escape from World War II-torn Europe on bicycles. Nonfiction, Grades 3-4.

Bruchac, Joseph. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two. New York: Speak, 2006. Two Native American men are recruited by the Marines to be code talkers during World War II.  Grades 1-2. 

Bunting, Eve, and Chris K. Soentpiet. So Far from the Sea. New York: Clarion Books, 1998.  A Japanese American child leaves behind a special symbol at a grave Manzanar War Relocation Center.  Fiction, Grades 2-3.

Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki, and James D. Houston. Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment. New York: Bantam Books, 1974.  A Japanese American describes her ordeal inside an internment camp during World War II. Nonfiction, Grades 3-4.

Mochizuki, Ken, and Dom Lee. Baseball Saved Us. New York: Lee & Low, 1993. Baseball becomes a pastime for a young Japanese American boy imprisoned in an internment camp during World War II. Fiction, Grades 1-2.

Park, Linda Sue. When My Name Was Keoko. New York: Dell Yearling, 2004. A Korean brother and sister fear oppression by Japan which threatens to take Korea over during World War II. Fcition, Grades 7-9.

Polacco, Patricia. A Christmas Tapestry. New York: Philomel Books, 2002. A Christmas tapestry reunites an elderly couple who were separated during World War II.  Fiction, Grades 2-3.

Raven, Margot Theis. Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot. Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press, 2002.  The true account of an American pilot and a German girl who drop candy filled parachutes to the children of West Berlin during World War II.  Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.

Say, Allen. Grandfather's Journey. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993.  The story of a Japanese American’s journey to America and the experience of being from two countries in a time of war.  Fiction, Grades 1-2.

Tripp, Valerie, and C. F. Payne. Meet Molly: An American Girl. The American girl’s collection. Madison, Wis: Pleasant Co, 1986. Molly experiences a world of change as her life changes dramatically while her father is away fighting World War II.  Fiction, Grades 3-4.

Tripp, Valerie, and C. F. Payne. Molly's Surprise: A Christmas Story. The American girls collection. Madison, Wis: Pleasant Co, 1986.  Molly's father finds a way to make the family Christmas very special while he is away during World War II. Fiction, Grades 3-4.

Woodson, Jacqueline, and Earl B.  Lewis. Coming on Home Soon. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2004.  The story of a young girl who is forced to stay with her grandmother while her mother looks for work in Chicago during World War II. Fiction, Grades 1-2.

Zindel, Paul. The Gadget. New York: Dell Laurel-Leaf, 2001.  The novel, set in 1945, revolves around a thirteen-year-old boy who works with his father on a secret mission to end World War II. Fiction, Grades 2-3.