New Enslow Series Explores Milestones of American History

Students need up-to-date perspectives on American history's defining episodes. For age-appropriate information on these topics, Enslow has created "Stories in American History." This six-title series focuses on historical moments that helped change and develop our country. Surviving the Oregon Trail, for example, looks at the incredible movement of over a half million people across the Great Plains to the Pacific Northwest. In one hundred and twenty-eight well-written pages, Oregon-based author Rebecca Stefoff delivers a human perspective on this epic migration. Each fact-driven, yet easy-to-read page offers reliable information useful for reports. Black-and-white and color illustrations provides the visual background essential for young readers to imagine historical events.


"Stories in American History" will be included on Enslow's Spring 2012 list of new books. Library-bound editions of each title will be available to schools and libraries for $23.95 (a 25% discount from Enslow's list price).

Mp3 files of Enslow music CDs now available

Music of the American Colonies, Music for Abraham Lincoln, and A Musical Journey in the Footsteps of Lewis & Clark are all available as CDs, and now as mp3 files.

CDbaby, Amazon, Rhapsody, Napster, Zune, and other web sites carry the mp3 files. The fourth CD, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, will be available on these sites soon.

Authentic Civil War Music CD Enriches Study of Conflict's 150th Anniversary

Tuesday, April 12th will mark the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War's first shots fired in anger. The day will include many commemorative events and ongoing exhibits, with the Library of Congress' show of Civil War photographs being among the best.

Teachers and librarians looking to offer added enrichment to print and digital learning opportunities should consider using Enslow Publishers' CD of music of the Civil War. Entitled When Johnny Comes Marching Home, the compact disc includes 18 songs associated with the conflict. The CD offers a high level of musicianship, and features performers such as pianist Jacqueline Schwab (who played the piano on Ken Burns' acclaimed Civil War series). Liner notes include sources of the music, lyrics, explanations of historical references, and comments about what the songs teach us about that era.

Johnny Comes Marching Home is available to schools, teachers, and libraries for the discounted price of $17.95, plus shipping and handling.

Holocaust Remembrance Week May 1 through May 8, 2011

Days of Remembrance is the nation's annual commemoration of the Holocaust as established by Congress. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum was also created as a memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. This year's Holocaust Remembrance Week is celebrated May 1st thru May 8th.

Here are some Enslow titles that can be used for Holocaust related lessons:



Grades 3–6

Simon's Escape is fiction but the story is historically accurate. We've included nonfiction backmatter with photos. Available with library binding or in paperback.

Grades 9–12

True Stories of Teens in the Holocaust series



 This is a six-book series that uses primary source accounts to capture tragic and courageous experiences of young people in the Holocaust.



 



International Holocaust Remembrance Day

In 2005, the UN General Assembly designated January 27th as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The date corresponds with the anniversary of the Soviet army's liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp complex in 1945.

The anniversary presents teachers with an opportunity to focus a lesson on the Holocaust, its causes, and its pertinence to contemporary affairs. Enslow Publishers' excellent new Holocaust series -- "True Stories of Teens in the Holocaust" -- provides revealing primary souce material that's woven into clear, well-written narratives. The teen voices emerging from these texts deliver powerful, personal testimony about the Holocaust and its impact on young and old alike.

Enslow also offers biographies of people who defied Nazi racism and hatred. One of those figures was Jesse Owens, the African-American track star whose 1936 Berlin Olympics victories were widely viewed as a triumph over Nazism's racist ideology. Enslow's new biography of Owens, written by NAACP Image Award nominee Jeff Burlingame, explores the athlete's participation in the Olympics, as well as Owens' legacy on and off the track.

Add these and other content-rich Enslow titles to your library's collection today!

Today would have been Meriwether Lewis' birthday

If you have an interest in learning more about Meriwether Lewis, or perhaps hearing songs that were performed during that time period, then Enslow has some books and a CD for you.

A Musical Journey in the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark is a CD containing those songs. As School Library Journal stated, "This recording will help students understand the importance of music in the Lewis and Clark expedition . . ."

Published in 2010, Enslow introduces a middle school book about Lewis and Clark in its Great Explorers of the World series. This title describes their journey west to the Pacific Ocean.

A title for the elementary reader, Lewis and Clark, was written by Arlene Bourgeois Molzahn.

On this day in history

On April 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth while at the Ford's Theater in Washington, DC. President Lincoln died the next day.

Abraham Lincoln takes oath of office on this day in 1861

On this date in 1861, Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office as the 16th president of the United States.

Are you interested in civil war tunes and campaign songs? Music for Abraham Lincoln is the place to look!