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Featured Article: From the Creator of the Young Patriots Series
Hello to all my subscribers-I hope you're reading this at the beach, at the mountains, at a theme park or at least in the back yard on a lawn chair! And if not, this issue will be perfect to get the travel bug as we focus on historic sites associated with our Young Patriots. As promised, this issue is a short one so I can take a summer break as well-but not for too long because the birth of a new Young Patriot (hint: think Declaration of Independence…) will be announced in August along with a host of back-to-school ideas and activities. In the meantime, don't forget to keep the children in your life reading this summer! Warmly, Florrie
*************************************************************************** "These men died to save the National Capital, and they did save it." -General Lew Wallace, the Battle of MonocacyVisit the 140th Anniversary Re-Enactment of the Battle of Monocacy in Maryland on July 16-18. If you've never had the opportunity to see a Civil War battle reenactment, I strongly recommend that you check this one out. You will feel as though you have been transported back in time. The Battle of Monocacy was one of the most important battles of the Civil War. Had General Lew Wallace not delayed the Confederate General Jubal Early by engaging him in battle in Maryland on July 9, Early would have reached Washington DC before Union reinforcements could arrive and likely have captured the Capital. For more information, check the website of the reenactment, "To the Gates of Washington." To learn more about the Battle itself, visit the
Monocacy
Battlefield website.
History Alive-Where Did They Live?Since each one of our Young Patriots was a real person, each has a birthplace and/or one or more historical sites where he or she jumps off the pages of history and becomes a living breathing human being. Here are some places you and the children in your life can visit to bring our American heroes and heroines to life! Motts Military Museum, site of a replica of Eddie Rickenbacker's home, Columbus, Ohio Grouseland, Home of William Henry Harrison, Vincennes, Indiana Juliette Low Birthplace, Savannah, Georgia Locust
Grove, Home of George Rogers Clark, Louisville, Kentucky
*************************************************************************** Accelerated Reader ™--Can You Help?Many of you have asked if the Young Patriots Series is part of the "Accelerated Reader" (tm) program. While the Series is included in the Scholastic "Reading Counts" (tm) program, we have not yet been able to penetrate AR. Accelerated Reader (tm) chooses books for its quiz program based on requests from educators. If you would like to see the Young Patriots Series as part of the program, we would very much appreciate your following the link below to the Accelerated Reader (tm) website and recommending our titles. For your convenience, a complete list of our titles follows with the information that AR needs. Thank you so much for your time! Recommend the Young Patriots to Accelerated Reader ™ Amelia Earhart, Young Air Pioneer by Jane Moore Howe, Publisher: Patria Press, Inc., Reading Level: 4th grade, ISBN 1-882859-02-2, Year Published: 1999 William Henry Harrison, Young Tippecanoe by Howard Peckham, Publisher: Patria Press, Inc., Reading Level: 4th grade, ISBN 1-882859-03-0, Year Published: 2000 Lew Wallace, Boy Writer by Martha Schaaf, Publisher: Patria Press, Inc., Reading Level: 4th grade, ISBN 1-882859-05-7, Year Published: 2001 Juliette Low, Girl Scout Founder by Helen Boyd Higgins, Publisher: Patria Press, Inc., Reading Level: 4th grade, ISBN 1-882859-08-1, Year Published: 2002 James Whitcomb Riley, Young Poet by Minnie Mitchell and Montrew Dunham, Publisher: Patria Press, Inc., Reading Level: 4th grade, ISBN 1-882859-10-3, Year Published: 2002 Eddie Rickenbacker, Boy Pilot and Racer by Kathryn Cleven Sisson, Publisher: Patria Press, Inc., Reading Level: 4th grade, ISBN 1-882859-12-X, Year Published: 2003 Mahalia Jackson, Gospel Singer & Civil Rights Champion by Montrew Dunham, Publisher: Patria Press, Inc., Reading Level: 4th grade, ISBN 1-882859-38-3, Year Published: 2003 George Rogers Clark, Boy of the Northwest Frontier by Katharine E. Wilkie, Publisher: Patria Press, Inc., Reading Level: 4th grade, ISBN 1-882859-43-X, Year Published: 2004
Win a Young Patriot in our Monthly DrawingCongratulations to Marilyn, winner of last month's giveaway of Amelia Earhart, Young Air Pioneer. This month, we would like to give you a copy of Eddie Rickenbacker, Boy Pilot and Racer. Just click here:mailto:newscontest@patriapress.com and send the blank email! You will automatically be entered to win. The winner will be announced in the August issue. *************************************************************************** July Newsletter Special Offer for Subscribers Only!For a FREE PDF file of an illustration from Eddie Rickenbacker, Boy Pilot and Racer (suitable for framing) simply visit this special page for subscribers only: www.patriapress.com/subscriberoffer.html Young Patriots Ordering Information
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