Book Guide: learn to read history

There is no better time to introduce local history than when children are young. Children have a natural curiosity about the world that should be nurtured and developed. The following are book recommendations that enhance the ideas taught at the Old Firehouse Museum.

Regional History
Massachusetts, General
Sarah Morton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl by Kate Waters, Russ Kendall
Samuel Eaton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy by Kate Waters, et al
Tapenum's Day: A Wampanoag Indian Boy in Pilgrim Times by Kate Waters, et al
Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson, Greenmarsh, Massachusetts, 1774 (Dear America ) by Ann Turner

Boston, Massachusettes
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (Author), Lynd Ward

Deerfield, Massachusettes
The Ransom of Mercy Carter by Caroline B. Cooney

Lowell, Massachusettes
So Far From Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell , Massachusetts , 1847 (Dear America ) by Barry Denenberg
The Bobbin Girl by Emily Arnold McCully

Springfield, Massachusettes
The Boy on Fairfield Street Kathleen Krull
Helen Keller's Teacher by Margaret Davidson

Quabbin Valley, Massachusettes
Letting the Swift River Go by Jane Yolen

Firefighting
Ward LaFrance Fire Trucks 1916-1978 Photo Archive by John J. Burzichelli (Editor), Richard J. Gergel
Fighting Fires by Seymour Simon
Firefighters A To Z by Chris L. Demarest
A Day With Firefighters by Jan Kottke
Firehouse Co. No. 1 by Peter Lippman