What's Wrong with this Colonial picture?

Presenters:  Lynn Manring & Barbara Mathews

LYNNE'S REVIEW OF CHILDREN'S NOVELS 

Revolutionary War Novels

Berleth, Richard, Samuel’s Choice, middle elementary, good story, good artwork

Collier, James & Christopher, The Winter Hero, upper elementary, about Shay’s Rebellion, good

Collier, James & Christopher, My Brother Sam is Dead, upper elementary, very good

Forbes, Esther, Johnny Tremain, upper elementary, very good

Gregory, Kristiana, Five Smooth Stones, part of Dear America/My America series, middle elementary, good story line, very bad on details of daily life

Gregory, Kristiana, We Are Patriots, part of Dear America/My America series, middle elementary, good story line, very bad on details of daily life

Gregory, Kristiana, The Winter of Red Snow, part of Dear America/My America series, middle elementary, good story line, very bad on details of daily life

Nixon, Joan, John’s Story:  1775, pub. By Col. Wmsbg., upper elementary, boring story, good notes @ end

Rinaldi, Ann, A Ride into Morning, youth level, good

Roop, Peter & Connie, An Eye for an Eye, middle elementary, very inaccurate

Walker, Sally M., 18 Penny Goose, lower elementary, true story, inaccurate artwork

Yates, Elizabeth, Amos Fortune, upper elementary, based on true story of a New England slave who was granted freedom, pretty good

Novels About Captivity

Cooney, Caroline, The Ransom of Mercy Carter, middle elementary, loosely based on a true story, very improbable story line, many inaccuracies

Durrant, Lynda, Echohawk, middle elementary, very good

Keehan, Sally M., I Am Regina, upper elementary/youth, good

Lenski, Lois, Indian Captive:  The Story of Mary Jemison, middle elementary, very good, based on a true story, information on Native Americans is very good, information on White settlers has some inaccuracies

Osborne, Mary P., Standing in the Light, the Captive Diary of Catherine Carey Logan, upper elementary/youth, art of Dear America series, it is not based on a true story, good notes at the back of the book, very good

Richter, Conrad, The Light in the Forest, upper elementary/youth, good but a bit romantic concerning Native American life

Smith, Mary .W., The Boy Captive of Old Deerfield, upper elementary, based on a true story, good story line, some inaccurate details, dated and stereotypical concerning Native Americans

Smith, Mary .W., The Boy Captive in Canada  upper elementary, based on a true story, good story line, some inaccurate details, dated and stereotypical concerning Native Americans

Speare, Elizabeth G., The Sign of the Beaver, middle elementary, ok