We’ve been learning about our Unitarian history and the Transcendentalists, and there is certainly a rich literature by and about them! These pioneers of movements from environmentalism to feminism lived fascinating lives, as examined in the book American Bloomsbury by Susan Cheever.
For the 10 year old and up crowd, there is Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, giving us a slightly romanticised view of their lives in the mid-1800′s. We also read Into the Deep Forest with Henry David Thoreau, which uses the journals Thoreau kept on his journeys to weave together a camping and hiking adventure for young readers.
We also read several picture books:
They were all wonderful, and are available through the Timberland Regional Library system if you’d like to check them out.