The Very First Americans (All Aboard Books)

Perfect for reading to kids about the first Thanksgiving, not political, just nice story about Native Americans

We loved this book. I homeschool a 2nd grader and it was just the perfect amount of information and length as to hold his attention and teach him what’s absorbable at this age. I felt it was age appropriate and as accurate as it could get for a children’s book. I liked how it also ended with the reality of the Europeans taking over the land and how they lost their native lands, without getting into too much gore. Beautiful art work too!

This book is an excellent overview of who the Native Americans are. I got it to homeschool my 4 and 6 year olds. It doesn’t go in depth about the horrible atrocities Native Americans faced By Europeans, and Instead focuses more on their culture, history and where they came from. My little ones are too young to hear about how they were raped, murdered and had religion forced on them, so while I do eventually want to teach them about that aspect as well when they are older, this book is a good starting point for now.

Good illustration

I’ve not read this entirely yet but it’s been an informative lil book. It is just as shown. It’s really nice to see books made on American Indians. Too bad there isn’t more books on the subject available, plus some for smaller children. I’d like to share this topic to my grandsons so they can visualize and understand their heritage.

my NA son loves this book

This book is an Accelerated Reader book at 4.0 level. The book has great illustrations that seem realistic yet colorful and pleasing to children. The text is interesting and realistic. This book gives one to two page introduction to several Native American tribes. Each page is about one paragraph long (4 to 6 sentences). The information is not hostile to Native Americans. Some history books do not present the information realistically and are written from a white man's fictional perspective almost. This author did a fair job of being unbias. At the end, they tell the truth that Native peoples were put on reservations. My husband is 100% Pueblo. He was not offended by this book.

I teach a 4's preschool class and recently got this book for my kids. I was worried it would be too wordy or adult for them. However, the book is split into sections that teach about the different American Indians. So every few days, we would talk about another tribe. It was a great way to compare and contrast them. My kids love maps, so we also pulled that into the equation as well. Overall, this book was the best one I found...and it was very informative and, in small chunks, was great for my preschoolers!

For my granddaughter to read.

Good research book

Lovely informative book my grandson will enjoy the read.

I bought the paperback version. A smaller and thinner book than I expected but useful for our topic work, as shows many different types of Native Americans. And at just over £3, it's a good value resource. I also bought the Cowboys book which is a similar format.

Very interesting for younger kids, great layout !