Have you been fielding tough questions from your kids about the economic crisis? Whether they've heard about it on the news or picked up on it from your conversations, chances are they're aware that something's going on and they may be worried. Slate has compiled a slideshow of children's books suitable for hard economic times: When times are tough, cue the stories about times that were even tougher.
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes.
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The Orphan Train Adventures series by Joan Lowery Nixon. Amazing. The orphan train ran from 1854 to 1929, relocating an estimated 200,000 orphaned, abandoned, or homeless children. I really enjoyed them in elementary school.
Then I discovered that my Great Uncle wasn't my Great Uncle by blood- he was bought off the orphan train to help my grandfather and his siblings work the farm. Their situation really made me appreciate what I had growing up and what my grandparents went through.
Side note- my grandfather's wedding present to my grandmother was to never deny her a pair of shoes. She she was growing up in the depression she was too ashamed to admit that she had worn through her only pair of shoes. She got a massive infection due to a splinter she got on the walk to school.
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I love A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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