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    Finding Family Treasure | Book Spotlight

    Bianca SchulzeBy Bianca Schulze5 Mins Read Ages 4-8 Ages 9-12 Chapter Books Cultural Wisdom
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    Finding Family Treasure
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    Finding Family Treasure provides a much-needed reminder that we are more alike than we are different. … At the same time, parents and educators will love how history is woven throughout this story in thrilling vignettes that will capture the attention of students. You won’t want to miss this wonderfully crafted story!

    —Tara R. Alemany, author, and former homeschooling mom.

    About the Book

    Finding Family Treasure: Book Cover

    Finding Family Treasure

    Written by K. I. Knight and Jane R. Wood

    Ages 7 and Up | 142 Pages

    Publisher: Melting Pot Press LLC | ISBN-13: 9781737337102

    Publisher’s Synopsis: “Who are we?” Ms. Johansson asks her class of fifth graders. Her perplexed students soon discover the lesson she wants them to learn. While studying the founding of their country, the class is challenged to understand the melting pot that makes up the American people-both past and present.

    With the help of a genealogist, students learn to navigate websites that introduce them to written records that have documented their families’ histories. Because the class is comprised of students with roots to many nationalities and ethnic groups, including African American, Native American, Mexican, Cuban, Irish, Italian, Polish, Scandinavian, Lebanese, and Japanese immigrants, the diversity in their own class becomes apparent.

    To assist in their research, the teacher gives the students an assignment of interviewing their parents and grandparents, to learn more about the members of their families. One by one, the young people hear family stories connecting them to America’s earliest immigrants and settlers. The students also learn about historical events their ancestors witnessed or experienced, including the early settlement of Virginia, the American Revolution, the Underground Railroad, the Trail of Tears, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, early immigration processing at Ellis Island, the Tuskegee Airmen, and the Holocaust.

    As the story unfolds, some personal conflicts occur among the students, long-standing family tensions surface, and intergenerational relationships evolve. Complex issues such as privacy, adoption, diversity, immigration, slavery, and antisemitism are addressed in an age-appropriate manner.

    Excited by what they have discovered, the students plan a program to share their findings with their families. Working together in small groups, they create a slide presentation of vintage photographs, a fashion show demonstrating various ethnic attire, music and food from different cultures, and visual displays showcasing military medals, artifacts, musical instruments, and family heirlooms.

    Their family history project further inspires the students to want to do something more to honor past generations. With the help of a cemetery preservationist, they plan a clean-up day at a local graveyard in need of attention. Parents, grandparents, brothers, and sisters join the class on a Saturday to help restore the final resting place of those who came before them.

    As a result of their research project, the students not only discover personal connections to the past but also, in some cases, to each other.

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    About the K. I. Knight

    Kathryn Knight, who uses the pen name K I Knight, is an international award-winning Author, Genetic Genealogist, American Historian, Keynote Speaker, and Cemetery Preservationist. Over the last thirteen years, Knight has documented more than 20,000 hours researching the first recorded Africans to arrive in the English settlement of Virginia in 1619. Her passion is unrivaled and strongly evident in her published writings.

    Her literary work includes Fate & Freedom, a five star – Gold medal historical trilogy detailing the lives of the 1619 Africans, as well as her nonfiction work, Unveiled – The Twenty and Odd, for which she was awarded the Phillis Wheatley Literary Award by the Sons and Daughters of the US Middle Passage.

    Knight is a board member for several National Non-profit organizations and the member of numerous Genealogy, Historical and Literary Societies including the Afro American Historical and Genealogical Society, Florida State Genealogy Society, Virginia Genealogy Society, Virginia Historical Society, Florida Historical Society, American Historical Association, Genealogy Speakers Guild, Association of Professional Genealogists, the Alliance of Independent Authors, the National Association of Professional Women, and the Director of 1619 Genealogy. The mother of three adult children, Knight, lives in North Florida with her husband, Tom.

    For more information, visit firstfreedompublishing.com.

    K. I. Knight: Author Headshot

    About the Jane R. Wood

    Jane R. Wood is the author of five award-winning juvenile fiction books where she weaves history and science into stories filled with mystery, adventure, and humor for young readers ages 8-14. Students like her books because they’re fun. Teachers like them for their educational value. Wood is a former teacher, newspaper reporter, and television producer. She has a BA from the University of Florida and an MEd from the University of North Florida. Wood lives in Jacksonville, Florida, and is the mother of two grown sons and five grandchildren.

    To learn more about her and her books, go to her website at janewoodbooks.com.

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    Bianca Schulze is the founder of The Children’s Book Review. She is a reader, reviewer, mother and children’s book lover. She also has a decade’s worth of experience working with children in the great outdoors. Combined with her love of books and experience as a children’s specialist bookseller, the goal is to share her passion for children’s literature to grow readers. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, she now lives with her husband and three children near Boulder, Colorado.

    24 Comments

    1. Linda Gawthrop on January 27, 2022 5:49 am

      Great addition to the family’s keepsake library.

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    2. vickie Belk couturier on January 27, 2022 6:43 am

      my grandkids would enjoy this book at my house

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    3. Barbara on January 27, 2022 12:17 pm

      I would love to win this for my sons classroom.

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    4. Debbie Zaroban on January 27, 2022 6:23 pm

      I have an inhome daycare and my kiddos love books. I would love to win this to read to them. 😁😁😁

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    5. Debbie Zaroban on January 27, 2022 6:25 pm

      I would love to win this to read 📚 to my daycare kiddos 😍 they love ❤ books 📚.

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    6. Sunnymay on January 27, 2022 9:51 pm

      I remember doing interviews for a history class in junior high school. This book reminds me of getting to know your roots and your neighbors. It makes history come to life.

      Reply
    7. kelly light on January 28, 2022 3:34 am

      I have a 4 year old grandson, and getting ready to have a granddaughter in July. I would love to have this book for them

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    8. Phoenix Kosing on January 28, 2022 10:30 am

      my kids would like this book.

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    9. gloria patterson on January 28, 2022 2:40 pm

      this would be a very special book

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    10. Kathleen K on January 28, 2022 10:42 pm

      My daughter is in 5th grade and would love this – and we’d both love to learn more about our family history!

      Reply
    11. Phyllis Skoglund on February 2, 2022 8:31 pm

      Diversity is a strength to be explored and praised at how our differences can bring us together.

      Reply
    12. Lcjones0519 on February 3, 2022 2:00 am

      Excited to open a world of reading with my son who just discovered reading on his own. This would be a great reader.

      Reply
    13. gloria patterson on February 6, 2022 4:26 pm

      this would be great fun and interesting book

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    14. Edward Reinholtz on February 7, 2022 9:47 pm

      I love going treasure Hunting ….

      Reply
    15. gloria patterson on February 10, 2022 11:16 am

      This would be a fun read for my great niece

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    16. gloria patterson on February 11, 2022 5:10 pm

      would be a fun book great niece would love this

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    17. gloria patterson on February 12, 2022 4:04 pm

      good learning book zay would like

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    18. gloria patterson on February 13, 2022 4:34 pm

      interesting book kids would enjoy

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    19. gloria patterson on February 14, 2022 5:27 pm

      something a lot of kid would like to know

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    20. Sunnymay on February 16, 2022 8:06 pm

      When my kids were in elementary school, our PTO had an event where the country of one of the International kids in their class was highlighted. There were passports to stamp, dances to watch and maps to explore. My girlfriend and I were in charge of tasting food from different Chinese restaurants through a book, Ethnic Eats. We chose Green Beans with Black Bean Sauce and Sweet Buns with Bean Paste. International Night was a success and tasted good, too.

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    21. gloria patterson on February 18, 2022 5:05 pm

      I think this would be a fun and interesting book for zay

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    22. gloria patterson on February 19, 2022 4:01 pm

      sounds like a fun book

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    23. gloria patterson on February 21, 2022 4:49 pm

      sounds like a interesting book

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    24. gloria patterson on February 22, 2022 11:49 am

      Zay would really like this book

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