Books with title Children of the Great Depression

The Great Depression was one of the bleakest times in United States history. After the prosperity that followed World War I, the stock market crash of 1929 forced many people into poverty. This book examines the causes of the Great Depression, the devastating effects of it, the 1930s drought in the Midwest called the "Dust Bowl" era, and the country's eventual recovery after the onset of World War II.

Four cousins who live on the shores of a great lake that existed on the land bridge connecting Australia and New Guinea during the Ice Age must survive on their own when their raft is carried off in a storm and they are stranded on one of the islands in the lake.Four cousins who live by the great lake on the land bridge connecting Australia and New Guinea during the Ice Age must survive on their own when their raft is carried off in a storm and they are stranded on one of the islands in the lake

You probably think that learning about the Great Depression is depressing. But behind those sad facts are truths that will help your child get a better grasp of the world. History tells tales of people, their decisions and what resulted from their actions. Perhaps the facts about great depression are depressing but they teach us never to commit the same mistakes again.