Right Here on This Spot

by Sharon Hart Addy, John Clapp (Illustrations)

Right here on this spot, where today Grandpa drives a tractor in his cabbage field, Indians in ancient times lit their campfires, chipped stone into tools, and then moved on. The moon rose and set over the field, season followed season, trees grew into a forest, and settlers came from across the ocean to clear the land again and make a new home. And one day, years later, a Union soldier crossing that field lost a button . . . Grandpa was digging a ditch when he found that button. Deeper in the ditch he discovered an arrowhead and the bones of a strange beast . . . In graceful words and striking pictures, Sharon Hart Addy and John Clapp chronicle the changes the centuries bring to one field and offer young readers a vivid slice of history.

Genres: History, Picture Books, Childrens, Archaeology

32 pages, Hardcover

First published September 27, 1999

Reviews

[Jimmy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought this was a terrific book for children. It makes them think about the past. And perhaps the need to preserve nature before it is destroyed for development.

[Penny Jensen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a simple, yet thought-provoking story. My friend read it to her class, and then they had to write about it. My grandchildren liked it.

Coincidentally, my cousin, John Clapp, illustrated it. :)

[Nancy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for introducing primary sources and archeology.

[Erica Eyestone]

Okay book. Talks about how in different things in history happened on one farmer's spot of land: dinosaur bone, ancient Indians, and civil war.

[Betsy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for illustrating change over time or for an introduction to archaeology/proof of history.