The Kids' Family Tree Book

by Caroline Leavitt, Ian Phillips (Illustrator)

Who are my ancestors? What nationalities were they? What work did they do? Kids are always bursting with questions about their family history; they want more stories, more details, more facts. With these research ideas and creative projects, young would-be genealogists can get the knowledge they crave. Find out how to interview family members, dig up information from libraries and the Internet, and check the National Archives for passenger lists of newly-arrived immigrants. Uncover clues in old photos or birth, marriage, and death records. Preserve the knowledge you’ve gathered in a crayon batik family tree or a homemade diary that features favorite family stories, recipes, and traditions. Keep the togetherness going by planning a family reunion, starting a family newsletter, and more.

96 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2005

About the author

Caroline Leavitt is the New York Times bestselling author of Cruel Beautiful World, Is This Tomorrow, With or Without You, Pictures of You (Algonquin Books), which. Pictures of You was on the Best Books of the Year lists from the San Francisco Chronicle, The Providence Journal, Bookmarks and Kirkus Reviews. It was also a Costco Pennie's Pick. Is This Tomorrow was long listed for the Main Readers Prize, a WNBA Reading group Choice, A San Francisco Chronicle Lit Pick/Editor's Choice, a Jewish Book Club Pic and the winner of an Audiofile Earphones Award.

Her 13th novel DAYS OF WONDER will be published by Algonquin/Hatchette in the spring of 2024.

The winner of a New York Foundation of the Arts Grant, a second prize winner in Goldenberg Fiction Prize, A Sundance Screenwriting Lab Finalist, a Nickelodeon Screenwriting Fellowship Finalist and a National Magazine Award Nominee, Leavitt is a senior writing instructor at UCLA and Stanford online and a freelance manuscript consultant. Her work has appeared in New York Magazine, Psychology Today, Salon,More, and more.
She has been featured on The Today Show and profiled in the New York Times.

You can reach her through www.carolineleavitt.com. On twitter @leavittnovelist. On Instagram @carolineleavitt and FB https://www.facebook.com/carolineleav... @carowriter99

Reviews

[Jana]

This book is a terrific resource for anyone (not just kids) interested in learning more about their family history and/or starting a genealogy project. With easy-to-follow directions and illustrations, the author takes readers through the steps of tracing and organizing the pieces of family history (photos, letters, and other artifacts), interviewing relatives, and using the Internet to help with research.

[Krista]

Lots of cute activities and information about family history. It doesn't get into the details of how to research, but provides some great thought-starters and explanations.

[Jen]

We didn't have time to do much in this book but I would like to go through it again someday.

[Stephani]

Love this book! I have been looking a very long time for a book to help introduce the kiddos to family history and I found the perfect one at last.

[Barbara Lovejoy]

This is another great book to get children (and adults!) involved in Family History. I discovered some new and fun ideas.

[Jacquelyn Arbegast]

This is a very great book for talking about creating a family tree and learning about your family past.