Terry Lindquist discusses how and why she teaches with historical fiction on Scholastic.com. In this article she covers seven reasons for teaching with HF, tips for choosing good HF books,  and fifteen new HF books.  She also uses the story of Pocahontas as a teaching point to discover where history stops and story starts.  Read more at http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4346.

About The Author

Cynthea Liu spent her formative years in Oklahoma and Texas where she was a Whiz Quiz member, an Academic Decathloner, and a spelling bee champion. (Yes, she was very popular.) After attending college on the East coast, she worked at a corporate job where she mastered PowerPoint and racked up thousands of frequent flyer miles. Eventually, she traded in her suit for sweats to do the fun stuff–writing for children.  Read more about Cynthea Liu.