Cara Ashrose

Independent reading level: Grades K-2

The story first describes what America looked like before people were here. It describes each region of the U.S., which settlers lived there first, and how they ate, worked, and survived.

This a good book to use as a classroom resource to teach about the first Americans. It features the Sioux, Hopi, and Seminole tribes. It also features regions such as the Northwest Coast, Southwest, Plains, and Woodlands. It is an interesting book with colorful illustrations. It is appropriate for early grades.

The Very First Americans gives the story of the Americans who took place, even before Columbus did. Tribes such as Sioux and Hopi. This books gives details as to how they lived their lives, what they were eating, what a day to day basis would look like for them. It gives information as to how lifestyles were back then, without all the tools society has now.