{"id":8104,"date":"2014-04-18T15:37:45","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T19:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/?p=8104"},"modified":"2021-08-15T11:32:55","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T15:32:55","slug":"paul-revere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/paul-revere\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Revere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who doesn&#8217;t love Henry Wadsworth Longfellow&#8217;s &#8220;Listen, my children, and you shall hear\/Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere&#8221;? See below for books, projects, and cool information on Paul Revere &#8211; and on the American Revolution&#8217;s other riders. Paul wasn&#8217;t the only one&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e98ca03e18c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e98ca03e18c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/paul-revere\/#BOOKS_NON-FICTION\" >BOOKS: NON-FICTION<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/paul-revere\/#BOOKS_FICTION\" >BOOKS: FICTION<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/paul-revere\/#PAUL_REVERES_RIDE\" >PAUL REVERE\u2019S RIDE<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/paul-revere\/2\/#PAUL_WASNT_THE_ONLY_ONE\" >PAUL WASN\u2019T THE ONLY ONE<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/paul-revere\/2\/#EVEN_MORE%E2%80%A6\" >EVEN MORE\u2026<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/paul-revere\/2\/#GAMES_AND_ACTIVITIES\" >GAMES AND ACTIVITIES<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"BOOKS_NON-FICTION\"><\/span><b>BOOKS: NON-FICTION<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12434 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Picture-Book-Adler-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Picture-Book-Adler-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Picture-Book-Adler-1024x855.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Picture-Book-Adler-768x641.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Picture-Book-Adler-1536x1283.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Picture-Book-Adler-2048x1710.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>David A. Adler\u2019s <i>A Picture Book of Paul Revere<\/i> (Holiday House, 1997) is a simple picture-book introduction to Revere\u2019s life for ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12435 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PR-and-the-bell-ringers-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PR-and-the-bell-ringers-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PR-and-the-bell-ringers.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Jonah Winters\u2019s <i>Paul Revere and the Bell Ringers<\/i> (Simon Spotlight, 2003) in the Ready-to-Read series is a simple large-print account of how Paul Revere, as a boy in Boston, started a bell-ringing club. For ages 5-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12428 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/John-Paul-George-Ben-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/John-Paul-George-Ben-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/John-Paul-George-Ben-768x947.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/John-Paul-George-Ben.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Lane Smith\u2019s delightfully clever <i>John, Paul, George, &amp; Ben<\/i> (Disney Hyperion, 2006) is the tongue-in-cheek picture-book story of John Hancock (\u201ca bold lad\u201d), Paul Revere (\u201ca noisy lad\u201d), George Washington (\u201can honest lad\u201d), and Ben Franklin (\u201ca clever lad\u201d) &#8211; plus \u201cIndependent Tom\u201d Jefferson. A helpful appendix is titled \u201cTaking Liberties: Wherein we set the record straight with ye olde True or False section.\u201d For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12429 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/let-it-begin-here-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/let-it-begin-here-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/let-it-begin-here.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Dennis Brindell Fradin\u2019s <i>Let It Begin Here!<\/i> (Walker Children\u2019s Books, 2009) is the story of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, beginning with Paul Revere\u2019s famous midnight ride. Included are an hour-by-hour timetable of the battle (\u201c9:30 PM: Paul Revere learns the British army is marching\u2026\u201d), a list of Who\u2019s Who on both sides, and a map. For ages 6-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12437 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PR-Boston-Patriot-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PR-Boston-Patriot-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PR-Boston-Patriot.jpg 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Augusta Stevenson\u2019s <i>Paul Revere: Boston Patriot<\/i> (Aladdin, 1986) \u2013 one of the red-white-and-blue-covered Childhood of Famous Americans series \u2013 is a fictionalized account of Paul Revere\u2019s childhood through his teen years when he began carrying secret messages for Boston\u2019s pro-Revolution activists. For ages 7-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12425 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/and-then-what-happened-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/and-then-what-happened-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/and-then-what-happened-797x1024.jpg 797w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/and-then-what-happened-768x987.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/and-then-what-happened-1195x1536.jpg 1195w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/and-then-what-happened-1594x2048.jpg 1594w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/and-then-what-happened.jpg 1688w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By the wonderful Jean Fritz, <i>And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?<\/i> (Puffin, 1996) is a superb biography, fill with human interest and real people \u2013 in short, history as it ought to be told. For ages 7-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>See a complete annotated list of Jean Fritz\u2019s terrific history books <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolhurst.com\/authors\/jfritz.html\">here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12442 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/who-was-paul-revere-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/who-was-paul-revere-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/who-was-paul-revere-706x1024.jpg 706w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/who-was-paul-revere-768x1114.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/who-was-paul-revere-1059x1536.jpg 1059w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/who-was-paul-revere-1412x2048.jpg 1412w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/who-was-paul-revere.jpg 1626w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Roberta Edwards\u2019s 112-page <i>Who Was Paul Revere?<\/i> (Grosset &amp; Dunlap, 2011) is a short chapter biography that begins with Paul\u2019s first plunge into business \u2013 as a boy, he and three friends became paid bell-ringers for Boston\u2019s Old North Church. For ages 7-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12424 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/americas-paul-revere-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/americas-paul-revere-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/americas-paul-revere.jpg 384w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Esther Forbes, <i>America\u2019s Paul Revere<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1990), illustrated with vivid paintings, is an excellent 48-page account of Revere\u2019s life and famous ride. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12430 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/many-rides-of-PR-giblin-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/many-rides-of-PR-giblin-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/many-rides-of-PR-giblin-762x1024.jpg 762w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/many-rides-of-PR-giblin-768x1032.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/many-rides-of-PR-giblin.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>James Cross Giblin\u2019s <i>The Many Rides of Paul Revere<\/i> (Scholastic, 2007) is a well-researched biography, illustrated with period prints, paintings, maps and documents, and photos of artifacts. The book begins with Paul\u2019s childhood \u2013 he was the son of a French immigrant, Apollos Rivoire \u2013 and continues through his multifaceted career as a silversmith and his involvement in the Revolution (during which he made not just one, but many, rides. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12436 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PR-and-world-he-lived-in-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PR-and-world-he-lived-in-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PR-and-world-he-lived-in.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Esther Forbes, <i>Paul Revere and the World He Lived In<\/i> (Mariner Books, 1999) is an engrossing account of the life and times of Paul Revere, packed with fascinating details. Originally published in 1942, when it won a Pulitzer Prize. Highly recommended for teens and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12439 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PRs-Ride-Fischer-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PRs-Ride-Fischer-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PRs-Ride-Fischer-692x1024.jpg 692w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PRs-Ride-Fischer-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PRs-Ride-Fischer-1038x1536.jpg 1038w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PRs-Ride-Fischer.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By historian David Hackett Fischer, <i>Paul Revere\u2019s Ride<\/i> (Oxford University Press, 1995) is a truly fascinating account of pre-Revolutionary Boston and the events surrounding Revere\u2019s famous ride. (Nobody yelled \u201cThe British are coming!\u201d) For teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"BOOKS_FICTION\"><\/span><b>BOOKS: FICTION<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12432 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mr-Revere-and-I-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mr-Revere-and-I-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mr-Revere-and-I-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mr-Revere-and-I-768x1116.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mr-Revere-and-I-1057x1536.jpg 1057w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mr-Revere-and-I-1409x2048.jpg 1409w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mr-Revere-and-I.jpg 1720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Robert Lawson\u2019s <i>Mr. Revere and I<\/i> (Little, Brown, 1988) is a delightful \u201cAccount of certain Episodes in the Career of Paul Revere, Esq., as revealed by his horse, Scheherazade&#8221; (Sherry) \u2013 once the pride of the Queen\u2019s Own Household Cavalry and a thorough-going Tory. Sherry is shipped to the American colonies (populated by bumpkins), where his owner loses him in a game of dice to the owner of a glue factory. From there, he\u2019s rescued by Sam Adams and ends up carrying Paul Revere on his famous ride. A great read for ages 7-11.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12427 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/johnny-tremain-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/johnny-tremain-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/johnny-tremain.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Esther Forbes\u2019s Newbery winner <em>Johnny Tremain<\/em> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011) \u2013 originally published in 1944 \u2013 is the story of a 14-year-old silversmith\u2019s apprentice, maimed in an accident, who then becomes involved in the American Revolution, meeting such luminaries as Sam Adams, John Hancock, and Paul Revere. An exciting read for ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/51m1pkhYUJL._AC_SY445_-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/51m1pkhYUJL._AC_SY445_-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/51m1pkhYUJL._AC_SY445_.jpg 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>The 1957 Disney film version of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0050567\/\">Johnny Tremain<\/a> is 80 minutes long and rated \u201cApproved.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12440 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/secret-of-sarah-R-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/secret-of-sarah-R-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/secret-of-sarah-R.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By master historical fiction writer Ann Rinaldi, <i>The Secret of Sarah Revere<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2003) is the story of Paul Revere and his times through the eyes of Revere\u2019s 13-year-old daughter Sarah. A mix of the historical and the personal, as Sarah deals with growing up and worries that her father\u2019s friend, Dr. Joseph Warren, has too much interest in her stepmother, Rachel. For ages 13 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"PAUL_REVERES_RIDE\"><\/span><b>PAUL REVERE\u2019S RIDE<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12438 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PRs-Ride-and-poem-300x276.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PRs-Ride-and-poem-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PRs-Ride-and-poem-768x706.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PRs-Ride-and-poem.jpg 897w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>This version of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow\u2019s poem <i>Paul Revere\u2019s Ride<\/i> (Puffin, 1995) is illustrated with moonlit paintings by Ted Rand. (\u201cListen, my children and you shall hear\/Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.\u201d) All ages.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12431 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Midnight-Ride-Bing-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Midnight-Ride-Bing-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Midnight-Ride-Bing.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Creatively illustrated by Caldecott Honor winner Christopher Bing, Longfellow\u2019s <i>The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere<\/i> (Chronicle Books, 2001) combines the famous poem with historical context: included are reproductions of historical documents, letters, and maps, images of colonial artifacts, and drawings that look like period engravings. For ages 8 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>For the poem online, see the Poetry Foundation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/44637\/the-landlords-tale-paul-reveres-ride\">The Landlord\u2019s Tale: Paul Revere\u2019s Ride<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><!--nextpage--><\/h4>\n<h4><b>PAUL WASN\u2019T THE ONLY ONE<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12441 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sybil-ludington-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sybil-ludington-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sybil-ludington-708x1024.jpg 708w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sybil-ludington-768x1110.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sybil-ludington-1062x1536.jpg 1062w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sybil-ludington-1416x2048.jpg 1416w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sybil-ludington.jpg 1729w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Paul Revere wasn\u2019t the only rider. Marsha Amstel\u2019s <i>Sybil Ludington\u2019s Midnight Ride<\/i> (First Avenue Editions, 2000) is the story of 16-year-old Sybil\u2019s ride to warn the American troops of an attack by the British on Danbury, CT. For ages 7-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Paul Revere\u2019s fellow rider, William Dawes, disappeared from history. Learn about him at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/the-midnight-ride-of-william-dawes\">The Midnight Ride of William Dawes<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Captain Jack Jouett \u2013 sometimes called Virginia\u2019s Paul Revere \u2013 saved Thomas Jefferson from capture by the British. Learn about it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monticello.org\/site\/research-and-collections\/jack-jouetts-ride\">Jack Jouett&#8217;s Ride<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From Edsitement, <a href=\"http:\/\/edsitement.neh.gov\/lesson-plan\/not-only-paul-revere-other-riders-american-revolution\">Not Only Paul Revere: Other Riders of the American Revolution<\/a> has information and activities about such less-famous riders as Sybil Ludington, Jack Jouett, and Tench Tilghman.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>EVEN MORE\u2026<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12433 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/paul-revere-house-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/paul-revere-house-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/paul-revere-house-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/paul-revere-house.jpg 995w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>The website of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulreverehouse.org\/\">Paul Revere House<\/a> has a virtual tour of the route Revere took on his famous ride, a Revere biography, and a gallery of Revere-made silver. Click on \u201cFor the Kids\u201d for lists of activities, games, articles, and books for children.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From the History Channel, see this list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/11-things-you-may-not-know-about-paul-revere\">10 Things You May Not Know About Paul Revere<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12426 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/copley-portrait-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/copley-portrait-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/copley-portrait-768x942.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/copley-portrait.jpg 815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>From Boston\u2019s Museum of Fine Arts, John Singleton Copley\u2019s portrait of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfa.org\/collections\/object\/paul-revere-32401\">Paul Revere<\/a> shows Revere as an artisan, holding a silver teapot. Zoom features allow visitors to get a closer look at the picture.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From YouTube, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q1El-guPeEo\">The Ride<\/a> is a well-done 10-minute educational film on Paul Revere\u2019s ride.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From ReadWriteThink, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwritethink.org\/classroom-resources\/calendar-activities\/paul-revere-began-famous-20214.html\">April 18: Paul Revere\u2019s Ride<\/a> has suggested activities and informational websites. For example, kids study Revere\u2019s family tree and make one of their own, and read an account of the ride in Revere\u2019s own words.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From Edsitement, <a href=\"http:\/\/edsitement.neh.gov\/lesson-plan\/why-do-we-remember-revere-paul-reveres-ride-history-and-literature#sect-activities\">Why Do We Remember Revere?<\/a> has information, activities, and downloadable handouts on Paul Revere\u2019s ride and the Battle of Lexington and Concord. Also see <a href=\"http:\/\/edsitement.neh.gov\/lesson-plan\/midnight-ride-paul-revere-fact-fiction-and-artistic-license\">Midnight Ride of Paul Revere: Fact, Fiction, and Artistic License<\/a> (illustrated with the painting \u201cThe Midnight Ride of Paul Revere\u201d by Grant Wood).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Paul Revere, as well as for his ride, was famous for making <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Revere_Bells\">bells<\/a>. Also see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fishermensvoice.com\/archives\/1010PaulRevereAndHisBells.html\">Paul Revere and His Bells<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>GAMES AND ACTIVITIES<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12423 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2-if-by-sea-lanterns.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/paul-reveres-ride-and-2-if-by-sea-lanterns\/\">2 If By Sea Lanterns<\/a> has instructions for making papercraft tissue-paper window lanterns to accompany books about Paul Revere\u2019s ride.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>From eHow, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehow.com\/list_6916830_paul-revere-craft-ideas-children.html\">Paul Revere Craft Ideas for Children<\/a> has instructions for making tin-can lanterns, dip candles, quill pens, tricorn hats, and cork-and-toothpick horses. (No illustrations.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>From Cognitive Kid, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anselandclair.com\/apps\/ansel-and-clair-ride-with-paul-revere\/index.html\">Ansel and Clair Ride With Paul Revere<\/a> is an interactive app in which Ansel and Clair \u2013 robots \u2013 learn all about Paul Revere. Included are games, maps, music, quizzes, rebus puzzles, and a rendition of Longfellow\u2019s \u201cThe Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who doesn&#8217;t love Henry Wadsworth Longfellow&#8217;s &#8220;Listen, my children, and you shall hear\/Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere&#8221;? 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