I was wondering if anyone here could recommend a (or some) historically-accurate American history book(s)/textbooks for children? I am a homeschooling mother, and I can remember my textbooks in school “sugar-coating” lots of very harsh realities, only to discover the truth in college and even more thereafter. I want them to get as close to the truth as possible (realizing that authors can leak their own biases into the material).
What ages are your children? That might make it easier for people to suggest resources.
That is tricky, works about American history either go sugar-coating or too far in the opposite direction and focusing a lot on the bad stuff i'm not American so hearing mostly the bad stuff and none of the good things made me dislike America for a while (got over it. Thanks to America for saving the world from a Kaiserreich in WW1) so you should definitely be very careful about your selection as the wrong book could make your children hate their own country.