Resources for Readers and Educators

Check out these resources that accompany Nell’s books . . . 

Downloadable Printables

Reading Guide/Discussion Questions for Keep ‘Em Flying

Reading Guide/Discussion Questions for Friends in Strange Places

Printable Seek and Find Puzzles for R is for Rosie the Riveter

Printable “Rosie the Riveter Detective Guide” for finding Rosies in your family tree

Printable “World War II Airplanes Word Search” for Keep ‘Em Flying

Printable “Crack the Canteen Code” for Ten Minutes of Home

Printable “Build the Story: Warm-up Exercises for the Writing Process

Printable “First Thanksgiving–2 Out of 3” – What foods were present at the first Thanksgiving?

Printable “Colony Scramble” – Can you unscramble the names of the 13 Colonies?

Links to Cool History Videos and Websites

Video: “Women of Steel” created by It’s a Southern Thing. Features Nell’s mom (Dr. Fran Carter) and other Rosies.

Video: “Thanksgiving 1944.” Features Nell’s dad (Dr. John Carter) telling story from Free-Falling for Freedom about cooking a turkey on the battlefield.

Video: “The North Platte Canteen” (NPR, 1 minute, 29 seconds). Shows historical footage of the actual 1940s North Platte Canteen.

Website: American Rosie the Riveter Association. Includes stories by and about Rosies.

Website: Aliceville Museum, site of Camp Aliceville P.O.W. camp during  World War II. Includes photos of the camp from the 1940s.

Website: Lincoln County Historical Museum in North Platte, Nebraska. All about the North Platte Canteen with photos from the 1940s.

Poem: “They Were Rosies” by Donnaleen Lanktree, courtesy of the American Rosie the Riveter Association.

Interviews

Podcast: BookWorthy with Valerie Fentress. Interview with Nell about the Heroes on the Home Front Mysteries.

Television Interview: Talk of Alabama Show on ABC 33/40. Host Katherine Page interviews Nell about Keep ‘Em Flying and Friends in Strange Places.

Podcast: Author’s Corner with Roberta Foster of KNEO Radio. Interview with Nell about Keep ‘Em Flying and Friends in Strange Places.

Podcast: Sweet Tea and Jesus with Kelsey Hamrick and Tara McAdam. Interview with Nell about Keep ‘Em Flying and Friends in Strange Places.

Radio Interview: Mark and Friends Show with Donna Leland on WLUJ Radio. Interview with Nell about all three Heroes on the Home Front Mysteries.