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Four new titles for the Famous Kentucky Christians Club book series

There are four additional titles in the FKCC series of high-interest, low-ability chapter books: Great Idea: the Story of Harry Clark Karsner; Knocked Down: The Story of Carl Brashear; Too Bad: The Story of Peggy Taylor; and Not Fair: The Story of Mary Britton. The four original titles have new covers as well. You can find all eight books on Amazon here. The books are appropriate for the public school classroom library.

  • They model the Kentucky State Curriculum Standards for Social Studies Inquiry Process
  • They introduce famous Kentuckians 
  • They reflect typical classroom problems: bullying, being a new kid, having a disability...
  • They include an archival image from the Library of Congress Collection
  • They have a glossary and a works cited page
  • They are written at the 2nd to 4th grade reading level with as many words as possible limited to a single syllable
  • They have four short chapters
  • They are fictional accounts of a team of fourth grade students who must collaborate to create an exhibit about a famous Kentuckian about whom they know nothing
  • The series is inclusive. Two books portray the lives of African American women from Kentucky; two African American men from Kentucky; two white women from Kentucky; and two white men from Kentucky
  • The books present information about the Christian religion using secular, objective and non-devotional language
  • The books are affordable at $6.00 per title
The author, Lesley Barker PhD, has a master's degree in teaching and experience teaching in inner city public schools, parochial schools and home schools. A public history professional, she was the executive director of an eighteenth century French colonial historic site, the Bolduc House Museum (now the Centre for French Colonial America) in Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. Her doctorate is in Museum Studies. Now based in Paris, Kentucky, she is the director of the Kentucky Faith & Public History Education Project.

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