This non-fiction series describes to children what it would be like to live in certain periods of history or to take part in certain historical events.  Mostly it focuses on American history, but there is a book about England during the Middle Ages.  There are also a few books that aren’t historical about life in a circus, being an animal doctor, and being an ant.  In order to explain the concepts of the books, the books pose a series of questions about the period or event and then answer them.

The books were written by different authors.

Books in the Series:

If You Lived in Colonial Times (1964)

By Ann McGovern.

If You Grew Up With Abraham Lincoln (1966)

By Ann McGovern.

If You Sailed on the Mayflower (1969)

By Ann McGovern.

If You Lived in the Circus (1971)

By Ann McGovern.

If You Lived With the Sioux Indians (1972)

By Ann McGovern.

If You Grew Up With George Washington (1982)

By Ruth Belov Gross.

If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon (1986)

By Ellen Levine.

If You Lived at the Time of the Great San Francisco Earthquake (1987)

By Ellen Levine.

If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution (1987)

By Elizabeth Levy.

If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad (1988)

By Ellen Levine.

If You Were an Animal Doctor (1988)

By Ellen Levine.

If You Were an Ant (1989)

By Barbara Brenner.

If You Were There in 1492 (1991)

By Barbara Brenner.

If You Lived in Williamsburg in Colonial Days (1992)

By Barbara Brenner.

If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island (1993)

What it was like to arrive at Ellis Island as a child immigrant. By Ellen Levine.

If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King (1994)

By Ellen Levine.

If You Were There in 1776 (1994)

By Barbara Brenner.

If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War (1994)

By Kay Moore.

If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution (1998)

By Kay Moore.

If You Lived With the Cherokee (1998)

By Peter Roop.

If You Lived With the Iroquois (1999)

By Ellen Levine.

If You Lived 100 Years Ago (1999)

By Ann McGovern.

If You Lived in the Days of the Knights (2001)

About England during the 13th century. By Ann McGovern.

If You Lived When There Was Slavery in America (2004)

By Anne Kamma.

If You Lived When Women Won Their Rights (2008)

About the Women’s Suffrage Movement in the United States. By Anne Kamma.