Here is a list of some children’s books that will tell you more about the 1960s.
Caputo, Philip. 10,000 Days of Thunder: A History of the Vietnam War. New York: Atheneum, 2005.
Krull, Kathleen. What Was the March on Washington? New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 2013.
Murray, Stuart. Vietnam War. New York: DK, 2005.
O’Connor, Jim. Who Is Bob Dylan? New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 2013.
Partridge, Elizabeth. John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth. New York: Viking, 2005.
Partridge, Elizabeth. Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don’t You Grow Weary. New York: Viking, 2009.