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AGE	AUTHOR	TITLE

SERIES BOOKS: Dear America, Royal Diaries, My Name is America

8-12		Kingfisher STUDENT ATLAS OF NORTH AMERICA - The Kingfisher Student Atlas of North America is an unbeatable way to discover the people, geography, landscape, industry, and agriculture of this diverse continent. The reference includes all of the fifty states and each province and territory of Canada, as well as the states of Mexico and the countries of the Caribbean and Central America. Superbly detailed relief maps are complemented by fact boxes of important statistics and pertinent information, plus illustrations of national and state flags, flora and fauna, and notable events from history.
9-12 5-8 9-12		NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC STUDENT ATLAS OF THE WORLD (Revised 2005) National Geographic Beginners World Atlas Updated Edition (Revised 2005) National Geographic World Atlas for Young Explorers Third Edition (Revised 2007)
9-12		CHILDREN'S HISTORY OF THE 20TH CENTURY
Adult	Adams, Noah	The Flyers: In Search of Wilbur & Orville Wright
8-12 9-12	Adams, Simon	World War II [photos and information from rise of Nazi party through Hiroshima and the aftermath] Alexander the Great: The Boy Soldier Who Conquered the World (National Geographic)
9-12	Adkins, Jan	What If You Met a Knight? - A real knight had real work to do, lots of mouths to feed, and trouble could ride over the hill at any moment. Castles were dark, armor was uncomfortable, and jousts and tournaments (not to mention real battles) were dangerous—and expensive.
	Adler, David [Teacher Resource]	Heroes of the Revolution [American Revolution] - Ages 7-9 A Picture Book of Lewis and Clark [Resources] - Ages 7-9 A Picture Book of Sojourner Truth [Link to Bio] Benjamin Franklin--Printer, Inventor, Statesman (A First Biography) [Link to Autobiography] A Picture Book of Anne Frank [Link to Anne Frank site] A Picture Book of Eleanor Roosevelt A Picture Book of Helen Keller (A First Biography) [Link to Ann Sullivan Macy and Helen Keller] A Picture Book of Rosa Parks (A First Biography) A Picture Book of Florence Nightingale [Florence Nightingale Museum] Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man Ages 6-9 [The Iron Horse] A Picture Book of Thomas Alva Edison [Teacher's Resources] President George Washington [his life] [Reading Level 2] A Picture Book Of Samuel Adams (Ages 6-9) Joe Louis: America's Fighter
10 up	Allen, Thomas B.	Remember Valley Forge: Patriots, Tories, and Spies Tell Their Stories [The ultimate survival story. Travel the trail of defeat that leads Washington's ragtag army to seek winter refuge at Valley Forge. Read from a teenage soldier's diary and a doctor's gruesome accounts of disease, hunger, and cold. Learn of plots against Washington and spies who aid the enemy. Discover why farmers sell the British food as the Continental Army starves and a powerless Congress looks on. Learn the true story behind the amazing achievements of the "winter soldiers." A time line, archival images, maps, Web sites, source list, and index make this an excellent research tool for students.]
11 Up	Ambrose, Stephen E.	The Good Fight: How World War II Was Won (Narrative, photos, key campaign and battle maps]
8-12	Amis, Nancy	The Orphans of Normandy: A True Story of World War II Told Through Drawings by Children
7-10	Ammon, Richard	Valley Forge [Continental Army's winter at Valley Forge ... "a saga wrapped in myth and legend,"/chronicles Washington's effective style of leadership, determination, inspiration and genius for organization]
6-10	Anderson, Laurie Halse	Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving [Learn More about Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1788-1879)]
YA/A	Anderson, M. T.	The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation. Volume One: The Pox Party - It sounds like a fairy tale. He is a boy dressed in silks and white wigs and given the finest of classical educations. Raised by a group of rational philosophers known only by numbers, the boy and his mother — a princess in exile from a faraway land — are the only persons in their household assigned names. As the boy's regal mother, Cassiopeia, entertains the house scholars with her beauty and wit, young Octavian begins to question the purpose behind his guardians' fanatical studies. Only after he dares to open a forbidden door does he learn the hideous nature of their experiments — and his own chilling role in them. Set against the disquiet of Revolutionary Boston, M. T. Anderson's extraordinary novel takes place at a time when American Patriots rioted and battled to win liberty while African slaves were entreated to risk their lives for a freedom they would never claim. The first of two parts, this deeply provocative novel reimagines the past as an eerie place that has startling resonance for readers today.
8-12	Appelt, Kathi and Jeanne Cannella Schmitzer	Down Cut Shin Creek: The Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky [Learn about FDR's New Deal and the WPA]
8-12 9-14 ALL	Armstrong, Jennifer	A Three-Minute Speech: Lincoln's Remarks at Gettysburg [brief timeline from American Revolution to Civil War/full text of Gettysburg Address/recommended web sites] Photo by Brady: A Picture of the Civil War [Record of a war -- The Civil War -- in a way that had never been done before: with true-to-life pictures instead of just words.] The American Story: 100 True Tales from American History - This magnificent treasury tells the story of America through 100 true tales. Some are tales of triumph—the midnight ride of Paul Revere, the Wright brothers taking to the air, Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon. Some are tales of tragedy—the fate of the Donner party, the great fire in Chicago, the eruption of Mt. Saint Helens. There are stories of inventors and athletes, and abolitionists and artists, stories about struggling for freedom—again and again, in so many ways. Full-color illustrations on nearly every page and short, exciting stories. Notes at the end of each story direct readers to related stories, and a guide to thematic story arcs offers readers (and teachers) an easy way to follow their particular interests throughout the book. This book that belongs in every home, classroom and library.
9 Up	Aronson, Marc and John W. Glen	The World Made New: Why the Age of Exploration Happened & How it Changed the World (Ages 10 and Up) [provides a detailed account of the charting of the New World and the long-term effects of America's march into history. The text uses primary sources to bring history to life and features evocative profiles of the major explorers of the age. The book is beautifully illustrated with full-color artwork, multiple-time lines, and six custom National Geographic maps. The text and layout combine to provide an enlightening overview of New World exploration, and outline the historical context for the discoveries that literally changed the world.]
9 Up	Ash, Russell	Great Wonders of the World
7-10	Ashby, Ruth	The Amazing Mr. Franklin: or The Boy Who Read Everything [from his spirited youth through successful career as inventor and politician to his last years surrrounded by his collection of 4,000 books]
4-8	Atkins, Jeannine	Mary Anning and the Sea Dragon [Webquest]
4-8	Rosemary and Stephen Vincent Benet	Johnny Appleseed [Learn more about Johnny Appleseed]
7-10 6-8	Barasch, Lynne	Radio Rescue [learn more about Morse Code] A Country Schoolhouse [What was school like before the Internet? In 1940, Grandpa's country school had no lunchroom or indoor bathroom and used wood-burning stoves for heat, but it wasn't completely different from today's schools. Was it?
YA	Bartoletti, Susan Campbell	Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow [explores how Hitler gained the loyalty, trust, and passion of so many of Germany's young people. Her research includes telling interviews with surviving Hitler Youth members.] Highly recommend. (Young Adult) The Boy Who Dared [When 16-year-old Helmut Hubner listens to the BBC news on an illegal short-wave radio, he quickly discovers Germany is lying to the people. But when he tries to expose the truth with leaflets, he's tried for treason. Sentenced to death and waiting in a jail cell, Helmut's story emerges in a series of flashbacks that show his growth from a naive child caught up in the patriotism of the times , to a sensitive and mature young man who thinks for himself.] [Ages 10-13)
6-9	Barretta, Gene	Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin
9-13	Bausum, Ann	Our Country's Presidents, Completely Revised and Expanded Edition/2004 Election (National Geographic)(2005) Our Country's First Ladies - Meet the women who have played the roles of partners, confidantes, hostesses, and activists in the midst of American history. Read of fascinating lives led by the wives (and sometimes daughters, nieces, and friends) of our country's leaders. Ann Bausum introduces us to a private side of each First Lady, and connects each personality with the public persona to produce a book of uniquely revealing portraits. (National Geographic 2007) Muckrakers: How Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, and Lincoln Steffens Helped Expose Scandal, Inspire Reform, and Invent Investigative Journalism [Ann Bausum's dramatic narrative follows a generation of dedicated journalists who force responsible changes in industry and politics as America thrives. Muckrakers is the inside story of public-spirited journalism right through its evolution, with profiles of latter-day practitioners like Woodward and Bernstein and today's Internet bloggers. Perhaps it will engage and inspire young people to cherish age-old values such as truth and public accountability.
6-10	Bearden, Romare (1911-1988)	Li'l Dan, the Drummer Boy: A Civil War Story (Book and CD) [historical/African-American/fiction/abstract expressionism]
9-12	Beatty, Patricia	Turn Homeward, Hannalee [Close of Civil War - based on actual events]
YA Up	Benson, Richard	Lay This Laurel [Fifty-Fourth Union Army Regiment, made up of African-American volunteer soldiers.
9-12	Biesty, Stephen	Amazing Pop-Up 3-D Time Scape [The first 10 billion years] Stephen Biesty's Incredible Everything by Richard Platt (Author) Stephen Biesty's Incredible Explosions by Richard Platt (Author) Stephen Biesty's Incredible Pop-Up Cross Sections by Richard Platt (Author) - Ages 4-8 Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections Castle by Richard Platt (Author) Stephen Biesty's Cross Sections Man-of-War by Richard Platt (Author) Rome: In Spectacular Cross Section by Andrew Solway (Author), Stephen Biesty (Illustrator) April 2003
6-8	Bildner, Phil	Twenty-One Elephants [Brooklyn Bridge/P. T. Barnum/historical fiction]
10 Up 12 Up	Blumberg, Rhoda	SHIPWRECKED! The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy [Chronology, whaling in America and related links] Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun [Newbery Honor] York's Adventures with Lewis and Clark: An African-American's Part in the Great Expedition
13 Up 11 Up	Blumenthal, Karen	Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929: A Wall Street Journal Book for Children Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America [Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972]
9 Up	Bockenhauer,Mark H. and Stephen F Cunha	Our Fifty States [National Geographic] [collection of illustrations, maps, and essays about each state and region of the United States. Written by two geographers.]
9 Up	Borbrick, Benson	Fight for Freedom: The American Revolutionary War [Chronicle of American Revolution/anecdotes from soldiers and civilians/profiles/period oil paintings/political cartoons/key campaign and battle maps] Thorough and moving. Testament: A Soldier's Story of the Civil War [Based on the letters of the author's great-grandfather]
4-8 7-10 7-10 9-12	Borden, Louise	A. Lincoln and Me Touching the Sky: The Flying Adventures of Wilbur and Orville Wright Sea Clocks: The Story of Longitude [ John Harrison (1693-1776)] The Greatest Skating Race: A WWII Story from the Netherlands [two children escape to Belgium by ice skating past German soldiers and other enemies.]

Adult	Bourne, Russell	Invention in America: With Images from The Library of Congress Americans on the Move: A History of Waterways, Railways, and Highways - With Illustrations from the Library of Congress

Adult 12 Up	Bradley, James	Flags of Our Fathers Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima [Abridged] [Oral History- Iwo Jima Flag Raising on Mount Suribachi]
8-14	Brewster, Hugh and Laurie Coulter	To Be a Princess: The Fascinating Lives of Real Princesses [Spans five centuries of royal lives, including time lines, artwork reproduced from museum collection and bibliography.]
8 Up	Bridgman, Roger	1,000 Inventions & Discoveries in association with the Smithsonian Institution
7-	Brown, Don	Kid Blink Beats the World [In the summer of 1899, the hundreds of newsboys who sold Randolph Hearst's Journal and Pulitzer's World on the streets of New York and surrounding cities went on strike. The issue was a penny-the extra penny that the press owners wanted to charge the newsboys to buy the papers.] Ages 7-11 Mack Made Movies [In 1900, Mack Sennett was a horse's rear end. In 1909 he was producing slapstick comedies/"King of Comedy"/ history of early moviemaking in America] Ages 7-10 The Train Jumper [Ed "Collie" Collier is desperate to keep his small family intact. He leaves home in search of his older brother, who has run off. Collie jumps a freight train, joining thousands and thousands of young boys and men who try riding out the Great Depression by riding the rails.] Ages 9-12
6-9 CD Resource	Bruchac, Joseph [More Bruchac]	Squanto's Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving [Resource] The Legend of Squanto (Radio Theatre CD) Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children
8 Up	Bruchac, Margaret M., Catherine O'Neill Grace, Plimoth Plantation (Contributor),et al	1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving In October of 2000, Plimoth Plantation cooperated with the Wampanoag community to stage an historically accurate reenactment of the 1621 harvest celebration. 1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving exposes the myth that this event was the “first Thanksgiving” and is the basis for the Thanksgiving holiday that is celebrated today. This exciting book describes the actual events that took place during the three days that the Wampanoag people and the colonists came together.
9-12	Bryant, Jen	Music for the End of Time [Based on a true story/World War II/German Camp, Stalag 8A 1941/kindness from the enemy/ power of music. A captured French soldier, Olivier Messiaen, is allowed to compose music in a small room in the toilets, and perform with three other prisioners ("Quartet for the End of Time")]
6-9	Bunting, Eve [Interview] [Teacher's Resource]	Dandelions [Pioneer Family Life] I Am the Mummy Heb-Nefert [Interesting activity] [Ancient Egypt Webquest]
9 to 12	Burgan, Michael	Voices from Colonial America: Massachusetts 1620-1776 (National Geographic)
8 to 12	Burleigh, Robert	Into the Air: The Story of the Wright Brothers' First Flight (American Heroes)(comic book style) [Links below for Wright Brothers]
10+	Calabro, Marian	The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party [Additional Resources Included]
10+	Caputo, Philip	10,000 Days of Thunder: A History of the Vietnam War [complete overview of America's longest and most unpopular war]
10+	Carbone, Elisa	Stealing Freedom [Civil War/Underground Railroad]
7-10	Carter, Dorothy	Grandma's General Store: The Ark [unequal opportunities for black in the South during the Great Depression lead a family to move to Philadelphia/intergenerational/excellent for teaching tool in or out of classroom/use for mapping.]
6-9	Chancellor, Deborah	Kingfisher First Picture Atlas [colorful maps, fascinating facts and places, key code. Includes poster of North America] Excellent first atlas.
ALL	Cheney, Lynne	America: A Patriotic Primer A is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women When Washington Crossed the Delaware: A Wintertime Story for Young Patriots - Ages: 7-9
8-11	Chin-Lee, Cynthia	Akira to Zoltan: Twenty-Six Men Who Changed the World
YA	Chotjewitz, David	Daniel Half Human: And the Good Nazi A Novel first published in Germany 2000
11 Up	Clee, Paul	Before Hollywood: From Shadow Play to the Silver Screen ["The history of visual entertainment...is meticulously detailed, painstakingly documented, and clearly laid out chronologically."]
YA Up	Clement, Richard W.	The Book in America: With Images from the Library of Congress
10 Up	Clements, Gillian	The Picture History of Great Explorers - Throughout history-from Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to astronauts and deep-divers of today -great explorers have braved the unknown in search of wealth, territory, knowledge and their own personal dreams. This informative book features more than eighty such pioneers to life with hundreds of delightful illustration and timelines that pick out related historical events. Fact-packed guide/glossary. The Picture History of the Great Inventors - This visual catalog of the technical achievements that have shaped our lives is illustrated with hundreds of colorful, informative cartoon-style drawings. From the unknown inventor of the wheel to scientists at work on tomorrow's space stations, nearly 50 major inventors are featured, each set in a border brimming with pictorial details of other events and inventions of the time, giving readers a glimpse of that era.
8-12	Clinton, Catherine	Encyclopedia of the Civil War Hold the Flag High [July 1868/Civil War, Sergeant William H. Carney, an officer of the newly formed Massachusetts Fifth-fourth Regiment comprised completely of African Americans led soldiers over the ramparts of Fort Wagner where Union soldiers charged the Confederates. The battle decimated the Fifty-fourth but Carney's heroism inspired all who survived. Time Line in back of book. Carney receives the Medal of Honor.]
9-12	Cobb, Vicki	DK Biography Harry Houdini: A Photographic Story of a Life [from coin tricks to selling out theaters of Europe/son of poor immigrants transformed himself into the greatest magician in the world.]
9-12	Cooke, Tim	National Geographic Investigates: Ancient Aztec
YA	Cole, Sheila	To Be Young in America: Growing up with the Country, 1776-1940 [A child’s eye-view of what life was really like for young Americans. Spanning the late 18th to the early 20th centuries and covering everything from frontier and immigrant life and child labor to school and leisure activities--like riding shafting belts on cotton looms and creating ice skates from pieces of wood--this book documents childrens’ hardships as well as their happier times.]
9-15	Collins, Mary	Airborne: A Photobiography of Wilbur and Orville Wright [Well researched, interesting text, 60 photos, and includes: chronology, quote sources,source material, recommended books for young readers, Web sites, interviews, and a video.]
9 Up	Cooper, James Fenimore (1789-1851) [N.C.Wyeth, Illustrator] (1882-1945)	The Last of the Mohicans [French and Indian War 1754] Fiction, 2002 Scribner Storybook Classic
10 Up	Cooper, Michael L.	Dust to Eat: Drought and Depression in the 1930's [Webquest: The Great Depression] [PBS: Surviving the Dust Bowl]
Family	Colman, C. H..	The Bald Eagle's View of American History [Cross country Trip? Take this book along. Plight of the bald eagle contrasts the beauty of America] Excellent for classroom.
6-8	Cotten, Cynthia	Abbie in Stitches - In 1800's America, girls are expected to to take weekly needlework lessons. Abbie's teacher suggests that she can choose any subject important to her. Abbie realizes that she can speak her mind, "I would rather read", and do what she's told.
9 Up	Coulter, Laurie	Secrets in Stone: All About Maya Hieroglyphics
YA/A	Crane, Stephen	The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
	Croy, Anita	Ancient Pueblo: Archaeology Unlocks the Secrets of America's Past (National Geographic Investigates) [At prehistoric sites in the "Four Corners" states (Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico) of the American Southwest, learn about these cliff dwellers. Study the thousands of rock carvings—petroglyphs—they left behind.]
8-11	Curlee, Lynn	BROOKLYN BRIDGE [Brooklyn Bridge Web Site - 8th Wonder of the World] CAPITAL [the history of five monuments that define our capital city and nation.]
9-12	Dalal, Anita	National Geographic Investigates: Ancient India: Archaeology Unlocks the Secrets of India's Past
12+	Dash, Joan	A Dangerous Engine: Benjamin Franklin, from Scientist to Diplomat - At the time of his famous kite experiment, Benjamin Franklin was unaware that his theories about electricity had already made him a celebrity all over Europe, especially in France, where fashionable circles loved to discuss scientific discovery. Admired by the French court and beloved by French citizens, Franklin effectively became America’s first foreign diplomat, later helping to enlist France’s military and financial support for the American Revolution. A father of the revolution and a signer of the Constitution, Franklin was a lightning rod in political circles – “a dangerous Engine,” according to a critic. And although he devoted the last twenty-five years of his life to affairs of state, his first love was always science. Handsome pen-and-ink drawings highlight moments in this revolutionary thinker’s life.
6 Up 6-9	Davis, Kenneth C.	Don't Know Much About the Pilgrims Don't Know Much About the Kings and Queens of England Don't Know Much About the Presidents Don't Know Much About the Pioneers [Oregon Trail Lesson Plan] Don't Know Much About Abraham Lincoln Don't Know Much About Mummies
10-13	Deckker, Zilah	Ancient Rome: Archaeolology Unlocks the Secrets of Rome's Past (National Geographic Investigates) [Learn about the writing tablets excavated from a Roman fort. Wonder at the fabulous mosaic recently discovered beneath the streets of Italy's capital city. See how ancient artifacts help scientists today piece together the puzzle of Ancient Rome's past.]
9-12	Delano, Marfe Ferguson	American Heroes [Fifty profiles of great Americans who set out, spoke up, stood tall, fought hard, or truly dared to dream] (National Geographic) 2005 Inventing the Future: A Photobiography of Thomas Alva Edison - Thomas Edison’s 1,093 patented inventions include the light bulb, the phonograph, and significant contributions to the fields of photography and filmmaking and to what ultimately would become the national power grid. Edison’s gritty way of persevering—working ’round the clock with many assistants, catnapping on his lab table, trying things over and over again until he finally made a breakthrough—gave birth to the modern research laboratory, where hypotheses are proposed and then tested. Combines lively text, rare period photographs, Edison’s own words, and foreword by Edison’s great-grandson.
9-12	Doak, Robin	Voices from Colonial America: New Jersey 1609-1776 (National Geographic) (2005)
7-10	Dooling, Michael	Young Thomas Edison [explores the origins of Edison's scientific genius: his interest in mixing chemicals and his diligence in his work as a paperboy, as well as his difficulty paying attention in school.] The Great Horseless Carriage Race [first automobile race- 1895]
10-12	Durrant, Lynda	The Sun, the Rain, and the Apple Seed: A Novel of Johnny Appleseed's Life [John Chapman (1774-1845)] [Johnny Appleseed CyberTrek]
4-8	Drummond, Allan	LIBERTY! [story told through the eyes of a boy chosen to relay a signal to sculptor Bartholdi in Statue of Liberty crown. Describes what was happening in NY during the statue's raising.] The Flyer - Ages 4-8 [Wright Brothers/"crazy kite"]
6-10	Edwards, Judith	The Great Expedition of Lewis and Clark: By Private Reubin Field, Member of the Corps of Discovery [Resources]
9 Up 6-9 5-9	Edwards, Pamela Duncan	Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad Boston Tea Party The Wright Brothers [Resources]
4 Up 6-9	Esbaum, Jill	Ste-e-e-e-eamboat a-Comin'! [The townfolk of a small village on the banks of the upper Mississippi come vividly alive at the sound of a whistle and the holler of "Ste-e-e-e-eamboat a-comin'!" The incoming vessel is filled with passengers and cargo, and at a rapid speed, things are unloaded and loaded - but before you know it, the village is once again at its previous sleepy pace. Inspired by Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi,/ gorgeous paintings by Adam Rex that do homage to Norman Rockwell.]
9 Up 6-9	Fink, Sam	The Declaration of Independence: The Words That Made America [text with visual interpretations]
9-12	Finkelman, Paul	American Document: The Constitution (National Geographic 2005) [the reader sits in on the Constitutional Convention, where arguments about how to balance power between large and small states and how to count slaves as part of the population are among the key issues. They will learn about the Virginia Plan, the New Jersey Plan, the Connecticut Plan, and the Three-fifths Compromise, and meet some of the Federalists and Anti-Federalists who argued the Constitution's pros and cons until it was finally ratified and became the law of the land.
6-8	Flatt, Lizann	Let's Go!: The Story of Getting from There to Here [journey across our continent and through time to discover all the methods humans have used to get from one place to another. From the first “travelers” who crossed the Bering Land Bridge on foot, through steamships, bicycles, cars, and planes, to contemporary space trips.]
4-8 9-12	Fleischman, Paul	Time Train [Lesson Plan] Bull Run [Lesson Plan]

10-14 4-8 10-14	Fleming, Candace	Ben Franklin's Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman's Life (2003) [masterpiece/excellent resource] Big Cheese for the White House: The True Tale of A Tremendous Cheddar [President Jefferson] Boxes for Katje [Post WWII Holland/American children send food and clothing] Our Eleanor: A Scrapbook Look at Eleanor Roosevelt's Remarkable Life
9 Up	Fleming, Thomas	Everybody's Revolution [The dimensions of the patriot cause during the American Revolution were far more multicultural and multiethnic than we have for so long believed. Women, African Americans, Jews, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, European immigrants, and young adults played leading roles in the struggle for independence from Great Britain. Today it seems students and teachers want to know more about the past than what a few famous white men did. They want to understand how women and men of different cultures and backgrounds contributed to our early history, and to making America what it is today.]
9-12	Fox, Mary V.	The Story of Women Who Shaped the West
7-11 10-14 10-14	Fradin, Dennis Brindell	Let It Begin Here!: Lexington And Concord First Battles Of The American Revolution The Founders: The 39 Stories Behind the U.S. Constitution [short biographies of the 39 men who created and signed the Constitution in September 1787/text of Constitution in back/bibliography] 5,000 Miles to Freedom: Ellen and William Craft's Flight from Slavery
12 Up	Fradin, Dennis Brindell and Judith Bloom	Fight On!: Mary Church Terrell's Battle for Integration [Co-founder of NAACP/fought for rights and justice for all/against lynching/woman's right to vote/first black judge for the District of Columbia/writer/teacher] [Bio] [Mary Church Terrell House]
6+	Frank, John	The Tomb of the Boy King [Discovery of King Tutankhamen's Tomb] [DNA testing] [Ancient Egypt] [Ancient Egypt Webquest]
	Frank, Anne, et al	Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank. Beyond the Diary: A Photographic Remembrance
9+	Freedman, Russell	The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane [Newbery Honor] [Resources] Give Me Liberty: The Story of the Declaration of Independence [American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence] In Defense of Liberty: The Story of America's Bill of Rights [origins and challenges of first 10 amendments/with photos/clippings] Lincoln: A Photobiography [supplemental unit] Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery Cowboys of the Wild West In the Days of the Vaqueros: America's First True Cowboys Children of the Wild West Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor Children of the Great Depression [Drawing on memoirs, diaries, letters, and other firsthand accounts, and richly illustrated with classic archival photographs, this book by one of the most celebrated authors of nonfiction for children places the Great Depression in context and shows young readers its human face. Endnotes, selected bibliography, index.] Who Was First?: Discovering the Americas [There is evidence that adventurers, explorers, traders, and nomads from various parts of the globe set foot on American soil long before 1492. And expeditions that landed in the Americas reported people already living there-indicating that America had been "discovered" before. Colourful legends and first-person accounts are woven into the riveting narrative, which also illuminates the way historians and map-makers have gathered, evaluated, and recorded information throughout the ages. "Source notes, bibliography, index."]

8+	Fritz, Jean	Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt! [www.theodoreroosevelt.org] Shh! We're Writing the Constitution And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? [Lesson Plan] Will You Sign Here, John Hancock [Painting: The Declaration of Independence - historical criticism]

5-8	Fuchs, Bernie	Ride Like The Wind: A Tale Of The Pony Express [When the Pony Express was in Vogue] [Facts]
6-9	Gaffney, Timothy R.	Wee and the Wright Brothers [almost historical fiction]
10 Up	Galford, Ellen	Julius Caesar: The Boy Who Conquered An Empire [National Geographic]
9-12	Garland, Sherry	Voices of the Alamo [IllustratedChronology] [The Battle]
5-8	Gerrard, Roy	Croco'Nile [Ancient Egypt Kid Connection]
10 Up	Geyer, Flora	Mao Zedong: The Rebel Who Led a Revolution [National Geographic]

9-12 11-14 9-12 12 Up 9-12 9-12 9-12 9-12 8-10	Giblin, James Cross	The Many Rides Of Paul Revere [French immigrant's son, silversmith, American Revolution.] Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin [see also: Timeline of Philadelphia's History] The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler (compelling read) Thomas Jefferson: A Picture Book Biography George Washington: A Picture Book Biography Charles A. Lindbergh: A Human Hero Secrets of the Sphinx [Amazing Facts/Source Notes/Bibliography] The Boy Who Saved Cleveland [In 1798, Cleveland, Ohio, was in danger of being wiped out by a malaria epidemic. Based on fact, this book tells the remarkable story of Seth Doan, a young boy whose heroic efforts kept his family and neighbors alive and ultimately put the city of Cleveland on the map.]

8-12	Giff, Patricia Reilly	Nory Ryan's Song [Irish Potato Famine]
4-8	Glass, Andrew	The Wondrous Whirligig: The Wright Brothers' First Flying Machine [encouragement from parents]
9-12	Gold, Alison Leslie	A Special Fate: Chiuneory Sugihara: Hero of the Holocaust
8 Up	Gottschalk, Jack	Firefighting [history's most formidable fires, showing how each influenced the evolution of firefighting technology, equipment, and tactics. Includes September 11, 2001]
16 Up	Grant, R. J.	Flight: 100 Years of Aviation [in association with the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum] [extensive]
12 Up	Greenfeld, Howard	After the Holocaust [young Holocaust survivors] The Hidden Children [WWII - Hiding from the Nazis]
4 Up	Greenstein, Elaine	Ice-Crean Cones For Sale! [ Six men and one woman claim ot have put ice cream and cones together for the first time.]
	Grun, Bernard	The Timetables of History : A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events - 3rd Ed.
10-14	Gutman, Dan	Race for the Sky: The Kitty Hawk Diaries of Johnny Moore
10-14	Harness, Cheryl [Interview]	Click here for interview and books Included: The Remarkable Rough-Riding Life of Theodore Roosevelt and the Rise of Empire America The Adventurous Life of Myles Standish and the Amazing-but-True Survival Story of Plymouth Colony The Tragic Tale of Narcissa Whitman and a Faithful History of the Oregon Trail The Trailblazing Life of Daniel Boone and How Early Americans Took to the Road
16 Up	Hardesty, Von	Lindbergh: Flight's Enigmatic Hero [National Air and Space Museum Celebrates 75th Anniversary of Lindbergh's Solo Trans-Atlantic Flight]
YA	Hautzig, Esther	The Endless Steppe : Growing Up in Siberia
10-14	Hawass, Zahi	Tutankhamun: The Mystery of the Boy King [Imagine becoming a king at the age of eight. Imagine being married then, too, and responsible for a whole kingdom. Your parents are dead. the adults who help you have ambitions for themselves. the people think of you as divine, with special relationship to the gods. Featuring more than 60 breathtaking photographs/illustrations, results from a 2004 CAT scan of the young monarch's mummy/book explores the life and early death of one of the most intriguing of the Egyptian kings.
9Up	Hawcock, David	3D TIME SPACE Amazing Pop-Up, Pull-Out Mummy Book
10-14	Hesse, Karen	STOWAWAY [Captain James Cook (1728 - 1779) English naval officer, surveyor, and explorer. [The Life and Works of Sir Joseph Banks] [Captain Cook Study Unit] The Cats in Krasinski Square [Jewish Resistance in 1942 Warsaw, Poland Ghetto/Author and Historical Notes/inspired by a true story]
10 Up	Hoose, Phillip	We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History*****
5-8 9 Up	Hopkinson, Deborah	Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (and Children) Across the Plains [Based loosely on the life of Henderson Lewelling.] Henderson Lewelling House and Underground RR ] Saving Strawberry Farm [Great Depression/the community helps one another] Up Before Daybreak: Cotton and People In America [captures the voices of the forgotten men, women, and children who worked in the cotton industry in America over the centuries.]
10-14	Hulls, John	Rider in the Sky: How an American Cowboy Built England's First Airplane [Samuel Cody] [Cody Society]
9-12	Ishii, Takayuk	One Thousand Paper Cranes [Lesson Plan]
7-10	Johnson, Angela	Those Building Men
7-10	Judge, Lita	One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II [Lita Judge grew up with grandparents, who were will-known ornithologists and were responsible for starting "the Action," the movement in which many Americans sent food, clothing, and scientific materials to Europeans after World War II.
9-12	Karwoski, Gail Langer	Quake! Disaster in San Francisco 1906 [historical fiction] [Learn More] Seaman: The Dog Who Explored the West With Lewis and Clark
9 Up	Katz, Bobbi	We the People [65 Poems]
7-10	Katz, Susan	A Revolutionary Field Trip: Poems About Colonial Life [Bring your own class trip alive within the classroom]
6-8 6-10	Karr, Kathleen	Mama Went To Jail For The Vote [fictional account of the suffragist movement] Spy in the Sky [Balloon Corps and Thaddeus Lowe]
12-15	Kay, Alan	Send 'em South [Civil War] [Lesson Plan]
6-9	Keating, Frank	Will Rogers [Learn more about Will Rogers (1879-1935)] Theodore [Theodore Roosevelt's rich life and how he made a difference]
5 Up	Keller, Laurie	The Scrambled States of America [learning the United States with a comical twist]
6-9	Kelly, Irene	A Small Dog's Big Life: Around the World with Owney [True story, told in the form of letters, of Owney, a dog who became mascot of the Albany, New York post office in 1888 and traveled around the world. Includes historical notes. Plot his travels on the globe.
YA	Killgore, James	The Passage
5-9	Kirkpatrick, Kathryn	Redcoats and Petticoats [Revolutionary War, Patriot spies Robert Townsend and Nancy Strong and her petticoat signals]
12 Up	Kraft, Betsy Harvey	Theodore Roosevelt: Champion of the American Spirit
10 Up	Kramer, Ann	Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Queen Who Rode Off to Battle [National Geographic] Anne Frank: The Young Writer Who Told the World Her Story [National Geographic]
8-9 7-9 8-11	Krensky, Stephen	Pearl Harbor (Ready-to-Read) Paul Revere's Midnight Ride [Visit Paul Revere's House online] What's the Big Idea?: Four Centuries of Innovation in Boston [Since its founding in 1630, Boston has been a hub of new ideas that have led America and the world in new directions. From toll-house cookies to personal computers, young readers learn about the Bostonian people, places, and events that changed the course of history.]
8-11	Kroll, Stephen	The Boston Tea Party
9-12	Krull, Kathleen	A Kids' Guide to America's Bill of Rights [What is the Bill of Rights Lesson Plan] Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez [Cesar Chavez Foundation]
9-12	Landau, Elaine	Maritime Disasters Fires Space Disasters
9-12	Lange, Karen E.	1607: A New Look at Jamestown - In time for the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown settlement, 1607: A New Look at Jamestown is the last word on America's first colony. With expert appraisal of new archaeological evidence, this National Geographic title stands alone for timely authority and visual appeal. Karen Lange's gripping narrative incorporates analysis of the latest discoveries from the Jamestown site/photography detailing newly discovered artifacts, and highlighting authentic Jamestown reenactments. Compelling new theories, a National Geographic period map, and stunning reenactment photography take us back to Jamestown in 1607, where the course of our country's history changed forever.
9-12	Lasky, Kathryn	The Man Who Made Time Travel - Longitude Act of 1714 [The Creation of the Sea Clock] [John "Longitude" Harrison (1693-1776) BBC News] [Making a Longitude / Latitude Grid For the Sun Ages 9-12]
8-10	Lauber, Patricia	What You Never Knew About Beds, Bedrooms, & Pajamas [Learn these facts and more in this true but funny account of beds, bedrooms, and pajamas since the Stone Age.] (2006) What You Never Knew About Tubs, Toilets, & Showers [The early Greeks and Romans were among the first to build public baths and toilets. One of the biggest Roman baths held three thousand people at once -- and everyone went naked! But when those empires fell, so did the standard for cleanliness. It would be 1,400 years before bathing came back into style.] (2001)
11 Up	Lavender, William	Just Jane: A daughter of England caught in the struggle of the American Revolution (fiction)
7-10 8-10	Lee, Milly	Nim and the War Effort [based on Author's childhood memories - 1943 WWII San Francisco - school newspaper drive to help the war effort] Landed [Use with Chinese Exclusion Act/12 year old Sun wants to join his Father in America. He is warned of the difficulty because new immigrants like Sun are detained at Angel Island until they are called to take a difficult oral exam before they can “land” – leave Angel Island and go ashore.]
YA	Lerangis, Peter	Smiler's Bones A novel based on actual historical facts. [1897 explorer Robert Peary took six Eskimos from their homes to be "presented" to the American Museum of Natural History in NYC to be living, breathing museum exhibits. [Adults: Read Give Me My Father's Body: The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo by Kenn Harper
Trip?	Lester, Alison	Are We There Yet?: A Journey Around Australia [six month adventure/hiking, camping, meeting people and seeing Australia]
10 Up	Levy, Elizabeth	If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution [ Q&A format. Examples: Why the Constitution is called a miracle. What was missing and what was the big argument.]
6-8	Lewin, Ted	How Much?: Visiting Markets Around the World [How much for... fried bananas in Bangkok, a mandolin in New Jersey, llama-wool ponchos in Peru, or a camel in Cairo? A library must-have for this global economy]
6 Up	Lewin, Ted and Betsy	Top to Bottom Down Under [Authors adventures from the northernmost tip of Australia to the southernmost tip. At the top, they interrupt a python's mealtime, encounter a ferocious pack of dingoes, and come face-to-face with a crocodile. Down at the bottom, they dine with rude kangaroos, meet their first platypus, and confront an ill-tempered sea lion!]
10-12	Lewis, J. Patrick	Monumental Verses [14 poems include odes to such great monuments as Angkor Wat, the Taj Mahal, the Great Pyramid of Cheops, Hagia Sophia, the Great Wall of China, Mount Rushmore, and the Guggenheim Museum. Back of the book is a map showing the locations of the monuments along with brief historical information on each site , some background on the photographer, and history of the photograph.] The Brothers' War: Civil War Voices in Verse [Poignant poetry gives readers a vivid insight into the brutal conflict that tore America apart. The author draws on primary-source books and articles to inspire each poem, bringing the ordinary and extraordinary voices of the Civil War to light. Includes a note from the Photo Editor on the authentic period images used throughout.]
7 Up	Lourie, Peter [Bio and Supporting links]	Mississippi River Erie Canal On the Trail of Sacagawea On the Trail of Lewis and Clark: A Journey up the Missouri River

LESSON PLANS	[see also]	Making the Civil War Come Alive

9-12	Levinson, Nancy Smiler	Magellan and the First Voyage Around the World
9-12	Logan, Claudia	5,000-Year-Old Puzzle: Solving a Mystery of Ancient Egypt [Based on actual records of Reisner's history-making dig, journal entries, funny postcards, and cartoons.]
9-12	Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth	Paul Revere's Ride: The Landlord's Tale (illus. by Charles Santore) [poem that immortalized Paul Revere and the beginning of America's War of Independence]
7-11	Lorenz, Albert	The Trojan War - The Trojan Horse is one of the best known and most ingenious plans in the history of warfare. How did the Greeks pull off this daring feat? How did the Trojans have enough food and water to sustain them for years? How could so tall a wooden horse be built unseen? Answers provided via art panels, speech balloons, and architectural-style drawings, for a totally unique perspective on the famous conflict. The city, ships, and the horse itself are rendered as architectural cut-aways and elevations to reveal what is going on inside as well as outside. Packed full of well-researched facts and historical details.
9-11	MacLeod, Elizabeth	The Wright Brothers: A Flying Start (Biography) [photographs, newspaper clippings, maps, quotes and drawings/timelines of their lives and the history of flight/listing of pertinent Web sites.] Alexander Graham Bell [This photo-biography chronicles the life and many remarkable achievements of Alexander Graham Bell, including his work with the hearing impaired and experiments with flight, iceberg locators and, of course, the telephone.] Mark Twain: An American Star (Ages 9-12) Meet Mark Twain (is that his real name?), best-selling author, world traveler, comedian, riverboat pilot, lecturer and the first American celebrity. Find out where he got his ideas for his many books. Discover how his writing still entertains and inspires readers today.
7 Up 7 Up	Maestro, Betsy	Struggle for a Continent: The French and Indian Wars, 1689-1763 Liberty or Death: The American Revolution: 1763-1783 [includes Table of Dates, and Unsung Heroes of the Ameican Revolution]
7-11	Mann, Elizabeth	The Brooklyn Bridge: The story of the world's most famous bridge and the remarkable family that built it. (Ages 9-12) [About a legendary feat of engineering and an extraordinary family. Through rare, historical photographs, informative diagrams, and powerful illustrations, learn exactly how this magnificent bridge was designed and constructed. Learn of the Roeblings loyalty, courage, sacrifice, and commitment. The Brooklyn Bridge is the story of a bridge across a great river and a bridge across generations, a bridge of stone and steel and one of the human spirit.
YA	Marrin, Albert	George Washington and the Founding of a Nation
9-12	Matthews, Tom L.	Always Inventing: A Photobiography of Alexander Graham Bell - Period photographs as well as pages from Bell's original notebooks help paint a vivid portrait of the man who -- from his first invention at age 11 (a tool to clean husks from wheat kernels) to his patent on hydrofoil improvements 64 years later -- was always inventing.
9-12	McComb, Marianne	American Documents: The Emancipation Proclamation (National Geographic 2005) [Lesson Plan Grades 11/12] [Examining the Emancipation Proclamation]
6-9	McDonough, Yonal Zeldis	The Life of Benjamin Franklin: An American Original [prose and folk art/more detail than most picture books] (2006)
5-8	McDonald, Megan	Saving the Liberty Bell
ALL	McPherson, James M.	Fields of Fury: The American Civil War*****
10-14	Mazer, Harry	A Boy At War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor
10 Up	McCarty, Nick	Marco Polo: The Boy Who Traveled the Medieval World [World History Biographies/National Geographic]
6-12	McGovern, Ann	...If You Lived in Colonial Times [Lesson Plan: Compare your life with colonial children]
8-12	Melmed, Laura Krauss	Capital!: Washington D.C.from A to Z [Alphabetic tour of Washington, D.C. - A is for the Air and Space Museum, Z if for the National Zoo...]
10+	Meltzer, Milton	Ten Kings and the Worlds They Ruled [Hammurabi, David, Kublai Khan, Attila the Hun, Peter the Great, Charlemagne, Mansa Musa, Atahualpa, Louis XIV] Tough Times [A dramatic, insightful novel set in the Great Depression. When veterans of World War 1 plan a protest march on Washington, D.C., to gain the bonuses promised them for their service in the war, Joey and his father join the marchers. Once in the nation's capital, they, like thousands of others from across the country, set up a makeshift tent in one of the "Hoovervilles." But their hopes are shattered as the president calls in federal troops with rifles, tear gas, and flaming torches. Stricken with fear, Joey runs away, and ends up riding the railroads with a group of homeless young people. Skillfully blending historical fact and fast-paced fiction, Milton Meltzer brings alive a period when families desperately tried to cope as hopelessness gripped the nation. "Author's note".] [Learn More: Herbert Hoover Timeline Bonus Marchers on the Capitol Steps Albert Einstein: A Biography [the life and work of one of the greatest scientists of all time.]
12+	Meyer, Carolyn	Mary, Bloody Mary [Mary Tudor/Young Queen Mary] [Elizabethan Costuming Page] Beware, Princess Elizabeth Doomed Queen Anne [Ann Boleyn] Duchessina: A Novel of Catherine de' Medici ["a fascinating young woman who relies on her intelligence, rather than her beauty"]
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