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1-23 of 23 results for All Resources

Eight Days: A Story of Haiti

Written by Edwidge Danticat

Junior uses his imagination to keep hope alive after he is trapped for 8 days underneath his...

Pre-K - 3rd

The Star of Kazan

Written by Eva Ibbotson

In this historical novel, abandoned baby Annika is adopted by a cook and housemaid working in...

3rd - 7th

Martin's Dream Day

Written by Kitty Kelley

The story of the historic March on Washington on August 28, 1963, written specifically for young...

K - 4th

A Long Way from Chicago

Written by Richard Peck

Set in the Depression, the book is a series of stories about the adventures Joey Dowdel and his...

3rd - 7th

I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916

Written by Lauren Tarshis

Another book in the "I Survived" series, this one focuses on the shark attacks of 1916. During that...

3rd - 7th

John Lincoln Clem: Civil War Drummer Boy (Based on a True Story)

Written by E. F. Abbott

In 1861, nine-year-old Johnny Clem sneaks onto a train filled with men from the 3rd Ohio Union...

3rd - 4th

Mary Jemison: Native American Captive (Based on a True Story)

Written by E. F. Abbott

Mary Jemison, a fifteen-year-old frontier girl living in Pennsylvania in 1758 during the French and...

3rd - 4th

Nettie and Nellie Crook: Orphan Train Sisters (Based on a True Story)

Written by E. F. Abbott

Nettie and Nellie Crook are only five years old in 1910 when they are removed from their neglectful...

3rd - 4th

Sybil Ludington: Revolutionary War Rider (Based on a True Story)

Written by E. F. Abbott

In 1777, living in what is now New York, Sybil Ludington, her colonel father, and her family are...

3rd - 4th

A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832

Written by Joan W. Blos

A novel about New England between 1830 and 1832, written in the form of a journal by a girl named...

3rd - 7th

King of the Wind

Written by Marguerite Henry

A fictionalized account of the Godolphin Arabian, known as Sham, an ancestor of the modern...

3rd - 7th

Caddie Woodlawn

Written by Carol Ryrie Brink

Based on the life of author Carol Ryrie Brink's grandmother, Caddie Woodlawn is about adventurous...

3rd - 7th

My Name is Not Angelica

Written by Scott O'Dell

n this historical novel set in the Virgin Islands of 1733, Raisha escapes from her Dutch "owners" in time to witness the mass suicide of her fellow slaves, who prefer death to recapture.

2nd - 5th

Miss Rumphius

Written by Barbara Cooney

Barbara Cooney recounts the story of Alice Rumphius. Known as "The Lupine Lady," Alice's legacy is seen in the flowers she sowed up and down the Maine coast.

K - 3rd

The Glorious Flight: Across The Channel With Louis Bleriot, July 5, 1909

Written by Alice and Martin Provensen

Alice and Martin Provensen tell the amazing story of Louis Bleriot's historic first flight across the English Channel.

K - 3rd

I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863

Written by Lauren Tarshis

The year is 1863, and Thomas and his little sister, Birdie,have fled the farm where they have been...

2nd - 5th

Riding on a Caravan

Written by Laurie Krebs

Explore the sights, smells and sounds of China in this rhyming tale about a Chinese family's...

K - 5th

F Is For Freedom

Written by Roni Schotter

Amanda learns her house is a a part of the Underground Railroad and helps Hannah, a runaway slave, by teaching her to read and write before she escapes.

2nd - 7th

Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad

Written by Ellen Levine

In a Newbery-winning rendition of a true tale, a desperate slave asks a white abolitionist to pack...

Pre-K - 3rd

Abraham Lincoln, Pro Wrestler

Written by Steve Sheinkin

When Abraham Lincoln overhears a classroom of kids say “history is boring,” he decides to teach...

1st - 4th

I Love You, Michael Collins

Written by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

It's 1969 and the country is gearing up for what looks to be the most exciting moment in U.S....

3rd - 6th

Leo Dog of the Sea

Written by Alison Hart

After three ocean voyages, Leo knows not to trust anyone but himself. But when he sets sail with...

2nd - 5th

The Gifted Guitar

Written by Carmen Rubin

This children's book is inspired by the life of South African guitarist, Jonathan Butler. It is a...

Pre-K - 3rd

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