Chronological Period/1851-1899
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Helen Keller
$5.99 Add to cartReaders will be inspired by the amazing story of Helen Keller in this informative biography. They will learn all about her life, her achievements, and the challenges she faced along the way. The Level… [more below]
- Series: Readers BIOS
- Author: Jazynka, Kitson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 17 2017
- ISBN10: 1426326696
- Language: English
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Old Town in the Green Groves: Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Lost Little House Years
$9.99 Add to cartBased on Laura Ingalls Wilder’s unpublished memoirs, Old Town in the Green Groves continues the classic American pioneer saga from the award-winning Little House series. This middle grade novel is an
- Series: Little House
- Author: Rylant, Cynthia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 0060885467
- Language: English
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They’re Off!: The Story of the Pony Express
$8.99 Add to cartIn 1860, with North and South about to be divided by war, East and West were united through an extraordinary venture — the Pony Express. Over the course of ten days in April, eighty riders and five h… [more below]
- Author: Harness, Cheryl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0689851219
- Language: English
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Laura & Nellie
$6.99 Read moreLaura Ingalls and Nellie Oleson are classmates, but they don’t get along. Join the original pioneer girl in this Little House chapter book, adapted from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved classics. Illust
- Series: Little House Chapter Book #4
- Author: Wilder, Laura Ingalls
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 08 2017
- ISBN10: 0062377132
- Language: English
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Lincoln’s Grave Robbers (Scholastic Focus)
$9.99 Add to cartA true-crime thriller — the first book for teens to tell the nearly unknown tale of the brazen attempt to steal Abraham Lincoln’s body. Reissued in Scholastic Focus, with an exciting new cover.
The ac… [more below]
- Author: Sheinkin, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 11 2018
- ISBN10: 1338290134
- Language: English
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Geronimo Stilton Graphic Novels #13: The Fastest Train in the West
$9.99 Read moreUtah, USA, 1869. Work on the Transcontinental Railroad connecting the east and west coasts keeps suffering mysterious mousehaps. Can it be the dastardly work of Catardone and his band of Pirate Cats? … [more below]
- Series: Geronimo Stilton Graphic Novels #13
- Author: Stilton, Geronimo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: December 24 2013
- ISBN10: 1597074489
- Language: English
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A Perilous Journey of Danger and Mayhem #1: A Dastardly Plot
$9.99 Add to cartA rip-roaring, hilarious alternate-history adventure starring the world’s most famous inventors–and its most forgotten. From the author of the beloved Hero’s Guide series, Christopher Healy.
It’s 1883
- Series: Perilous Journey of Danger and Mayhem #1
- Author: Healy, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 11 2022
- ISBN10: 0062341987
- Language: English
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These Happy Golden Years: A Newbery Honor Award Winner
$9.99 Add to cartThe eighth book in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s treasured Little House series. This edition features the classic black-and-white artwork from Garth Williams.
Laura is teaching school, and it’s terrifying M
- Series: Little House #8
- Author: Wilder, Laura Ingalls
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 08 2008
- ISBN10: 0064400085
- Language: English
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The Long Way to a New Land
$5.99 Add to cart“We will go to America!” This classic early reader tells an exciting story and is also a good launching pad for classroom and home discussions.
Here is a realistic account of the struggles of European
- Series: I Can Read Level 3
- Author: Sandin, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: May 23 1986
- ISBN10: 0064441008
- Language: English
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To the Front!: Clara Barton Braves the Battle of Antietam
$18.99 Read moreThis powerful tribute to Civil War nurse Clara Barton and her heroic efforts during the Battle of Antietam reveals how she earned the name “The Angel of the Battlefield,” and shows the beginnings of h… [more below]
- Author: Friddell, Claudia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1635923220
- Language: English
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The Scoop on Clothes, Homes, and Daily Life in Colonial America
$8.99 Read moreTravel back to a time when: All children wore dresses even boys. Chasing a pig was a form of entertainment. Step into the lives of the colonists, and get the scoop on clothes, homes, and daily life in… [more below]
- Series: Life in the American Colonies
- Author: Raum, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1515797465
- Language: English
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Dear Mr. Dickens
$17.99 Read more2021 National Jewish Book Award Winner – Children’s Picture Book
2022 Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor for Picture Books
Chicago Public Library Best Informational Books for Younger Readers 2021
The Best- Author: Churnin, Nancy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 01, 2021
- ISBN10: 0807515302
- Language: English
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The Twenty-One Balloons (Puffin Modern Classics)
$8.99 Add to cartA Newbery Medal Winner
Professor William Waterman Sherman intends to fly across the Pacific Ocean. But through a twist of fate, he lands on Krakatoa, and discovers a world of unimaginable wealth, ecce- Series: Puffin Modern Classics
- Author: Pene Du Bois, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 21 2005
- ISBN10: 014240330X
- Language: English
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Seeking Freedom: The Untold Story of Fortress Monroe and the Ending of Slavery in America
$18.99 Read moreIn this dramatic Civil War story, a courageous enslaved fugitive teams with a cunning Union general to save a Union fort from the Confederates-and triggers the end of slavery in the United States. Thi… [more below]
- Author: Castrovilla, Selene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1635925827
- Language: English
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Bound for Oregon
$8.99 Add to cart“Basing her story on the published accounts of her true-life heroine, Mary Ellen Todd, Van Leeuwen describes a family’s tumultuous journey along the Oregon Trail in 1852.” —Publishers Weekly
With onl- Author: Van Leeuwen, Jean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 01 1996
- ISBN10: 0140383190
- Language: English
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The Swindler’s Treasure: Volume 4
$10.99 Read moreCaptain Norstad stood up to a swindler, but now he might lose the riverboat they all love.
“Sometimes there’s a cost for doing the right thing,” Captain Norstad stated. Will he and the other Freedom Se
- Series: Freedom Seekers #04
- Author: Johnson, Lois Walfrid
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0802407196
- Language: English
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The Fiddler’s Secret: Volume 6
$10.99 Read moreWhen winter draws near, how will the Christina escape the untimely, fast-approaching ice storm?
In the dark of night come the rapid strokes of the ship’s bell, dense fog, and the slap of paddlewheels a
- Series: Freedom Seekers #06
- Author: Johnson, Lois Walfrid
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0802407218
- Language: English
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Mary Bowser and the Civil War Spy Ring: A Spy on History Book
$9.95 Add to cartYour Mission: Find Mary’s secret diary using spycraft stools to uncover hidden codes
It’s a true story of bravery: Mary Bowser was an African American spy for the Union who worked as a maid in the- Series: Spy on History
- Author: Alberti, Enigma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: April 02 2019
- ISBN10: 1523507713
- Language: English
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Papa’s Mark
$18.99 Read moreIn this timely reissue, a father and son help their community claim the right to vote in the post Civil-War South.
A son teaches his father how to write his name so he can vote for the first time in t- Author: Battle-Lavert, Gwendolyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 823453707
- Language: English
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School Days: Reillustrated Edition
$6.99 Add to cartLaura Ingalls is going to school! Join the original pioneer girl in this Little House chapter book, adapted from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved classics.
Illustrated with beautiful new black-and-white
- Series: Little House Chapter Book #6
- Author: Wilder, Laura Ingalls
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 0062377116
- Language: English
