Chronological Period/1900-1919
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Journey to the River Sea
$9.99 Add to cartWith the memorable characters and plot twists she brings to her best-selling fantasies, acclaimed author Eva Ibbotson has written a hair-raising novel, set in turn-of-the-last-century Brazil.
Accompan- Author: Ibbotson, Eva
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 13 2003
- ISBN10: 0142501840
- Language: English
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Who Gives a Hoot?: Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet
$9.99 Add to cartFrom Newbery Honor author Jacqueline Kelly comes a third title in her illustrated chapter book series for younger readers featuring the beloved characters from The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate.
Out in- Series: Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet #3
- Author: Kelly, Jacqueline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 10 2018
- ISBN10: 125014339X
- Language: English
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Orphan Train Rider: One Boy’s True Story
$10.99 Read moreBetween 1854 and 1930, more than 200,000 orphaned or abandoned children were sent west on orphan trains to find new homes. Some were adopted by loving families; others were not as fortunate. In recent
- Author: Warren, Andrea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: September 28 1998
- ISBN10: 0395913624
- Language: English
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Who Was Ernest Shackleton?
$5.99 Add to cartAs a boy he preferred reading sea stories to doing homework and, at age 16, became an apprentice seaman. Subsequently, Ernest Shackleton’s incredible journeys to the South Pole in the early 1900s made… [more below]
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Buckley, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 26 2013
- ISBN10: 0448479311
- Language: English
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Sport: Ship Dog of the Great Lakes
$17.95 Add to cartIn 1914 crew members of the lighthouse tender Hyacinth rescued a stray puppy from the Milwaukee River and named him Sport. For the next twelve years, this charming Newfoundland-retriever mix lived the… [more below]
- Author: Cameron, Pamela
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 08 2019
- ISBN10: 0870209140
- Language: English
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Titanic: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #17: Tonight on the Titanic
$7.99 Add to cartThe #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system Getting the facts behind the fiction has never looked better.
Track the- Series: Magic Tree House (R) Fact Tracker #7
- Author: Osborne, Mary Pope
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 27 2002
- ISBN10: 0375813578
- Language: English
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Brooklyn Bridge
$19.99 Add to cartIt’s the summer of 1903 in Brooklyn and all fourteen-year-old Joseph Michtom wants is to experience the thrill, the grandeur, and the electricity of the new amusement park at Coney Island. But that do
- Author: Hesse, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 08 2011
- ISBN10: 0312674287
- Language: English
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Alexander Graham Bell
$5.99 Add to cartSay hello to the inventor of the telephone–and so much more! Through leveled text and engaging photos, kids meet Alexander Graham Bell and learn about his important invention as well as his role in t… [more below]
- Series: Readers BIOS
- Author: Kramer, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 06 2015
- ISBN10: 1426319355
- Language: English
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Titanic: The Story Lives On!
$5.99 Add to cartLevel Three
Discover the secrets of the Titanic 100 years after the sinking Learn all about the search for the Titanic’s wreckage in this Level 3 reader featuring photographs of the ship’s remains,- Series: Penguin Young Readers, Level 4
- Author: Driscoll, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 05 2012
- ISBN10: 0448457571
- Language: English
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Win One for the Gipper: America’s Football Hero
$16.95 Read moreLike most boys growing up in Michigan in the early 1900s, George Gipp enjoyed playing sports. But even as a small boy, his athletic skills set him apart from the others. When he is awarded a baseball … [more below]
- Series: True Story
- Author: Wargin, Kathy-Jo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 30 2004
- ISBN10: 1585362212
- Language: English
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Pedro’s Pan: A Gold Rush Story
$22.99 Add to cartDiscover the whimsical tale of friendship between one man and his gold pan, and their journey in the wake of the Gold Rush.
“A plucky pan is a prospector’s devoted companion as they venture through th
- Author: Lasley, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 19 2019
- ISBN10: 1513141406
- Language: English
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Varenka
$19.95 Read moreA story of friendship and faith.
Varenka lives contently in her cottage in the woods, until passersby warn her that war has broken out. Pack up a bundle and come along with us. But Varenka can’t leave- Author: Watts, Bernadette
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0735845077
- Language: English
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Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus
$9.99 Add to cartBeing able to detect black magic isn’t all tea and crumpets–and for Theodosia Throckmorton, it can be a decidedly tricky business!
In this third book in the popular series, Sticky Will drags Theo to a
- Series: Theodosia #3
- Author: Lafevers, R. L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 04 2011
- ISBN10: 547550111
- Language: English
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Dangerous Waters: An Adventure on the Titanic
$14.99 Add to cartA stowaway, a stolen book, a murderous villain: an adventure on the most famous shipwreck in history.
The great ocean liner Titanic is preparing to cross the Atlantic. Onboard is a sinister thief bent- Author: Mone, Gregory
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 05 2013
- ISBN10: 1250016711
- Language: English
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Teddy Roosevelt Was a Moose?
$6.95 Read moreDid you know that Theodore Roosevelt was shot before a rally, and went on to give his speech with the bullet in his chest? Or that he skinny-dipped in the Potomac River? Bet you didn’t know that he ha… [more below]
- Series: Wait! What?
- Author: Gutman, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1324017082
- Language: English
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Soldier Dog
$15.99 Add to cartWith his older brother gone to fight in the Great War, and his father prone to sudden rages, 14-year-old Stanley devotes himself to taking care of the family’s greyhound and puppies. Until the morning
- Author: Angus, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 03 2014
- ISBN10: 1250044170
- Language: English
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Lucy’s Summer
$14.95 Add to cartTake your children back to 1910 for an old-fashioned New England summer in the country, complete with a July Fourth parade.
Poet laureate Donald Hall (author of The Ox-Cart Man and other classics of c- Author: Hall, Donald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 28 2015
- ISBN10: 1567923488
- Language: English
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The Wright Brothers: Nose-Diving Into History
$11.99 Add to cartA hilarious nonfiction look at two of history’s most epic “failures” the Wright brothers, whose countless crashes ultimately led to groundbreaking success.
Although Orville and Wilbur Wright are celeb- Series: Epic Fails #1
- Author: Thompson, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 10 2018
- ISBN10: 1250150566
- Language: English
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King of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin
$17.99 Add to cartA stunning, rhythmic picture book biography of African American composer Scott Joplin, whose ragtime music paved the way for jazz.
There was something special about Scott Joplin…
This quiet kid coul- Author: Costanza, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1534410368
- Language: English
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The Silent Boy
$9.99 Read moreKaty Thatcher was the bright and curious daughter of the town doctor. She was fascinated by her father’s work, and even as a child she knew that she too wanted to be a doctor. She wanted to know about… [more below]
- Author: Lowry, Lois
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 06 2017
- ISBN10: 544935225
- Language: English
