Chronological Period/1900-1949
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Saving the Countryside: The Story of Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit
$17.99 Read moreWorld Magazine’s Picture Book of the Year 2020
“Fans of Beatrix Potter will delight in this tribute to her dedication and talent, encapsulating a legacy that reaches far beyond the pages of her belove- Author: Marshall, Linda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 28 2020
- ISBN10: 1499809603
- Language: English
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Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini
$8.99 Add to cartHow did he walk through walls, escape drowning, and shatter iron chains that were tightly wrapped around him?
The rare photos in this book might help you figure it out. So might the exclusive update ab
- Author: Fleischman, Sid
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 22 2008
- ISBN10: 0060850965
- Language: English
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The Middle Moffat
$9.99 Add to cartA 1943 Newbery Honor Book
Who is Jane Moffat, anyway? She isn’t the youngest in the family, and she isn’t the oldest-she is always just Jane. How boring. So Jane decides to become a figure of mystery- Series: Moffats (Paperback)
- Author: Estes, Eleanor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 18 2023
- ISBN10: 0152025294
- Language: English
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Becoming Beatrix: The Life of Beatrix Potter and the World of Peter Rabbit
$13.99 Read moreBeatrix Potter forged her own creative path to independence, fame, and financial success.
Peter Rabbit, Hunca Munca, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, Squirrel Nutkin, Jemima Puddle-Duck–many readers are familiar w- Author: O’Quinn, Amy M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 0913705144
- Language: English
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Marie Curie
$17.00 Add to cartThere is probably no woman scientist more famous than Marie Curie (1867-1934). She made one of the most important theoretical breakthroughs of the twentieth century when she postulated that radiation … [more below]
- Author: Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: December 12 2010
- ISBN10: 1616142162
- Language: English
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Drawing from Memory
$24.99 Add to cartCaldecott Medalist Allen Say presents a stunning graphic novel chronicling his journey as an artist during WWII, when he apprenticed under Noro Shinpei, Japan’s premier cartoonist
DRAWING FROM MEMORY i… [more below]
- Author: Say, Allen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: September 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0545176867
- Language: English
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Jolly Foul Play
$19.99 Add to cartAfter a student turns up murdered on Bonfire Night, Hazel and Daisy find themselves entrenched in another mystery in this delightfully charming fourth novel of the Wells & Wong Mystery series.
Daisy W- Series: Wells & Wong Mystery
- Author: Stevens, Robin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 17 2018
- ISBN10: 1481489097
- Language: English
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Orphan Train Girl
$9.99 Add to cartThis young readers’ edition of Christina Baker Kline’s #1 New York Times bestselling novel Orphan Train follows a twelve-year-old foster girl who forms an unlikely bond with a ninety-one-year old woma
- Author: Kline, Christina Baker
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0062445952
- Language: English
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The Poison Eaters: Fighting Danger and Fraud in Our Food and Drugs
$18.99 Read moreWashington Post Best Children’s Book
Formaldehyde, borax, salicylic acid. Today, these chemicals are used in embalming fluids, cleaning supplies, and acne medications. But in 1900, they were routinely … [more below]- Author: Jarrow, Gail
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1629794384
- Language: English
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Beautiful Shades of Brown: The Art of Laura Wheeler Waring
$18.99 Read moreGrowing up in the late 19th century, Laura Wheeler Waring didn’t see any artists who looked like her. She didn’t see any paintings of people who looked like her, either. As a young woman studying art
- Author: Churnin, Nancy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: February 04 2020
- ISBN10: 1939547652
- Language: English
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Joseph Stalin (a Wicked History)
$5.95 Add to cartExplore the life of Joseph Stalin.
The wicked ways of some of the most ruthless rulers to walk the earth are revealed in these thrilling biographies (A Wicked History) about men and women so monstrous,… [more below]
- Series: Wicked History
- Author: McCollum, Sean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0531223558
- Language: English
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Marie Curie
$14.00 Read moreFrom artists and pilots to scientists and revolutionaries, this new small format series presents the most inspiring historical figures to children. In an accessible and fun way, with colorful illustra… [more below]
- Series: Pequeños Relatos de Grandes Historias
- Author: Thomas, Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: June 01 2019
- ISBN10: 8417254609
- Language: Spanish
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Across the Border 4
$9.99 Read moreLife on the Rush farm in South Dakota is not easy. Even so, over the past four years, Ethan Cooper and his siblings have grown to feel they belong with their adoptive family.
Then Chad Rush makes an- Series: Beyond the Orphan Train #4
- Author: Richardson, Arleta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0781413583
- Language: English
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Prairie Homestead 3
$9.99 Add to cartSince their mama died and their pa left, Ethan, Alice, Simon, and Will Cooper have not known much of a home. But now that the orphan train has taken them to Mr. and Mrs. Rush in Nebraska, their dreams… [more below]
- Series: Beyond the Orphan Train #3
- Author: Richardson, Arleta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0781413575
- Language: English
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The Boy Who Invented the Popsicle: The Cool Science Behind Frank Epperson’s Famous Frozen Treat
$17.99 Add to cartFrank William Epperson is a curious boy who wants to be an inventor when he grows up. Since inventing begins with experimenting, Frank spends a lot of time in his “laboratory” (i.e. his back porch) tr… [more below]
- Author: Renaud, Anne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1525300288
- Language: English
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Carter Reads the Newspaper: The Story of Carter G. Woodson, Founder of Black History Month
$8.99 Add to cartEssential Black History Reading
The first-ever picture book biography of Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History Month Carter G. Woodson Book Award (Honor Book), NCSS
Parents’ Choice Silver Hono- Author: Hopkinson, Deborah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1682633322
- Language: English
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Lassie Come-Home
$26.99 Add to cartA beloved classic gets a beautiful new look.
Lassie is Joe’s prize collie and constant companion. But when Joe’s father loses his job, Lassie must be sold. Three times she escapes from her new owner,- Author: Knight, Eric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0805072063
- Language: English
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Twice as Good: The Story of William Powell and Clearview, the Only Golf Course Designed, Built, and Owned by an African American
$16.95 Read moreTo nine-year-old Willie Powell, there was no prettier sight than the smooth grass lawns of Edgewater Golf Cource. He had been so eager to see them that he’d run seven miles to where the course was sit
- Author: Michelson, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 15, 2012
- ISBN10: 1585364665
- Language: English
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Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York
$21.99 Add to cart“Enthralling; it is well worth the trip.” —New York Journal of Books
Conceived as the most modern, humane incarceration facility the world had ever seen, New York’s Blackwell’s Island, site of a lun… [more below]- Author: Horn, Stacy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1616209356
- Language: English
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Ernie Pyle’s War: America’s Eyewitness to World War II
$19.99 Add to cartWhen a machine-gun bullet ended the life of war correspondent Ernie Pyle in the final days of World War II, Americans mourned him in the same breath as they mourned Franklin Roosevelt. To millions, th
- Author: Tobin, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 01, 2006
- ISBN10: 0743284763
- Language: English
