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Pilgrims: a nonfiction companion to Thanksgiving on Thursday (Thanksgiving on Thursday. #13)
By Mary Pope Osborne, Natalie Pope Boyce. 2005
What was it like to be a passenger on the Mayflower? How many people survived the first harsh winter in…
the New World? How did Pilgrim children spend their days? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this 'Magic Tree House' Research Guide, which includes fun facts from Jack and Annie. Grades 2-4. 2005.A child's day (Historic communities.)
By Bobbie Kalman. 1994
Between waking up in the morning and going to bed at night, pioneer children John and Emily enjoy a full…
day of simple pleasures and hard work. We watch them go to school, do their chores, celebrate a birthday, and attend a country fair. At every turn, we learn what they wear, what they eat, what stories they read, and what toys they play with. Grades 3-6. c1994.A child's day (Historic communities)
By Bobbie Kalman. 1994
Between waking up in the morning and going to bed at night, pioneer children John and Emily enjoy a full…
day of simple pleasures and hard work. We watch them go to school, do their chores, celebrate a birthday, and attend a country fair. At every turn, we learn what they wear, what they eat, what stories they read, and what toys they play with. Grades 3-6. 1994.Fort life (Historic communities.)
By Bobbie Kalman, David Schimpky. 1994
The perilous journey of the Donner Party
By Marian Calabro. 1999
1846. Letters and diary entries describe twelve-year-old Virginia Reed and her family's journey by wagon train to California with the…
Donner clan. The group is stranded in deep snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and some desperate travelers resort to cannibalism. Traces the survivors' remaining years. Grades 5-8 and older readers. 1999.Les enfants de la Nouvelle-France
By Gilbert Desmarais, Pierre-Alexandre Bonin. 2020
À travers onze portraits d'enfants, le lecteur est invité à explorer les multiples aspects de la vie en Nouvelle-France, à…
différentes époques, tels que : la traversée de l'Atlantique à bord d'un grand voilier, la prise de possession du territoire, l'économie, les vêtements, la médecine.Iron rails, iron men, and the race to link the nation: the story of the transcontinental railroad
By Martin W. Sandler, Martin W Sandler. 2015
Recounts the construction of the transcontinental railroad. An additional 1,800 miles of tracks to the West Coast finally connected the…
eastern and western shores. Discusses the daring feats of tens of thousands of workers, the dangers they encountered, their challenges, and their successes. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2015Annie Oakley
By Rachel A Koestler-Grack. 2010
Biography of the renowned sharpshooter (1860-1926), who toured with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Discusses Annie's difficult childhood on the…
Ohio frontier, her love of hunting, and the exhibition skills that made her the most famous woman in the country--and even impressed Chief Sitting Bull. For grades 6-9. 2010Davy Crockett
By Judy L Hasday. 2010
Biography of American hunter, militiaman, frontiersman, and politician Davy Crockett (1786-1836). Relates his adventures in Tennessee and his decision to…
join Texas's fight for independence from Mexico, which led to Crockett's death at the Alamo. For grades 6-9. 2010Crazy Horse (Legends of the Wild West Ser.)
By Jon Sterngass. 2010
Portrait of the Lakota Sioux warrior (ca. 1842-1877), about whom little is known. Describes his resistance to efforts to force…
his people onto reservations, his role in famous battles at Rosebud Creek and the Little Bighorn, and the importance of horses to the Plains Indians. For grades 6-9. 2010Geronimo
By Jon Sterngass. 2010
Biography of the Chiricahua Apache war leader and shaman (1829-1909), who was a hero to his people but was vilified…
by white settlers. Discusses Geronimo's capture and long imprisonment by the U.S. government and his hatred of Mexicans for the massacre of his family. For grades 6-9. 2010Sitting Bull
By Ronald A Reis. 2010
Biography of Sioux Indian chief Sitting Bull (1831-1890), who witnessed the settling of the West by white pioneers who displaced…
his people. Highlights Sitting Bull's 1876 victory over General George Custer's cavalry at the Little Big Horn. For grades 6-9. 2010Martín de Léon: Tejano empresario (Stars of Texas Ser. #4)
By Judy Alter. 2007
Don Martin de Leon was the only Tejano empresario to settle a colony in Texas, in the days before statehood.…
Other empresarios, such as Moses Austin and Sterling C. Robertson, were Anglos who had been drawn to Texas by the lure of the land. De Leon established his colony in southeast Texas, near the Gulf Coast, and founded the city of Victoria. He and his four sons governed the colony. For grades 3-6Log cabin kitty
By Donna Rubin, Susan J. Halbower. 2012
"Log cabin kitty" is a tour of original log houses re-assembled and preserved at Log Cabin Village in Fort Worth,…
Texas, narrated by a fictional version of a real cat that once lived at the village. The site includes 14 historical structures including a working blacksmith shop and the Parker Cabin, where Cynthia Ann Parker spent time after she was returned from her Native American abductors. The narrative includes information about domestic pioneer life, recipes, and a glossary of terms. For grades K-3Hats are for watering horses: why the cowboys dressed that way
By Mary Blount Christian, Lyle L. Miller. 1993
C is for centennial: a Colorado alphabet (Discover America State by State. Alphabet Series)
By Louise Doak Whitney, Helle Urban. 2002
In an A to Z format with short rhyming verse, the author gives young readers nuggets of information about the…
Centennial State's landscape, animals, and history. Longer expository passages let older readers sift through interesting facts about the state. For grades K-3C is for Colorado: Written by Kids for Kids (See-My-State Alphabet Book)
By Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver. 2012
This state-oriented ABC book features couplets written by kids with each letter of the alphabet highlighting a unique aspect of…
Colorado's natural beauty and lively culture with a place, animal, plant, or activity. In addition, the "Who Knew?" section gives parents, teachers, and older children a deeper understanding of the topic covered by each letter. For grades K-3Ghost stories of the Rocky Mountains: Volume II (Ghost Stories #27)
By Barbara Smith, Shelagh Kubish. 2003
This collection of paranormal tales from the Rocky Mountain states of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico recounts…
more than three dozen stories, including a ghost seen cleaning up the site of the 1903 Frank Slide; Idaho's phantom white stallion that rescues people lost in the high country; a ghostly bookworm in Colorado who haunts a used bookstore; and more. 2003