New Found World
Katherine B. Shippen
A children’s history of Latin America that traces the region from pre-Columbian civilizations through conquest and independence. It presents a broad historical sweep in a clear, accessible style.
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Katherine B. Shippen
A children’s history of Latin America that traces the region from pre-Columbian civilizations through conquest and independence. It presents a broad historical sweep in a clear, accessible style.
C. V. Wedgwood
A biographical history of William of Orange, the central figure in the Dutch struggle for independence. Built on careful source work, it shows how personal conviction, religious conflict, and political strategy shaped the making of a nation.
Robert Lawson
Robert Lawson's award-winning Rabbit Hill is a story in which the animals living on a hill rethink food, daily life, and their relationship with neighbors after new people move into a nearby house. With a humorous voice, it gently uses the animals' small society to explore sharing and coexistence.
Roger Martin du Gard
This multivolume novel cycle follows the Thibault family as French bourgeois society moves toward the First World War. Through the contrasting lives of two brothers, it layers family conflict, religion, politics, and moral tension into a sweeping whole.
Robert McCloskey
1942 Caldecott Medal winner. A story of a duck family raising their young in Boston.
M. J. Carr
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Robert Lawson
1941 Caldecott Medal winner. A family memoir tracing the author’s ancestors.
Stephen W. Meader
Set in the American Midwest in 1837, this coming-of-age story follows Bill Crawford as he learns independence through a peddling journey. The people he meets and the dangers he encounters gradually teach him the meaning of freedom and responsibility.
James Daugherty
This children’s biography traces the life of frontiersman Daniel Boone with bold composition and illustrations. Through the expansion of the frontier and Boone’s constant movement westward, it sketches an early American historical epic and a heroic legend.
Valenti Angelo
This is the story of an Italian immigrant boy, centered on cultural tension, family, and the search for identity. It shows how everyday experiences in another culture shape his growth.
Jeanette Eaton
This children’s biography introduces the life of George Washington in a clear, accessible way. It presents his leadership, the historical setting of his era, and his significance in American history.