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New Found World
Viking Juvenile

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.

Rabbit Hill
Viking Books for Young Readers

Rabbit Hill

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.

World of the Thib
Viking Adult

World of the Thib

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.

Boy With a Pack
Harcourt Childrens Books

Boy With a Pack

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.

Daniel Boone: 2
Viking Juvenile

Daniel Boone: 2

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.

Nino
Viking Juvenile

Nino

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.

Leader by Destiny
Harcourt Childrens Books

Leader by Destiny

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.