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ANDREW JACKSON: Frontier Patriot
by Louis Sabin. B&W illustrations by Dick Smolinski. Condition: UNREAD 1986 Troll softcover, first printing. Tiny edgewear. Content: The biography of President Andrew Jackson aimed at grades 4-6.
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BEWILDERED FOR THREE DAYS:
As To Why Daniel Boone Never Wore His Coonskin Cap (Historical Fiction)
text, cover & illustrations by Andrew Glass. Condition: NEW 2000 Holiday House hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket). First edition. Content: Nice way to introduce kids to historical fiction. This original tall tale tells why the legendary adventurer never really wore a coonskin cap. The first half of the story describes a fictional childhood friendship between Boone and a Delaware boy, Tu-muk-wayatut, from whom he learns wilderness skills. When the two part, young Daniel is able to use this knowledge in his wanderings. One day, pursued by braves, the boy hides in a hollow log, sharing the spot overnight with a raccoon and her kits. Emerging safely the next morning, the boy vows to the raccoon that he will "never again wear any of your kin on my head." An adult Daniel Boone narrates this story to a painter, and the first-person telling is lively and fast paced. Glass's impressionistic oil paintings are well suited to the tall-tale genre, incorporating expressive features and a vivid palette of primarily greens, browns, and golds. A detailed author's note describes the fact behind the fiction and offers interesting historical background about the man and his times. Recommended for grades 1-4.
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BOOK OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (Brown Paper School, USKids History series)
by Howard Egger-Bovet & Marlene Smith-Baranzini. Wonderful B&W illustrations by D.J. Simison. Condition: NEW 1998 Little, Brown over-size soft cover, stated first edition, but there is a hardcover edition - no idea which came first. Content: An information-packed miscellany of facts, photographs, illustrations, stories, and appealing ideas for activities. Narratives treat a variety of people representative of antebellum, war, and postwar times. In addition to Harriet Tubman and Abraham Lincoln, readers learn about the Southern-born Grimke sisters, leaders in the antislavery movement; and James Thomas, a former slave who became one of the richest African-American men in the country. Discussions of plantation slave life, European immigration, and children who took part in battles are also included. Cooking from period recipes, playing games typical of the era, making a Union Army "dog tent," and deciphering and creating spy codes are among the suggested activities. A play about the Battle of Bull Run is included, with parts for a large cast and instructions for making easy, inexpensive costumes and props. Black-and-white photographs, reproductions, and maps appear throughout. An engaging resource for teaching and learning. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE BUFFALO NICKEL
text and color illustrations by Taylor Morrison. Condition: NEW 2004 Houghton Mifflin hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket), 5th printing. Content: This fully illustrated book begins with the Dakota Territory boyhood of artist James Earle Fraser, who grew up listening to trappers' stories and playing with Sioux children when their families camped nearby. He drew on this heritage when he became a sculptor of such works as The End of the Trail. In particular, the book tells of Fraser's design for his most widely distributed work: the famous nickel depicting a buffalo on one side and a Plains Indian chief on the other. Morrison's colorful illustrations include full-page and double-page tableaux of Indians, settlers, buffalo, and railroad men on the plains, as well as close-ups of individuals. Smaller pictures depict, step-by-step, the making of the bas-relief medallion, the die, and the coins themselves. Well researched and colorfully illustrated, the book offers intriguing glimpses of America's past. [1 copy available]
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FELICITY LEARNS A LESSON: A School Story 1774 (American Girls #2)
by Valerie Tripp. Color illustrations by Dan Andreasen. Condition: NEW 1992 Scholastic Trade PB, first thus, first printing. Content: Nine year-old Felicity is sent to Miss Manderley's house to learn to be a polite gentlewoman. She practices elegant penmanship, fancy stitchery, formal dancing, and the proper way to serve tea. Two sisters from England join the classes, and one of them (Elizabeth) becomes Felicity's best friend. Learning the tea ceremony is great fun until Felicity's father decides the King's tax on tea is unfair, and he refuses to sell tea in his store or to drink it in the household. How can Felicity continue the tea lessons she loves and still be loyal to Father?
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FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY (Muhammad Ali)
by Ntozake Shange. Color illustrations by Edel Rodriguez. Condition: Gently pre-read 2002 Hyperion Books for Children hardcover (pictorial boards) and DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Interior clean. Content: Shange offers a streamlined, clearly affectionate account of the life of Muhammad Ali, who, she says in an introductory note, continues to inspire "hope and courage." Her portrait effectively reveals the fighter's personality, re-creating conversations between young Cassius and his parents and later quoting some of his well-known proclamations. Rodriguez begins with a close-up view of the subject as a child, poised and gazing heavenward, then shifts to a full-bleed spread that conveys the historical backdrop: the boy stands at a "colored" water fountain, on the right of the horizontal painting, looking across the gutter at a "white" fountain ("As a boy, he struggled to make his way in the segregated world of the pre-civil rights South," reads the text). The author subtly intimates that his parents are the source of Ali's confidence (his father compliments him on his way with words; his mother tells him, "So long as you are alive, I want you to remember, you are God's work"). The volume nicely characterizes this modern-day hero, with poster-like illustrations and punchy text. Ages 5 - 9. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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GOD BLESS AMERICA
words and music by Irving Berlin. Illustrations by Lynn Munsinger. Includes CD recording of the great Barbra Streisand singing God Bless America. Condition: NEW 2002 HarperCollins large hardcover (pictorial boards) and DJ (in mylar jacket). Full-page color graphics. First Edition, first printing. Content: Illustrator Munsinger, along with a very cute family of bears, brings 20th-century songwriter Irving Berlin's 1938 classic to life in God Bless America, a warm, nostalgic picture book packaged with a CD of the song sung by none other than Barbra Streisand. Berlin's original lyrics are accompanied by various scenes of a bear father and his two cubs on a road trip--from the mountains, to the prairies, to the ocean white with foam. Along the way they witness a parade of firefighters and police officers, stop at the Lincoln Monument, and stand in the crown of the Statue of Liberty. The trip ends back at the ranch: "My home sweet home." Inspired youngsters will find the musical notation to the song at the back of the book. Perfect gift for the young patriot in your life - geared to ages 4 - 9.
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THE HEROINE OF THE TITANIC:
A Tale Both True and Otherwise of the Life of Molly Brown
by Joan W. Blos. Watercolor illustrations by Tennessee Dixon. . Condition: Very good 1991 William Morrow hardcover (pictorial boars - probably library binding), first printing. This is an ex-library book with all markings, but it is unread. Shelfwear top spine. Content: Told in exuberant verse, this story of "the unsinkable Molly Brown" is scattered throughout with wit, tall tales and exaggeration, much like the hearty heroine herself. Molly Brown is best remembered for refusing to go down with the Titanic , but Blos presents this episode as only one part of a full, unusual life -- focusing instead on her youth, marriage and later travels. Relying on an abundance of brown hues for a beguiling period tone, Dixon's robust watercolors admirably depict Molly's childhood in Missouri, while the artist's attention to detail, particularly fashions, complements Mrs. Brown's ascension to high society. Both appealing and accessible, this collaboration makes Molly Brown's love of life and straightforward nature a cause for celebration. Ages 6-up.
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A HISTORY MYSTERY: The Secret of Roanoke Island
by Janet Hubbard-Brown. B&W illustrations. Condition: UNREAD 1991 Avon Books small softcover (79 pages), first printing. Moderate tanning to interior page edges. Content: One of the biggest mysteries of early American history is "what happened to the settlement at Roanoke Island." The settlement was founded in 1587 by Governor John White and when White went back to England to purchase supplies, it took him 3 years to return. When he arrived in Roanoake, there was no trace of the settlers. What happened to them? Read all the facts and see if you can figure out how so many people disappeared without a trace. Great book to interest kids in history.
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HOME OF THE BRAVE
text & color illustrations by Allen Say. Condition: NEW 2002 Houghton Mifflin large hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Wonderful, detailed somber color illustrations Content: This is a surreal look at the relocation of Japanese Americans into detention camps during World WAr II and the effects on the children. An important lesson - especially for today. [1 copy available]
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HOW MANY DAYS TO AMERICA?: A Thanksgiving Story
by Eve Bunting. Color illustrations by Beth Peck. Condition: Very good pre-read Trumpet Club special edition Trade PB. Light edgewear and a book plate stamped on title page. Interior clean. Content: "A Thanksgiving story that knows no season or race, but is for everyone all year 'round." A family flees its native country in a small boat and lands in America on a particularly appropriate holiday. Originally had a audio cassette with it, but this is the BOOK ONLY.
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I KID YOU NOT: A Kid's Guide to the Land of the Free and the Home of the Strange!
by Hammond Road Atlas. Color cartoons & illustrations by Dave Winter. Condition: UNREAD 1994 large softcover with small shelfwear in form of diagonal crease bottom back cover. Interior perfect. Content: This is the best traveling companion for kids I've ever seen. Broken down into map regions (New England, Plains states, Mountain states, etc.), each state has cartoon representations of unusual sites kids (and probably adults, too) would enjoy seeing. Information on the state is also included in the text. Excellent data and clever.
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A KID'S BOOK OF VACATION FUN IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
by Eileen Ogintz. Illustrations. Condition: NEW 1996 HarperSanFrancisco Trade Paperback. Content: A travel guide written for the kids. Learn to snowboard in Utah, pan for gold in Colorado, see and touch real dinosaur bones at Dinosaur National Monument, or spot a bear at Glacier National Park. It's easy to have a great vacation when you have the scoop on all of the best places to go, the most exciting things to see, and the most fun things to do. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE LEWIS & CLARK EXPEDITION (Highlights from American History series)
by Sanna Porte Kiesling. Color illustrations by Dan White. Condition: UNREAD 1990 TwoDot Trade Paperback, first printing. Perfect but for light edgewear bottom page corners. Warm & appropriate color illustrations. Content: Nice way to introduce kids to American History and exploration of the continent. In 1804 two young Americans set out to explore the land between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean, a land no white man had ever seen. What awaited them? Prehistoric monsters? Fire-breathing dragons? Meriwether Lewis and William Clark intended to find out. Their travels were full of dangerous encounters, narrow escapes, and hardships that would have made other men give up in despair. Yet they succeeded. Their two-year journey took them from St. Louis, Missouri, up the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, across the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. Lewis and Clark lived one of the most exciting chapters in American history, and their expedition shaped America's destiny. Recommended for grades 4 - 7.
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS: Cowboys; Immigrants; Inventors; and Pioneers (4 books/1)
by Martin W. Sandler. B&W photos from the archives of the Library of Congress. Condition: UNREAD 2002 HarperCollins small softcovers - all perfect. Chick-fil-A edition. Content: Four books from the halls of the Library of Congress with B&W photos to illustrate the text. Educational and fun. Grades 5 and up. Questions welcome.
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LOOKING FOR SEABIRDS: Journal from an Alaskan Voyage
text & illustrations by Sophie Webb. Beautiful color maps and watercolor graphics of the birds. Condition: NEW 2004 Houghton Mifflin hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Content: The natural history diarist who earned a Sibert Honor for My Season with Penguins: An Antarctic Journal now invites readers to join her aboard the Alpha Helix, a research vessel, on a month-long expedition to the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. She is there to count seabirds, whose population density can help researchers gauge the ocean's health. The birds involved here probably won't garner the same instant enthusiasm among young children as waddling, tuxedoed penguins, and Webb's shipboard vantage point precludes the hands-on interactions that enlivened her first book. However, the text and accompanying watercolors are just as brimming with gritty details (it's wise not to serve spherical foods on a boat, because they roll off the plate), and children will feel Webb's delight in the moments that make the rigors of field research worth it: a glimpse of Crested Auklets "like something out of Dr. Seuss' imagination" or an albatross that commutes from Hawaii to Alaska to collect food, then backtracks 5,600 miles to nourish its waiting chicks. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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MYSTERIOUS JOURNEY: Amelia Earhart's Last Flight
byMartha Wickham. Color illustrations by David Lund. . Condition: NEW 1997 Soundprints/Smithsonian hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Content: Lucy, Tomas, Emma, and Kevin are visiting the Amelia Earhart exhibit at the National Air and Space Museum when Lucy is transported through time and becomes Amelia Earhart at the airplane controls?with navigator Fred Noonan beside her - on the last leg of that fateful journey. Lucy hopes to find out what really happened to Earhart, but is transported back to the present before that occurs. The text is clear and concise, and the illustrations have a scratchy, textured look using rich, warm colors and a smoky affect. The map illustration marking all the stops on Earhart's final flight shows just how close the aviatrix came to attaining her goal. The story may spark interest in Amelia Earhart or aviation history. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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ON THE MAYFLOWER: Voyage of the Ship's Apprentice & a Passenger Girl
by Kate Walters. Color photos by Russ Kendall. Condition: UNREAD 1996 Scholastic softcover first printing. Bookplate stamp inside front cover - everything else is perfect. Content: Similar to Waters and Kendall's earlier works about children in the 1620s, Sarah Morton's Day (1989), this book tells of two young people crossing the Atlantic on the Mayflower. The narrator is William Small, apprentice to the ship's master; Ellen Moore is the young passenger he befriends. Readers can follow the journey from these two different perspectives. Full-color photographs of costumed characters aboard the Mayflower II illustrate the story, making it more vivid than most accounts of the Mayflower voyage. Although the photos sometimes look posed, they provide intriguing glimpses of seventeenth-century ways; many of the pictures are quite handsome in their own right. Historically accurate.
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THE PILGRIMS OF PLIMOTH
text & illustrations by Marcia Sewall. Wonderful "American primitive" style color illustrations. Condition: NEW 1996 Trumpet/Scholastic soft cover, 7th printing. Content: The bustling colony of Pilmoth springs to life in this outstanding work of nonfiction. Author/illustrator Marcia Sewell offers a glimpse into the day-to-day tasks performed by the Pilgrim men, women, and children, the hardships the settlers endured, and the help provided by their Native American neighbors. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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PINKERTON: AMERICA'S FIRST PRIVATE EYE
by Richard Wormser. B&W era photos and drawings illustrate. Condition: UNREAD 1990 Walker hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Content: CSI of the West - well, sort of. "An account of this intriguing man's life (he began life in the slums of Glasgow, Scotland) and accomplishments told with exciting pacing and engrossing anecdotes. Wormser editorializes his assessment of Pinkerton's actions, but these comments are backed up by descriptions that show the subject to be a person of extremes and of intense character traits. Readers get a good understanding of these qualities. Some grizzly details of a vigilante gang's lynching of the Reno gang in the 1860s are included. Black-and-white historical photographs and drawings both amplify and add interest to the readable text. Chronology is sometimes hard to follow in the text, for incidents are occasionally identified by date, and other times not. Because of Pinkerton's involvement with outlaw gangs in the West, labor unions in the East, and his fight against slavery, among other passions, readers are treated to a fast-paced, absorbing look at this complex, unique man and to a vivid view of U. S. history during his lifetime. -- Jacqueline Elsner" Pinkerton men played a great part in "civilizing the West" many times by their uncivilized behavior (see the Jesse James story). This book is a "nicer" portrayal since it is for kids. Recommended for grades 5 - 9, but adults will also enjoy.
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PLACES IN TIME: A New Atlas of American History
by Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley. Wonderful, detailed color illustrations by Randy Jones. Condition: NEW, but with one small problem, 2001 Houghton Mifflin hardcover (pictorial boards) and DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. Problem: the cover was placed on the book upside down. Content: This book frames our country's history in visits to 20 significant historic places, from the bustling ancient North American city of Cahokia and colonial battlefields of Saratoga and Gettysburg to Ellis Island and an early 1950s suburban tract house. Remarkably every one of the incidents or episodes is recast from actual historical accounts, usually of an eyewitness or participant. The painted illustrations are also careful reconstructions: either uncluttered maps on which a red line traces each journey, or elevated or cutaway views of the featured places showing accurately rendered landforms, buildings, and even individual rooms. A key matches significant events or locations in pictures and texts, and a box of background facts ends every spread and helps to create a wider perspective. As the source notes show, Leacock and Buckley have drawn their information not just from published documents but from archives and their own interviews as well. A great way to get readers interested in the U.S.'s past and people. Grades 6 - 9. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE STORY OF THE SUPREME COURT (Cornerstones of Freedom Series)
by Kenneth Richards. Brown & White illustrations by Chuck Hamrick. Condition: UNREAD 1970 Children's Press (Chicago) hardcover (pictorial boards), second printing. Amazing book - no tanning at all. Content: A nice introduction for younger kids (ages 8+) to the history and activities of the US Supreme Court.
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A VOICE FROM THE WILDERNESS: The Story of Anna Howard Shaw
written & illustrated by Don Brown. Wonderful soft watercolor illustrations. Condition: NEW 2001 Houghton Mifflin hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Content: Brown hones in on a little-known figure. The book focuses on Shaw's tumultuous childhood and young adulthood marked by her long, stormy journey from England to Massachusetts in 1851, hardscrabble pioneering days in the Michigan woods when she was 12, self-education, and college and medical school. The fact that she was a trailblazer for women's rights is only brought to light near the end of the volume. Full-page, at times cartoonlike, pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations are pleasing to the eye. One spread, showing Anna and her brother planting and fishing, is particularly touching. Another, awash in blue, reveals perfectly her mother's despair at attempting pioneer life with young children and an absent husband. Most of the information for this text comes from Shaw's autobiography, written in 1915. Nice "girls" biography for Early Readers. Grades 1 - 4. [1 copy available]
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WOODROW, THE WHITE HOUSE MOUSE (SIGNED COPY)
written and illustrated by Peter W. Barnes and Cheryl Shaw Barnes. Wonderful, cute color illustrations by the Authors. Condition: UNREAD 1996 Rosebud Books hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), second printing. Content: Well, this is too cute and very timley. Woodrow is elected President on the Bull Mouse Party and life goes on from there. Reviewer: "Peter and Cheryl Barnes have taken the stuffiness out of the office of the presidency and written a picture book full of solid information that's perfect for youngsters 4-8 years old. Told in rhyme, Woodrow G. Washingtail's administration parallels that of his human counterpart. From his inauguration to work in the oval office, from sending bills to congress and meeting with foreign heads of states, to hosting the Easter egg roll and artistic events in the East Room, Woodrow explains how the president does his job. Cheryl Barnes' charming, detailed illustrations show actual White House rooms, furnishings and decor and Woodrow's first lady Bess is even wearing Mamie Eisenhower's gown, at the inauguration ball. At the end of the book, there are historical notes for teachers and parents, about the presidency and White House, to help expand discussions and lessons. Woodrow the White House Mouse is a delightful book, chock full of fun facts, history, and amusing descriptions that kids will find interesting and enjoy again and again." This is a great into for kids to Presidential politics and duties. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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A YOUNG PATRIOT (Memoir)
by Jim Murphy. Wonderful B&W era drawings and paintings illustrate. Condition: UNREAD 1993 Clarion Books hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket). Intended for library but was never shelved. NO library markings. Content: Murphy tells the story of the American Revolution through the eyes of Joseph Plumb Martin, who enlisted in the army in 1776, at the age of 15. Murphy frequently quotes Martin, evidently drawing from Martin's book A Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier (1830), listed in the extensive bibliography. Many black-and-white reproductions of period engravings, paintings, and documents appear throughout the book. Although source notes would have been a welcome addition, young readers researching the military and social history of the American Revolution will find this an excellent resource. This is a great book! Recommended for Grades 5 - 8, but it will delight any American history buff. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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