American Tall Tales
10 best books like American Tall Tales (Adrien Stoutenburg): The Wright Brothers, The Landing of the Pilgrims, How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark, Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare, The Oxford Illustrated Book of American Children's Poems, Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman, Shades of Gray, The Perilous Road, The Heroes, or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children, George Washington Carver: Man's Slave Becomes God's Scientist
| Author | Quentin Reynolds |
| ISBN | 0394847008 |
In this book, the author Quentin Reynolds’ purpose in writing it was to share the story of the Wright brothers and the airplane with the world. Although Quentin did not state his purpose directly in the book, it is clear that was his purpose. The audience for this book is a big range of ages. A 13 year old...
| Author | James Daugherty |
| ISBN | 0394846974 |
In England in the early 1600s, everyone was forced to join the Church of England. Young William Bradford and his friends believed they had every right to belong to whichever church they wanted. In the name of religious freedom, they fled to Holland, then sailed to America to start a new life. But the winter...
How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark
| Author | Rosalyn Schanzer |
| ISBN | 0792267265 |
Excellent children's non-fiction picture book detailing the journey of Lewis and Clark and their Corps of Discovery. Most of the text is taken from the actual account. The passages have been chosen with great care for the intended audience of ages 6 and older. They reveal just enough information to...
| Author | Diane Stanley |
| ISBN | 0688162940 |
William Shakespeare was the son of a glovemaker, a small-town boy with a grammar school education. Yet he grew up to become the greatest English-speaking playwright in the world. Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare is both his story and that of a great art rediscovered in the modern world.
Drama...
American children's poetry began with Native American cradle songs, moved on to a rhymed alphabet, blossomed in the 19th century with "A Visit from St. Nicholas," expanded widely in the 20th century, and continues with vigor into the new millennium. Some of the best of these poems, however, have been...
| Author | Dorothy Sterling |
| ISBN | 0590436287 |
This book covers the life of Harriet Tubman from the time she was a seven year old slave in Maryland until she dies at the age of nintey-three. Harriet begins working as a house servant and ends up being sent to work in the field with men. Her master hires her out to other farmers, on a job Harriet ends up meeting...
| Author | Carolyn Reeder |
| ISBN | 0689838662 |
COURAGE WEARS MANY FACES
The Civil War may be over, but for twelve-year-old Will Page, the pain and bitterness haven't ended. How could they have, when the Yankees were responsible for the deaths of everyone in his entire immediate family?And now Will has to leave his comfortable home in the Shenandoah...
| Author | William O. Steele |
| ISBN | 0152052046 |
Talk about a reading experience of the way things used to be. The writing, the spelling...all from the older days.
Chris Brabson and his family are Southerners during the Civil War. They live in TN, close to Chattanooga, and just like any good little hard working family, they mind their own business...
"I am Pallas Athena; and I know the thoughts of all men's hearts, and discern their manhood or their baseness. And from the souls of clay I turn away, and they are blessed, but not by me. They fatten at ease, like sheep in the pasture, and eat what they did not sow, like oxen in the stall. They grow and spread,...
This is the first book I have read in the YA "Sower" series. It is written in 1st-person narrative and emphasizes Carver's Christian faith. I think it's a great biography for all ages, and especially for youth. Personally, I also find it interesting to look at the religious side of a person's background...
| Author | Holling Clancy Holling |
This was one of our geography books for my second grader this past year (see Ambleside Online 2nd grade curriculum). We loved reading one chapter a week but near the end we didn't want to stop and finished reading it all at once.
The illustrations are beautifully detailed with colors true to the...
| Author | Daniel J. Boorstin |
| ISBN | 0394891201 |
This was used as a spine book in Sonlight's History program. A bit dense in information, and a slow read, but WELL worth the effort. It brought to life many of the otherwise dry events of our nation's history such as processes of the Add-A-State program, Associated Press, how and why we began using Standard...
| Author | Richard L. Neuberger |
Did you know that Clark wanted to name a river after his childhood sweetheart? Romantic, right? Except that he got her name wrong! Uh oops! Haha! Learn other interesting facts and all the history associated with this expedition.
About Landmark Books
"Each is a book that brings to life a...
| Author | H.E. Marshall |
| ISBN | 1599150107 |
Stories from the history of the United States beginning with a full account of exploration and settlement and ending with the presidency of Woodrow Wilson. The 99 chapters are grouped under 7 headings: Stories of Explorers and Pioneers, Stories of Virginia, Stories of New England, Stories of the Middle...
If I could only choose a handful of books to share with a wee child, this collection would be on the list. It not only takes care of several different genres, but more importantly, it combines the imaginative artwork that always stay with young minds.
The book is broken into several...
| Author | Emily Hahn |
| ISBN | 0491002467 |
Leonardo da Vinci, Emily Hahn
تاریخ نخستین خوانش: دهم ژانویه سال 1989 میلادی
عنوان: گردونه تاریخ جلد 10 : لئوناردو داوینچی نابغه ای که زود به دنیا آمد؛ نویسنده: امیلی هان؛...
The dark, twisted power of the young Malbordus is reaching its zenith!
All he needs now is to retrieve the five dragon artefacts which have been hidden for centuries in the lost city of Vatos, somewhere in the Desert of Skulls. Each day that passes brings him closer to them and only YOU can stop...
Appointment with F.E.A.R.
| Author | Steve Jackson |
| ISBN | 1840465271 |
Tough, incorruptible champion of law and order, YOU are the Silver Crusader!
Using your superpowers, you protect the innocent citizens of teeming Titan City from the terrorism, violence, kidnapping and corruption of a host of super-villains. Your mission is to discover the location of...
| Author | Margaret Davidson |
| ISBN | 0590424033 |
A Biography of a Great Man That Shines
Having read several of Margaret Davidson's books, I admit I have a certain brand loyalty, an admiration for her writing. I heartily recommend anything by Ms. Davidson, and this little book is no exception. As with her biography on Louis Braille, the subject...
| Author | Marden Dahlstedt |
| ISBN | 0962182702 |
I was obsessed with this book when I was in fourth grade. Our teacher read it to us and then we went to visit Johnstown and the Johnstown Flood Memorial Museum, and I was completely hooked. I read this countless times back then, but I couldn't really remember what happened, so I figured it was worth a re-read....
| Author | Kathleen Karr |
| ISBN | 0374427984 |
Yeeeeeee-haw! Git along, little . . . turkeys?
Big, brawny Simon Green, who's just completed third grade (for the fourth time), may not be book smart, but he's nobody's fool. When it's time to be done with school and make his way in the world, Simon hatches a plan that could earn him a bundle. He...
I Spy Mystery: A Book of Picture Riddles
| Author | Jean Marzollo |
| ISBN | 0590462946 |
Search-and-find riddles paired with amazing photographs will captivate kids of all ages in the bestselling I Spy series.
Acclaimed I Spy creators Walter Wick and Jean Marzollo use everyday objects to enhance intellectual discovery.
From a cluttered attic to a sea of marbles, readers...
If Your Name Was Changed At Ellis Island
| Author | Ellen Levine |
| ISBN | 0590438298 |
What the book's about:
Ellen Levine's book talks about what it was like for people who immigrated to the United States through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1914. Although the title implies that the book talks mostly about what happened to immigrants who had their names changed at the border (whether...
