Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin
10 best books like Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin (Marguerite Henry): Mr. Revere and I: Being an Account of certain Episodes in the Career of Paul Revere, Esq. as Revealed by his Horse, George Washington's Breakfast, Patty Reed's Doll: The Story of the Donner Party, Thee, Hannah!, Thy Friend, Obadiah, Good Queen Bess: The Story of Elizabeth I of England, A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution, You Wouldn't Want to Be at the Boston Tea Party!: Wharf Water Tea, You'd Rather Not Drink, Three Young Pilgrims, Samuel Eaton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy
| Author | Robert Lawson |
| ISBN | 0316517291 |
Paul Revere didn't make his famous midnight ride alone. Meet a patriot unlike any other: Scheherazade, the mare who doesn't mind mentioning she was once the fastest and most admired horse in the King's army. But on arrival in America, "Sherry" is quickly let down by her British rider and recruited by...
| Author | Jean Fritz |
| ISBN | 0698300998 |
George Washington Allen, a boy who never gives up until he finds out what he wants to know, is determined to learn all there is to know about his namesake including what the first president ate for breakfast! "The sprightly, humorous story and likable colored illustrations bring history alive and make...
Patty Reed's Doll: The Story of the Donner Party
| Author | Rachel K. Laurgaard |
| ISBN | 0961735724 |
This book tells about the Reed family in one of the wagon trains taking pioneers to California. The story is told from the point of view of Dolly, a doll that traveled in Patty Reed's pocket. The Reed family wasn't actually with the Donner family when the infamous cannibalism took place so Dolly did not...
| Author | Marguerite de Angeli |
| ISBN | 0385075251 |
A quick read about a Quaker family living in Philadelphia just before the civil war. We look into the day to day life of this family and meet the people who come to sell door to door. I have heard of a muffin man but had not come across a pepper pot lady before and still can't quite imagine what she was selling,...
| Author | Brinton Turkle |
| ISBN | 0140503935 |
An interesting story about a seagull that befriends or follows around a little boy, Obadiah. Everyone notices and teases him and the boy doesn’t like it, but when the bird is not there, Obadiah misses him.
I didn’t think the artwork was especially Caldecott worthy. The story is simple and...
| Author | Diane Stanley |
| ISBN | 0688179614 |
She was a queen whose strong will, shrewd diplomacy, religious tolerance and great love for her subjects won the hearts of her people and the admiration of her enemies.
Elizabeth was born into an age of religious strife, in which plots and factions were everywhere and private beliefs could...
| Author | Betsy Maestro |
| ISBN | 0688101925 |
With accurate historical information, this easy-to-understand book tells why and how the Constitution of the United States was created. A More Perfect Union includes a map and back matter with a table of dates and a summary of the Articles of the Constitution.
"A simple, attractive, informative...
| Author | Peter Cook |
| ISBN | 0531124479 |
The year is 1773. Your name is George Robert Twelves Hewes and you were born in Boston Massachusetts in 1742. You grew to manhood in a time of turmoil, when American colonists first began to rebel against the unjust rule of the British government. You were to be at the center of some of the most important...
| Author | Cheryl Harness |
| ISBN | 0027426432 |
In these richly detailed pages, you'll meet three of the young Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower, Bartholomew, Remember, and Mary Allerton.
When Bartholemew, Remember, and Mary Allerton and their parents first step down from the Mayflower after sixty days at sea, they never dream that...
| Author | Kate Waters |
| ISBN | 0613012658 |
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| Author | James Rumford |
| ISBN | 1596435429 |
What was made of rags and bones, soot and seeds? What took a mountain to make?
For the answer, travel back to the fifteenth century—to a time when books were made by hand and a man named Johannes Gutenberg invented a way to print books with movable type.
Written as a series of riddles and illustrated...
| Author | Holling Clancy Holling |
| ISBN | 0395539641 |
I want to be a Hermit Crab.
No mortgages, just move when you want a new dwelling and take it over. I like that. Pagoo (short for 'Pagurus') is a Hermit Crab. When he is born, he is no bigger than a tiny pencil dot.
When you start life like that, the odds are not good. But...
| Author | Margaret Pumphrey |
| ISBN | 1599151235 |
Beginning with Queen Anne's visit to Scrooby inn, tells in story form of the everyday life of the Pilgrims in England and Holland, of their voyage on the Mayflower and their adventures in the New World. The Brewster children and other Pilgrim boys and girls are the center of interest. A wonderful book...
| Author | Clyde Robert Bulla |
| ISBN | 0064403335 |
The inspiring classic that
The
New Yorker
called "an exciting tale [with] top-notch writing," about one girl facing harsh conditions and huge responsibility as she brings her family to the American colonies.
Featuring a heroine with faith, courage, and a great deal of grit, this...
| Author | Ingri d'Aulaire |
| ISBN | 0385241062 |
It sort of pains me to only give this book 4 stars; it is really so good. (I am one of those people who either passionately loves a book or hates it. There is rarely an in between.)
These d'Aulaire books are GORGEOUSLY illustrated, and I feel like I am looking at a work of art as I flip through the pages....
| Author | Richard Platt |
| ISBN | 0763634808 |
Relive the drama of the Roman Empire through the eyes of a young Greek slave in this latest installment in an acclaimed historical series.
Iliona never imagined that her sea voyage from Greece to Egypt would lead her to Rome. But when her ship is boarded by pirates, that’s where she ends up —...
