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10 best books like George the Drummer Boy (Nathaniel Benchley): Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams?, Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie, How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark, The Magic School Bus Fights Germs, Clara and the Bookwagon, George Washington's Teeth, Meet Thomas Jefferson, Wagon Wheels, The Barbary Pirates, Mouse and Mole: A Winter Wonderland

Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams?
AuthorJean Fritz
ISBN0698114167
My boys say this should actually be 4 1/2 stars. They really enjoyed this quick introduction to Sam Adams. My 6-yr-old loved the mention of his dog, Queue, and was upset when the dog died. We learned a lot about Sam and the events leading up to the revolution.

Although things like the Stamp Act and...
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
AuthorPeter Roop
ISBN0613535189
Wow, this one takes me back. I remember "watching" this book on Reading Rainbow as a child. Even reading it now, I can still "hear" the seafaring music that played in the background. I had no idea it took place in Maine (my home state), though I guess it shouldn't surprise me. It's a story of a girl who has to...
How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark
AuthorRosalyn Schanzer
ISBN0792267265
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...
The Magic School Bus Fights Germs
AuthorKate Egan
ISBN0545034655
Personal Response
I liked this book because my nephew loved it and he's six years old. He liked the pictures and how the bus changed sizes and went down Wanda's throat. I didn't like it because it is a book for little kids and I don’t like how little kids are because they get sick and i don’t like how...
Clara and the Bookwagon
AuthorNancy Smiler Levinson
ISBN0064441342
I saw this in my library's bookstore and it sounded like such a cute story. The cover is adorable and I expected a cute tale about a girl who loved to read getting to read to her heart's content with the traveling library. I've never encountered a traveling library and I couldn't wait to hear about it.
Instead,...
George Washington's Teeth
AuthorDeborah Chandra
ISBN0374325340
A tongue-in-cheek dental history of our first President

"Poor George had two teeth in his mouth
The day the votes came in.
The people had a President,
But one afraid to grin."

From battling toothaches while fighting the British, to having rotten teeth removed by his dentists,...
Meet Thomas Jefferson
AuthorMarvin Barrett
ISBN0375812113
When Thomas Jefferson was young, Virginia was still a colony of England. Jefferson thought that many English laws and taxes were unfair, so he studied hard to become a lawyer and help make better laws. Soon he and others came to believe that the colonies should become a new country, and Jefferson was chosen...
Wagon Wheels
AuthorBarbara Brenner
ISBN0064440524
I really like this story and find it very unique in its choice of topic. Here we have a tale of black pioneers heading west to settle on free land being offered by the government. Based on the real life story of the Muldie boys, whose story was chronicled in a local teacher's journal from the town of Nicodemus....
The Barbary Pirates
AuthorC.S. Forester
ISBN1402741421
C.S. Forester, creator of the beloved Horatio Hornblower series, takes young readers on an exciting adventure to the shores of Tripoli in North Africa. That’s where, more than 200 years ago, the United States was threatened by “pirates” who snatched American merchant ships and imprisoned...
Mouse and Mole: A Winter Wonderland
AuthorWong Herbert Yee
ISBN0547341520
Yippee! It is a winter wonderland! What better day for Mouse and Mole to go sledding, whirl around on ice skates, and build snowmen together?

But Mole does not want to go outside. Too cold! Too windy! He prefers to stay as snug as a bug in a rug inside his nice, warm bed.

Mouse is lonely. Ice...
Guns for General Washington: A Story of the American Revolution
AuthorSeymour Reit
ISBN0152164359
This is a decent little book - a quick read at 140 pages - about a group of heroic men, led by Commander Knox of the Continental Army, who faced many challenges in moving heavy cannon from Ft. Ticonderoga, NY, down the Hudson, and east across the Berkshire Mountains and all of Massachusetts to Boston, at...
Christopher Columbus
AuthorStephen Krensky
ISBN0679803696
1. Book summary, in your own words (3 pts)
Christopher Columbus is a great informational book all about Christopher Columbus and his journey to discovering the new world. It honestly gave more insight into his journey that I did not know very well. It was a great read.
2. Grade level, interest...
George Washington and the General's Dog
AuthorFrank Murphy
ISBN0375810153
This is my first time to read a book about George Washington. First, Gerorge Washington lived in his own home and he loved all kinds of animals in his home. He had 36 dogs in his life. Then, American people fighted England, bacause American wanted to have their own country, and England wanted them to be part...
The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War
AuthorEmily Little
ISBN0394896742
My parents bought me this book when I was very young and I've happily bought copies first for my nephew and now for my daughter. It's a simple, spare account of the Trojan War focusing on the causes of the war and the end of the war itself.

The Trojan Horse introduces a handful of the Iliad's cast--Odysseus,...
The Josefina Story Quilt
AuthorEleanor Coerr
ISBN0064441296
This story took place in 1850. A little girl and her family are leaving in covered wagon to go to California. She wants to take her chicken, Josefina, Dad says no, but he gives the chicken 1 chance. The chicken is Faiths' best and only friend on this journey across the county. Talks about trials and tribulations...
The Long Way to a New Land
AuthorJoan Sandin
ISBN0064441008
Summary/Annotation: This is a book about a boy named Carl Erik and his family who lived in Sweden. The setting is in 1868. Times aren't so great because in the summer they lack rain and in the winter they lack food. They are facing horrible times without food and money. They receive a letter from their uncle...
The Drinking Gourd: A Story of the Underground Railroad
AuthorF.N. Monjo
ISBN0064440427
The stars of the Big Dipper have led a runaway slave family to Deacon Fuller's house, a stop on the Underground Railroad. Will Tommy Fuller be able to hide the runaways from a search party—or will the secret passengers be discovered and their hope for freedom destroyed?

This Level 3 I Can Read...
If You Sailed On The Mayflower
AuthorAnn McGovern
ISBN0590451618
This gets an "amazing" because my kids were on the edge of the couch listening to this. They spent three nights in a row talking to their dad about it at dinner and it still comes up every now and then. Even the 5-yr-old enjoyed it and has been able to talk about it.

This is just a brief overview of the...
The Incredible Life of Balto
AuthorMeghan Mccarthy
ISBN0375944605
Most people know the story of Balto, the world famous dog who led his dogsled team through a blizzard to deliver a lifesaving serum to the stricken people of Nome, Alaska, in 1925. Balto shot to instant stardom—a company named dog food after him, a famous sculptor erected a statue of him that stands in...
Columbus
AuthorIngri d'Aulaire
ISBN0385241062
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....
Let's Go Rock Collecting
AuthorRoma Gans
ISBN0064451704
Holly Keller has created vivacious new paintings for this favorite Reading Rainbow title about geology. Readers follow two enthusiastic rock hounds around the globe as they add to their collection. Along the way they will learn how sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks are formed. From the...
A Weed Is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver
AuthorAliki
ISBN0833539353
A Weed is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver
By: Aliki
32 pages
AD640L
5 out of 5 stars

From creating a bar of soap from a sweet potato, to churning peanuts into a smooth butter, George Washington Carver is well-known for his inventions made from simple plants. Born...
Knights of the Round Table
AuthorGwen Gross
ISBN0394875796
We read this book aloud as part of our Middle Ages curriculum (as, I’m sure, many others here have as well). I think Gwen Gross did a great job choosing the legends to retell, keeping them PG, and writing them in a way that was accessible to early readers. The pictures were also wonderful and well-placed....
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