Meet George Washington
10 best books like Meet George Washington (Joan Heilbroner): The Thanksgiving Story, Mr. Revere and I: Being an Account of certain Episodes in the Career of Paul Revere, Esq. as Revealed by his Horse, And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?, Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia, The Secret of the Sealed Room: A Mystery of Young Ben Franklin, North American Indians, The Landmark History of the American People, 2 Volumes, If You Were There When They Signed The Constitution, The Lewis & Clark Expedition, Meet Thomas Jefferson
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| ISBN | 0689710534 |
Giles, Constance and Damaris Hopkins are all passengers aboard the crowded Mayflower, journeying to the New World to start a new life. Things...
| Author | Robert Lawson |
| ISBN | 0316517291 |
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| ISBN | 0698113519 |
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| ISBN | 0394849280 |
Until I read this book, I had no idea how brilliant Ben Franklin was! When I think of Franklin, I think about how he had flown a kite in a thunderstorm with a metal key attached to the string and felt the electric shock in his hand. I knew he invented the lightning...
| Author | Bailey MacDonald |
To the outside world, Tom Pryne is an orphan traveling Elizabethan England with his uncle’s theater troupe. In actuality, “Tom” is Viola, in disguise because her parents’ Catholic sympathies have put them at odds with the Crown and forced them into hiding....
| Author | Douglas W. Gorsline |
| ISBN | 0394837029 |
Author: Marie and Douglas Gorsline
Illustrator: Marie and Douglas Gorsline
Type of Book (format and literary genre): Picture book/ Non-Fiction
Awards the book has received (national): None
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| Author | Daniel J. Boorstin |
| ISBN | 0394891201 |
| Author | Elizabeth Levy |
| ISBN | 0590451596 |
--Why the Constitution is called a miracle.
--The first big argument.
--What was missing from the Constitution.
This books takes you behind the locked doors of Philadelphia's State House during the history-making...
| Author | Richard L. Neuberger |
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| Author | Marvin Barrett |
| ISBN | 0375812113 |
| Author | Jean Lee Latham |
| ISBN | 1887840427 |
I have to admit that I had never heard of Eli Whitney before I picked up this book! His invention, the "cotton 'gin" built in 1793, was the first of its kind to separate the seeds from the cotton bolls. Until that time, cotton was not a popular...
| Author | Marguerite de Angeli |
| ISBN | 0836191242 |
Eli and his family have come to America from Germany. When they are in their new home, he must start school. Eli doesn't like school. He likes to make things and play in the woods and help...
| Author | Dorothy Rhoads |
| ISBN | 0140363130 |
Can Tigre find the strength and courage to support his family?
When Tigre's father is badly injured in an accident, the family is thrown into turmoil. Who will plant and harvest the corn that they need to survive--and to please the Mayan gods? The neighbors have...
| Author | Margaret Davidson |
| ISBN | 0590424033 |
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 | Augusta Stevenson |
| ISBN | 0020421508 |
George was always wanted throughout his life and he would...
| Author | Clyde Robert Bulla |
| ISBN | 0590434810 |
This book tells the story of a young curious Indian girl named Pocahontas. Pocahontas is the daughter of king Powhatan. She worked in the fields along with the other women and children. One day, the village received message of palefaces down by the river. She remembered stories that a wise...
| Author | Judith Berry Griffin |
| ISBN | 0698119568 |
| Author | Kenneth Thomasma |
| ISBN | 0801088844 |
Om-Kas-Toe is the retelling of stories passed down for generations through the Blackfeet tribe about the lives of Blackfeet children in the early 1700's....
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| ISBN | 0890847541 |
| Author | Pam Conrad |
| ISBN | 0590462067 |
Based on a child who actually did travel on the Santa Maria with Columbus. Also clearly based on Columbus's shockingly stupid journal entries.I like reading this with my students while we are learning about Columbus and other European explorers. It...