Night Journeys
10 best books like Night Journeys (Avi): George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War, Gingerbread for Liberty!: How a German Baker Helped Win the American Revolution, The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777, Hello Lighthouse, George Washington's Teeth, A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution, Independent Dames: What You Never Knew About the Women and Girls of the American Revolution, Thomas Jefferson: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Everything, Farmer George Plants a Nation, Hamilton and Peggy!: A Revolutionary Friendship
George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War
Author | Thomas B. Allen |
ISBN | 1426300417 |
Now in paperback—the award-winning National Geographic book that presents the untold story of the invisible war behind the American Revolution. A riveting tale of intrigue, spies, counterspies and secret agents, George Washington, Spymasteris a unique and entertaining account of one of the...
Author | Mara Rockliff |
ISBN | 0544130014 |
Christopher Ludwick was a German-born American patriot with a big heart and a talent for baking. When cries of “Revolution!” began, Christopher was determined to help General George Washington and his hungry troops. Not with muskets or cannons, but with gingerbread!
Cheerfully...
Author | Kristiana Gregory |
ISBN | 0590226533 |
This is a great fictional account of the winter George Washington’s army spent in Valley Forge. I quite enjoyed it.
Warning: There are a few things that might make some readers squeamish, including the severing of limbs in wartime surgeries.
Content:
* alcohol
* profanity
*...
Author | Sophie Blackall |
ISBN | 0316362387 |
On the highest rock of a tiny island
at the edge of the world stands a lighthouse.
It is built to last forever. Sending its light out to sea.
The fog rolls in, and the fog rolls out.
The waves rise and crash. The wind blows and blows...
This beautiful picture book caught my eye on the Goodreads...
Author | Deborah Chandra |
ISBN | 0374325340 |
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,...
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 | Laurie Halse Anderson |
ISBN | 0689858086 |
Listen up! You've all heard about the great men who led and fought during the American Revolution; but did you know that the guys only make up part of the story? What about the women? The girls? The dames? Didn't they play a part?
Of course they did, and with page after page of superbly researched...
Thomas Jefferson: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Everything
Author | Maira Kalman |
ISBN | 0399240403 |
Renowned artist Maira Kalman sheds light on the fascinating life and interests of the Renaissance man who was our third president.
Thomas Jefferson is perhaps best known for writing the Declaration of Independence—but there’s so much more to discover. This energetic man was interested...
Farmer George Plants a Nation
Author | Peggy Thomas |
ISBN | 1620910292 |
This picture book for older readers focuses on George Washington as farmer, inventor, and scientist. Infused with excerpts from George’s letters and diaries, the narrative makes a convincing case for Washington’s place as the nation’s First Farmer. He invented a combination plow-tiller-harrow,...
Hamilton and Peggy!: A Revolutionary Friendship
Author | L.M. Elliott |
ISBN | 0062671324 |
The colonies are in the throes of the Revolutionary War and caught in the midst of spies, traitors, Loyalists and Patriots, is the charming, quick-witted Peggy Schuyler—youngest of the famed Schuyler sisters and daughter of General Philip Schuyler. Her eldest sister Angelica, the “thief of...