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10 best books like Pagoo (Holling Clancy Holling): The Landing of the Pilgrims, The Handbook of Nature Study, Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man, The Little Duke, A Drop Of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder, This Country of Ours, Parables from Nature, Fifty Famous Stories Retold, Trial and Triumph: Stories from Church History, The Adventures of Marco Polo

The Landing of the Pilgrims
AuthorJames Daugherty
ISBN0394846974
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...
The Handbook of Nature Study
AuthorAnna Botsford Comstock
ISBN0801493846
'A matchless handbook for decades, this classic has been the natural history bible of countless teachers and others who seek information about their natural environment. Written originally for those elementary school teachers who knew little of common plants and animals, and even less about earth...
Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man
AuthorRobert McCloskey
This is a longer story with beautiful artwork. Robert uses repetition well in this story. Each person or thing is associated with a sound or a color and whenever that thing is mentioned, he gives the sound or color with it. It makes for a fun and dynamic story when reading aloud. It was easy to get into the...
The Little Duke
AuthorCharlotte Mary Yonge
ISBN1406955302
On a bright autumn day, as long ago as the year 943, there was a great bustle in the Castle of Bayeux in Normandy. The hall was large and low, the roof arched, and supported on thick short columns, almost like the crypt of a Cathedral; the walls were thick, and the windows, which had no glass, were very small,...
A Drop Of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder
AuthorWalter Wick
ISBN0590221973
The most spectacular photographs ever created on the subject of water appear in this unique science book by Walter Wick. The camera stops the action and magnifies it so that all the amazing states of water can be observed - water as ice, rainbow, stream, frost, dew. Readers can examine a drop of water as...
This Country of Ours
AuthorH.E. Marshall
ISBN1599150107
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...
Parables from Nature
AuthorMrs. Alfred Gatty
ISBN1599150050
I cannot say enough about Parables from Nature by Margaret Scott Gatty. What a treasure! Mrs. Gatty wrote with a wonderful prose style, and included many encouraging morals which are a joy to share with children. The stories , which seek to uncover God’s craftsmanship in the natural world, are challenging,...
Fifty Famous Stories Retold
AuthorJames Baldwin
ISBN1599150069
No book is better for introducing children ages 6 to 9 to legendary historical figures than this collection of stories admirably retold by James Baldwin at the beginning of the last century. Selecting the best of our literary heritage, Baldwin cast it into a form that delights children of all ages. Beginning...
Trial and Triumph: Stories from Church History
AuthorRichard M. Hannula
ISBN1885767544
"Thus says the LORD: Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; then you will find rest for your souls" (Jer. 6:16).

Christianity is a faith in love with history. God took on human flesh and dwelt among us. The Spirit carried that divine work over the...
The Adventures of Marco Polo
AuthorRussell Freedman
Was Marco Polo the world's greatest explorer -- or the world's greatest liar? Newbery Medalist Russell Freedman turns his eagle eye on the enigmatic Marco Polo in his most exciting biography yet.

He claimed to have seen rocks burn, bandits command sandstorms, lions tamed with a look, and sorcerers...
Joan of Arc
AuthorDiane Stanley
ISBN0064437485
Against the fascinating tapestry of France's history during the Hundred Years War, Diane Stanley unfolds the story of the simple thirteen-year-old village girl who would lead France to independence from English rule, and thus become a symbol of France's national pride. It is a story of vision and...
Benjamin Franklin
AuthorIngri d'Aulaire
ISBN0964380390
Read aloud to my children. They collectively gave it 3.5 stars.

Ellie (6 y.o): I loved it, and I thought the bathtub was really funny. That one little part when he went on a boat was the part I did not like. It was too violent.

Connor (7 y.o.): The reason I didn't I didn't like it was because...
The Burgess Animal Book for Children
AuthorThornton W. Burgess
ISBN0486437450
When Jenny Wren learns that Peter Rabbit would like to know more about the four-footed friends who share the Green Meadows and Green Forest with him, she encourages him to speak with Old Mother Nature who is only too happy to help. During their "classroom" chats, she not only teaches Peter about Arctic...
The Child's Story Bible
AuthorCatherine F. Vos
ISBN0802850111
I'm pretty sensitive to the "voice" of a story when I'm reading to my kids. From several years of experience presenting children's storytimes at the public library, I developed a keen awareness of when my audience was engaged and when I was "losing them."

So, when I read Bible story books to my...
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