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10 best books like The Fourth of July Story (Alice Dalgliesh): Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving, George Washington's Breakfast, The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare, Dear Benjamin Banneker, Tut's Mummy: Lost...And Found, George Washington, What's Smaller Than a Pygmy Shrew?, A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution, Three Young Pilgrims

Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving
AuthorEric Metaxas
ISBN0849958644
This entertaining and historical story shows that the actual hero of the Thanksgiving was neither white nor Indian, but God. In 1608, English traders came to Massachusetts and captured a 12-year old Indian, Squanto, and sold him into slavery. He was raised by Christians and taught faith in God. Ten...
George Washington's Breakfast
AuthorJean Fritz
ISBN0698300998
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...
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
AuthorHenry Wadsworth Longfellow
ISBN1929766130
There are several illustrators that have put pen and color to Longfellow's famous poem, but Ted Rand's stands out to me. His illustrations are beautiful, life-like and telling. The images stick with you wonderfully and bring the poem alive.

Definitely recommend this one!

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Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare
AuthorDiane Stanley
ISBN0688162940
William Shakespeare was the son of a glovemaker, a small-town boy with a grammar school education. Yet he grew up to become the greatest English-speaking playwright in the world. Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare is both his story and that of a great art rediscovered in the modern world.

Drama...
Dear Benjamin Banneker
AuthorAndrea Davis Pinkney
ISBN0152018921
Throughout his life Banneker was troubled that all blacks were not free. And so, in 1791, he wrote to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, who had signed the Declaration of Independence. Banneker attacked the institution of slavery and dared to call Jefferson a hypocrite for owning slaves. Jefferson...
Tut's Mummy: Lost...And Found
AuthorJudy Donnelly
ISBN0394891899
• This book is a great choice for beginners, and tells the story of the death of Tutankhamen. This is a great step into getting children excited to read books that are nonfiction,
• Teachers may use this for History, English
• Grades K-3
• Individual students may read this during...
George Washington
AuthorIngri d'Aulaire
ISBN0964380315
The D Aulaires researched this classic biography of the Father Of Our Country by traveling in the very footsteps of Washington across Virginia territory, absorbing the essence of this great man. Beautifully illustrated in full color. Recommended in Laura Berquist Syllabus Grades 2, 3 and 4 Author:...
What's Smaller Than a Pygmy Shrew?
AuthorRobert E. Wells
ISBN0807588377
My son and I read this book as a part of Sonlight's P4/5 curriculum. This is the third book we've read by Robert E. Wells and I am in love with his books. He has this wonderful way of taking complex science and mathematics concepts and making them accessible to preschoolers and young children. My son has also...
A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution
AuthorBetsy Maestro
ISBN0688101925
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...
Three Young Pilgrims
AuthorCheryl Harness
ISBN0027426432
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...
Island Boy
AuthorBarbara Cooney
ISBN0140507566
The acclaimed author of Miss Rumphius recounts the lives of four generations living on a New England coastal island and the importance of family ties.

The youngest and quietest of 12 children, Matthias grew closest to Tibbets Island, learning its secrets through the years. And though in later...
If You Lived In Colonial Times
AuthorAnn McGovern
A better name for this book would be “If you were a white Puritan colonist of moderate means in Colonial Times”— as that is all that is covered.

The telling is interesting and accessible to kids. The facts and quotes are very memorable. It’s just narrow.

There’s no acknowledgement...
Squanto, Friend Of The Pilgrims
AuthorClyde Robert Bulla
ISBN0590440551
I still remember when I picked this up as a beginning reader. It was the thrill of reading an "older kid's book about a real person" that made it exciting, and the more mature narrative flow that made me feel accomplished. Some books you don't forget.

I've recently read a few other titles by Clyde...
Stories of the Pilgrims
AuthorMargaret Pumphrey
ISBN1599151235
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...
Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books
AuthorKay Winters
ISBN1416912681
Learn about the early life of Abraham Lincoln in this picture book biography that Kirkus Reviews calls “a moving tribute to the power of books and words.”

In a tiny log cabin a boy listened with delight to the storytelling of his ma and pa. He traced letters in sand, snow, and dust. He borrowed...
The Boy Who Held Back the Sea
AuthorThomas Locker
ISBN0140546138
Beautiful illustrations reminiscent of the Dutch masters. My only criticisms are that they never show the hole in the dike, meaning that children who are unfamiliar with the concept will have difficulty picturing it. Also, the text prefers to describe what characters said instead of having actual...
Pumpkin Heads
AuthorWendell Minor
ISBN0590521055
One of the best-loved activities of the year is picking out your favorite pumpkin and carving a smiling, frowning, silly, or scary face -- a pumpkin head!October is here. It's time to pick a pumpkin!

On Halloween every pumpkin becomes a pumpkin head.

Some are big. Some are small.

Pumpkin...
Martin Luther: A Man Who Changed the World
AuthorPaul L. Maier
ISBN0758606265
A 2005 Gold Medallion finalist! Martin Luther served as a catalyst of the Protestant Reformation in sixteenth-century Europe. This book teaches children about his fascinating life, influence, and teaching while encouraging them to see how God uses them in His kingdom today. Children learn the historic...
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