The Oxford Illustrated Book of American Children's Poems
10 best books like The Oxford Illustrated Book of American Children's Poems (Donald Hall): Turn Homeward, Hannalee, The Wright Brothers, All the Small Poems and Fourteen More, A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt, The Winged Watchman, Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman, The Perilous Road, The Great Wheel, A Child's Introduction to Poetry: Listen While You Learn about the Magic Words That Have Moved Mountains, Won Battles and Made Us Laugh and Cry, George Washington Carver: Man's Slave Becomes God's Scientist
| Author | Patricia Beatty |
| ISBN | 0688166768 |
During the closing days of the Civil War, plucky 12-year-old Hannalee Reed, sent north to work in a Yankee mill, struggles to return to the family she left behind in war-torn Georgia. "A fast-moving novel based upon an actual historical incident with a spunky heroine and fine historical detail."--School...
| Author | Quentin Reynolds |
| ISBN | 0394847008 |
In this book, the author Quentin Reynolds’ purpose in writing it was to share the story of the Wright brothers and the airplane with the world. Although Quentin did not state his purpose directly in the book, it is clear that was his purpose. The audience for this book is a big range of ages. A 13 year old...
| Author | Valerie Worth |
| ISBN | 0374403457 |
This is a lovely collection of very short poems about myriad things. There's a wide variety of topics and I was fascinated at the different ways of describing the things. Occasionally, the poem would provide a different perspective, such as how fleas see their world from the back of a dog.
We...
| Author | C. Coco De Young |
| ISBN | 0440415292 |
Eleven-year-old Margo Bandini has never been afraid of anything. Her life in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, with Mama and Papa and her little brother, Charlie, has always felt secure. But it's 1933, and the Great Depression is changing things for families all across America.
One day the impossible...
| Author | Hilda van Stockum |
| ISBN | 1883937078 |
This acclaimed story of World War II is rich in suspense, characterization, plot and spiritual truth. Every element of occupied Holland is united in a story of courage and hope: a hidden Jewish child, an "underdiver," a downed RAF pilot, an imaginative, daring underground hero, and the small things...
| Author | Dorothy Sterling |
| ISBN | 0590436287 |
This book covers the life of Harriet Tubman from the time she was a seven year old slave in Maryland until she dies at the age of nintey-three. Harriet begins working as a house servant and ends up being sent to work in the field with men. Her master hires her out to other farmers, on a job Harriet ends up meeting...
| Author | William O. Steele |
| ISBN | 0152052046 |
Talk about a reading experience of the way things used to be. The writing, the spelling...all from the older days.
Chris Brabson and his family are Southerners during the Civil War. They live in TN, close to Chattanooga, and just like any good little hard working family, they mind their own business...
| Author | Robert Lawson |
| ISBN | 0802777058 |
"Your fortune lies to the west. Keep your face to the sunset . . . and one day you'll ride the greatest wheel in all the world." When Aunt Honora reads this fortune in his tea leaves, Conn Kilroy knows he is destined for greater things than his small Irish village can offer. A letter from his uncle Michael in...
| Author | Michael Driscoll |
| ISBN | 1579122825 |
This is a nice hardback book with an extremely diverse selection of poetry. Along with the explanations of the different forms of poetry; you will find little biographies of some famous Poets, and an accompanying CD of poetry that is read aloud.
Some forms of poetry you will find include; Nursery...
This is the first book I have read in the YA "Sower" series. It is written in 1st-person narrative and emphasizes Carver's Christian faith. I think it's a great biography for all ages, and especially for youth. Personally, I also find it interesting to look at the religious side of a person's background...
| Author | Daniel J. Boorstin |
| ISBN | 0394891201 |
This was used as a spine book in Sonlight's History program. A bit dense in information, and a slow read, but WELL worth the effort. It brought to life many of the otherwise dry events of our nation's history such as processes of the Add-A-State program, Associated Press, how and why we began using Standard...
| Author | Elizabeth Levy |
| ISBN | 0590451596 |
If you were there when they signed the Constitution you would see
--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 |
Did you know that Clark wanted to name a river after his childhood sweetheart? Romantic, right? Except that he got her name wrong! Uh oops! Haha! Learn other interesting facts and all the history associated with this expedition.
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| Author | Marvin Barrett |
| ISBN | 0375812113 |
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...
| Author | Joan Heilbroner |
| ISBN | 0375803971 |
George Washington grew up in the English colony of Virginia. He was tall and strong, fair in judgment, and respected by his friends as a
good leader. As he grew older, George saw how England took advantage of the American colonies—and he didn't like it. When the colonies declared their independence,...
| Author | Helen Josephine Ferris |
| ISBN | 0385062494 |
Long long ago this book was gifted to my family by a friend of my father who was in the publishing business. I have many fond memories reading poems from this 500+ page volume. Some are funny, some are famous, some are esoteric and some are easy to grok. It's a collection that a logical numbers person like...
| Author | Adrien Stoutenburg |
| ISBN | 0140309284 |
My new student and I listened to this book on audio. The narration was excellent and most of the stories were fun too. A few of them bogged down but this is a great introduction to American stories. I don't often do audio with students but I am happy we did with this book, the voice helped to make the book more...
| Author | Margaret Davidson |
| ISBN | 0590424033 |
A Biography of a Great Man That Shines
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 | Marden Dahlstedt |
| ISBN | 0962182702 |
I was obsessed with this book when I was in fourth grade. Our teacher read it to us and then we went to visit Johnstown and the Johnstown Flood Memorial Museum, and I was completely hooked. I read this countless times back then, but I couldn't really remember what happened, so I figured it was worth a re-read....
| Author | Jean Fritz |
| ISBN | 0698113721 |
A fun historic tale by Newbery Honor-winning author, Jean Fritz!
No matter how busy he was, Ben Franklin always found time to try out new ideas: a remote-control lock (so he could lock his door without getting out of bed), a rocking chair with a fan over it (to keep flies away), and a windmill (to...
| Author | Virginia Sorensen |
| ISBN | 0152047255 |
An Amish girl, Esther feels like "one black bird against the sky" in her plain clothes. So when she's forced to attend public school she's terrified. She fears the new world she must enter, fears the way she sticks out next to other kids, and--most of all--fears she may do what her brother did: run away and...
| Author | Kathleen Karr |
| ISBN | 0374427984 |
Yeeeeeee-haw! Git along, little . . . turkeys?
Big, brawny Simon Green, who's just completed third grade (for the fourth time), may not be book smart, but he's nobody's fool. When it's time to be done with school and make his way in the world, Simon hatches a plan that could earn him a bundle. He...
| Author | Neil T. Anderson |
| ISBN | 0880704977 |
Up to his chest in the black current of an underground river, Neil Anderson was just hitting his stride.In the eerie light of flickering torches, the wild hunting party was bringing down giant fruit bats with blow darts and killing them with their bare hands. The cave was full of yelling, splashing men,,...
| Author | Philip Smith |
| ISBN | 0486270890 |
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| Author | Eloise Jarvis McGraw |
| ISBN | 0816710503 |
I read this book I-don't-know-how-many times as a kid, and loved it every time. For this year's reading challenge, I wanted to see if this simple 150-page story held up as well as I remembered, and guess what? It did!
This book is just so . . . satisfying. I love watching all the little pieces of the...
