The Secret of the Sealed Room: A Mystery of Young Ben Franklin
10 best books like The Secret of the Sealed Room: A Mystery of Young Ben Franklin (Bailey MacDonald): The Thanksgiving Story, Johnny Tremain, Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia, The Courage of Sarah Noble, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, Toliver's Secret, Walk The World's Rim, The Bears on Hemlock Mountain, If You Were There When They Signed The Constitution, Skippack School
Author | Alice Dalgliesh |
ISBN | 0689710534 |
In this festive Caldecott Honor–winning picture book, Alice Dalgiesh brings to life the origin of the Thanksgiving holiday for readers of all ages.
Giles, Constance and Damaris Hopkins are all passengers aboard the crowded Mayflower, journeying to the New World to start a new life. Things...
Author | Esther Forbes |
ISBN | 0440442508 |
Probably the greatest book ever written, by both man and child, woman and other writing entity, Johnny Tremain tells the story of a young genius who becomes a silversmith and burns the crappin' hell out of his hand. He's always embarrassed by his sort of melty hand and keeps it in his pockets or in his mother's...
Author | Margaret Cousins |
ISBN | 0394849280 |
I read this biography aloud to my children.
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...
The Courage of Sarah Noble
Author | Alice Dalgliesh |
ISBN | 0689715404 |
In this Newbery Honor book classic, young Sarah learns how to be brave even when the world is strange and new.
In 1707, young Sarah Noble and her father traveled through the wilderness to build a new home for their family. “Keep up your courage, Sarah Noble,” her mother had said, but Sarah...
Author | Jean Lee Latham |
ISBN | 0618250743 |
Readers today are still fascinated by “Nat,” an eighteenth-century nautical wonder and mathematical wizard. Nathaniel Bowditch grew up in a sailor’s world—Salem in the early days, when tall-masted ships from foreign ports crowded the wharves. But Nat didn’t promise to have the makings...
Author | Esther Wood Brady |
ISBN | 0679848045 |
I read this book aloud to my children. It is an historical fiction adventure set in New York in the 1700s.
Ten year-old Ellen Toliver is a meek and mild girl, who is often bullied by another girl named Dicey. Grandfather encourages Ellen to stand up for herself and talk back to Dicey, but Mother...
Author | Betty Baker |
ISBN | 1887840222 |
Couldn't sleep last night so I read this straight through. Combines known history of the survivors of disastrous 1527 expedition from Cuba to explore Florida and find wealth. Of over 600 men only 4 survived, including Cabeza de Vaca, two others and a black slave, Esteban. This YA novel is from the perspective...
Author | Alice Dalgliesh |
ISBN | 0689716044 |
Now while I certainly have very much enjoyed Alice Dalgliesh' 1953 Newbery Honour winning The Bears on Hemlock Mountain theme and content wise and do greatly appreciate the slice of pioneer American life presented and depicted, I am nevertheless and sadly left rather majorly cold and unsatisfied...
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 | Marguerite de Angeli |
ISBN | 0836191242 |
I have been making my way through all of the deAngeli books and I think that this one might be my favorite so far.
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 |
A Newbery Honor Book
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 | Clyde Robert Bulla |
ISBN | 0590434810 |
Summary
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 | Clyde Robert Bulla |
ISBN | 0590440551 |
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...
Author | Judith Berry Griffin |
ISBN | 0698119568 |
Someone is planning to kill George Washington, and young Phoebe Fraunces is trying to save his life. Phoebe gets a job as George Washington's housekeeper, but her real job is to work as a spy. She listens and watches very carefully, and she meets her father every day to tell him what she has learned. One...
Author | Clyde Robert Bulla |
ISBN | 0064403335 |
The inspiring classic that
The
New Yorker
called "an exciting tale [with] top-notch writing," about one girl facing harsh conditions and huge responsibility as she brings her family to the American colonies.
Featuring a heroine with faith, courage, and a great deal of grit, this...