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10 best books like Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams? (Jean Fritz): How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark, George Washington, George Washington's Teeth, If You Were There When They Signed The Constitution, Meet Thomas Jefferson, Meet George Washington, Skippack School, Three Young Pilgrims, William Shakespeare & the Globe, Sarah Morton's Day: A Day In The Life Of A Pilgrim Girl

How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark
AuthorRosalyn Schanzer
ISBN0792267265
Excellent children's non-fiction picture book detailing the journey of Lewis and Clark and their Corps of Discovery. Most of the text is taken from the actual account. The passages have been chosen with great care for the intended audience of ages 6 and older. They reveal just enough information to...
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:...
George Washington's Teeth
AuthorDeborah Chandra
ISBN0374325340
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,...
If You Were There When They Signed The Constitution
AuthorElizabeth Levy
ISBN0590451596
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...
Meet Thomas Jefferson
AuthorMarvin Barrett
ISBN0375812113
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...
Meet George Washington
AuthorJoan Heilbroner
ISBN0375803971
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,...
Skippack School
AuthorMarguerite de Angeli
ISBN0836191242
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...
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...
William Shakespeare & the Globe
AuthorAliki
ISBN0064437221
From Hamlet to Romeo and Juliet to A Midsummer Night′s Dream, Shakespeare′s celebrated works have touched people around the world.

Aliki combines literature, history, biography, archaeology, and architecture in this richly detailed and meticulously researched introduction to...
Sarah Morton's Day: A Day In The Life Of A Pilgrim Girl
AuthorKate Waters
ISBN0590474006

I know I read this ages ago but couldn’t remember the details. I like the examination of what the everyday details would have been like for the Plymouth colonists. It struck me as well researched and presented in a very plausible manner to make history “real” to kids.

One thing that...
George the Drummer Boy
AuthorNathaniel Benchley
ISBN0064441067
More than two hundred years ago, Boston belonged to the British. George was a drummer boy with the King's soldiers there. He wanted to be friends with the people of Boston. But they did not like the soldiers. They shouted and threw things at them. One night, George and the other soldiers were sent on a secret...
Guns for General Washington: A Story of the American Revolution
AuthorSeymour Reit
ISBN0152164359
This is a decent little book - a quick read at 140 pages - about a group of heroic men, led by Commander Knox of the Continental Army, who faced many challenges in moving heavy cannon from Ft. Ticonderoga, NY, down the Hudson, and east across the Berkshire Mountains and all of Massachusetts to Boston, at...
Christopher Columbus
AuthorStephen Krensky
ISBN0679803696
1. Book summary, in your own words (3 pts)
Christopher Columbus is a great informational book all about Christopher Columbus and his journey to discovering the new world. It honestly gave more insight into his journey that I did not know very well. It was a great read.
2. Grade level, interest...
Seaman: The Dog Who Explored the West with Lewis & Clark
AuthorGail Langer Karwoski
ISBN1561452769
It is 1804, the year that Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the Corps of Discovery set out for their now-legendary exploration of the Louisiana Purchase, departing St. Louis to travel across the continent to the Pacific Ocean and back.
This fictionalized biography of Lewis and Clark's journey...
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...
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...
A Boy Called Slow
AuthorJoseph Bruchac
ISBN0399226923
This beautifully ilustrated picture book by the Native American storyteller, Joseph Bruhac, is the story of the famous warrior hero of the Lakota Sioux tribe, Sitting Bull. As a child, "Slow" was slow at everything he did. He wished he could have a stronger name. His mother and father told him that he...
If You Traveled West In A Covered Wagon
AuthorEllen Levine
ISBN0590451588
This is part of a great series that allow young readers to be given a history book without being too overwhelming. The book focuses on a time period while exploring in detail the particulars such as in this case what it would have like to have traveled West when there were no modern transportation methods...
Ben Franklin: Young Printer
AuthorAugusta Stevenson
ISBN0020419201
I have yet to find a "Childhood of Famous Americans" book that doesn't make sure readers know how terribly savage and dangerous "The Indians" are. This one starts out with young Ben being castigated by his parents for being friendly to a native trader and warning him that he must never go visit them, or...
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