Grammar: Late Renaissance/Early Modern: 1600 A.D. - 1850 A.D.
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions by Margaret Musgrove (African Ethnology)
The Eagle's Song: A Tale from the Pacific Northwest by Kristina Rodanas (Native American Folktale)
The Landmark History of the American People by Daniel J. Boorstin (from Plymouth to the West)
Children's Encyclopedia of American History by Smithsonian
North American Indians by Marie and Douglas Gorsline
First Encyclopedia of History by Fiona Chandler (Nonfiction/Survey--12,000-present)
A Short History of the World by Ruth Brocklehurst (Nonfiction/Survey--12,000 B.C.-present)
The Story of Spying by Rob Lloyd Jones (Nonfiction/Ancient times to cold war--336 B.C.-1991 A.D.)
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Story of London Picture Book by Rob Lloyd Jones (Nonfiction/Survey from Roman times to present--47 A.D.-present)
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The Story of London by Rob Lloyd Jones (Nonfiction/Survey from Roman times to present--47 A.D.-present)
London by Catriona Clarke (Nonfiction/Survey from Roman times to present--47 A.D.-present)
Kings and Queens Picture Book by Sarah Courtauld and Kate Davis (Nonfiction/English monarchs from Alfred through Elizabeth II--886-present)
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Royal London Picture Book by Struan Reid (Nonfiction/Royal history of London/Great read alongside Kings and Queens--886-present)
Tudors and Stuarts by Fiona Patchett (Nonfiction/Britain--1485-1714)
The Jews of New Amsterdam by Eva Deutsch Costabel (1500s-early 1700s)
Illustrated Stories from Shakespeare by Usborne (Retellings of plays published between 1590-1613)
The Gunpowder Plot by Rob Lloyd Jones (Nonfiction/England/Genesis of Guy Fawkes Day tradition--1605)
Three Ships Come Sailing by Gilchrist Waring (Jamestown settlement--1607)
Pocahontas and the Strangers by Clyde Robert Bulla (1607)
A Lion to Guard Us by Clyde Robert Bulla (Orphans travel from London to Virginia--1609)
Stink Alley by Jamie Gilson (Holland/Puritans--1614)
William Bradford: Pilgrim Boy by Bradford Smith (Nonfiction/Biography/30 years as governor of Plymouth colony--between 1621 and 1656)
The Thanksgiving Story by Alice Dalgliesh (Massachusetts--1621)
Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims by Clyde Robert Bulla (Biography/Wampanoag Indians/Massachusetts--1621)
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas retold by Russell Punter (Graphic Novel/Usborne Graphic Legends--1626
Tapenum's Day: A Wampanoag Indian Boy in Pilgrim Times by Kate Waters (Plymouth colony--1627)
Samuel Eaton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy by Kate Waters (Plymouth colony--1627)
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Sarah Morton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl by Kate Waters (Plymouth colony--1627)
The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh (Connecticut frontier--1630s or 40s)
What's Great About Rhode Island? by Rebecca Felix (Nonfiction/Founding to present/U.S. states--1636)
Rembrandt and the Boy Who Drew Dogs: A Story About Rembrandt van Rijn by Molly Blaisdell (Artist/Dutch/Baroque--1650s)
The Great Fire of London by Zana Davidson (Nonfiction/England--1666)
Peter the Great by Diane Stanley (Russia/Biography--1672-1725)
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The Salem Witch Trials: An Unsolved Mystery from History by Jane Yolen (Picture Book History/Massachusetts--1692)
Molly Bannaky by Alice McGill (Maryland/Indentured servant/interracial marriage--late 1600s)
Blackbeard: A Notorious Pirate in the Caribbean by Tim Cooke (Virginia/North Carolina--late 1600s-1700s)
Om-kas-toe by Kenneth Thomasma (early 1700s)
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare (Maine--1700s)
The Georgians by Ruth Brocklehurst (Nonfiction/Britain--1714-1837)
The Skippack School by Marguerite De Angeli (Pennsylvania/Mennonite--1750)
Ben Franklin and the Magic Square by Frank Murphy (American colonies--1750)
The Great Little Madison by Jean Fritz (James Madison/Virginia--1751-1836)
George Washington by Caroline Crosson Gilpin (National Geographic Readers Bios/--years of service: 1752-1797)
The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds (New York/American colonies--1756)
Captain Cook by Rebecca Levene (Nonfiction/Biography--years of service: 1759-1779)
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Captain Cook: The Great Ocean Explorer by Haydn Middleton [What's Their Story? Oxford University Press] (Nonfiction/Biography/Pacific Exploration--1768-1779)
Phoebe the Spy by Judith Griffin (late 1700s)
Winter Danger by William O. Steele (Tennessee/frontier life--1770s or 80s)
Nelson by Minna Lacey (Nonfiction/Biography/Britain/Naval history/active--1771-1805)
The Boston Tea Party by Russell Freedman (American colonies--1773)
Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? by Jean Fritz (Nonfiction/King George of England--no specific date)
Johnny Appleseed by Will Moses (American frontier--born 1774)
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz (Massachusetts--April, 1775)
George the Drummer Boy by Nathaniel Benchley (Concord, Massachusetts--15 April, 1775)
Sam the Minuteman by Nathaniel Benchley (Lexington, Massachusetts--19 April, 1775)
Francis Marion and the Legend of the Swamp Fox by Kate Salley Palmer (Nonfiction/Revolutionary War--1775-1783)
Will You Sign Here, John Hancock? by Jean Fritz (Declaration of Independence--1776)
Red, White, and Blue: The Story of the American Flag by John Herman (Nonfiction--date of first flag, 1777)
The Arrow Over the Door by Joseph Bruchac (United States--1777)
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The Winter at Valley Forge: Survival and Victory by James E. Knight (Nonfiction/Revolutionary War/United States--1777-1778)
The 18 Penny Goose by Sally M. Walker (American colonies--1778)
Shh! We're Writing the Constitution by Jean Fritz (Philadelphia--1787)
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We the People: The Story of Our Constitution by Lynne Cheney (Nonfiction/Philadelphia--1787)
If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution by Elizabeth Levy (Philadelphia--1787)
Mutiny on the Bounty (Great Illustrated Classics) by William Bligh, retold by Deborah Kestel (Novel/Historical fiction/1st person narrator/Maritime mutiny/South Pacific--1789)
Marie Antoinette by Katie Daynes (Nonfiction/Biography/French/Queen of France since 1770, generally studied during the French Revolution--1789-1793)
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? by Jean Fritz (late 1700s)
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Johnny Appleseed by Gini Holland (Nonfiction picture book/Ohio legend/First Biographies--1797)
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The Story of Johnny Appleseed by Aliki (Biographical picture book/Based on true life Ohio legend--1797)
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The Story of Eli Whitney by Jean Lee Latham (Inventor--1794, cotton gin/1801, interchangeable parts)
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Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs by James Rumford (Picture book/True history/Rosetta Stone/cracking the code of hieroglyphs--1799-1822)
Least of All by Carol Purdy (Vermont farm--turn of 19th century)
Louisiana Purchase by Peter Roop (Nonfiction/U.S. West--1803)
Napoleon Bonaparte by Lucy Lethbridge (Nonfiction/Biography/France/years in power--1803-1815)
Lewis and Clark: A Prairie Dog for the President by Shirley Raye Redmond (1804-1806)
The Lewis and Clark Expedition by Richard L. Neuberger (1804-1806)
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Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille by Russell Freedman (1809-1852)
Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen (Oregon Trail--1811-1840)
Wagon Train by S.A. Kramer (Western Expansion--1811-1840)
Amazing Impossible Erie Canal by Cheryl Harness (Nonfiction/Connecting the Great Lakes with the Hudson River--1817-1825)
Louis Braille: The Boy Who Invented Books for the Blind by Margaret Davidson (Nonfiction/Biography/Braille printing for the blind--1829)
The Boy in the Alamo by Margaret Cousins (Alamo siege/Texas--1836)
Queen Victoria by Zanna Davidson (Nonfiction/Biography/Britain--r. 1837-1901)
The Victorians by Ruth Brocklehurst (Nonfiction/Britain--1837-1901)
Trail of Tears by Joseph Bruchac (Indian Removal Act/Cherokee/Oklahoma reservation--1838)
The Usborne Illustrated Stories from Dickens (Classic retellings--pub. between 1838-1861)
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (mid 1800s)
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