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In this retelling of the Trojan War, Olivia Coolidge crafts heroes and gods into real, multidimensional characters, not just the figures of legend. Vibrant storytelling and finely wrought action have made her version of the classic tale of the Fall of Troy accessible to generations of young readers.

Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold (Unforgettable Americans)

Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold (Unforgettable Americans)

by Jean Fritz

A study of the life and character of the brilliant Revolutionary War general who deserted to the British for money.

International Children's Bible Handbook

by Larry Richards

The Bible study tool no child's bookshelf should be without! The International Children's Bible Field Guide answers your kids' questions about the Bible. This all-in-one handbook for children does more than just retell the Bible stories. It builds faith with character sketches, geography, archeology, customs, and spiritual truths in each chapter. The International Children's Bible Field Guide is fun to... (more)

The Lion Storyteller Bedtime Book

by Bob Hartman

Forty gentle, reassuring folk tales from around the world, both traditional and new, delightfully retold by a master storyteller.

The Slopes of War

by Norah A. Perez

Buck Summerhill, a young soldier from West Virginia, faces the horrors of the Battle of Gettysburg knowing that his two cousins, Custis and Mason, may be fighting against him in the Army of northern Virginia.

The New Nation (History of Us) Vol. 4

by Joy Hakim

Beginning with George Washington's inauguration and continuing into the nineteenth century, The New Nation tells the story of the remarkable challenges that the freshly formed United States faced. Thomas Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana Territories (bought from France at a mere four cents an acre!), Lewis and Clark's daring expedition through this wilderness, the War of 1812 a.k.a. "Revolutionary War, Part... (more)

What's Inside You? (Starting Point Science)Susan Meredith

What's Inside You? (Starting Point Science)

by Susan Meredith

This book explains where our food goes, why we have blood, where thoughts come from. It is aimed at 6-9 year olds.

A Child's History For the WorldV. M. Hillyer

A Child's History For the World

by V. M. Hillyer

Centennial edition.

A Child's Book of Art

by Lucy Micklethwait

An introduction to art appreciation exposes young readers to more than one hundred works of art from a wide range of periods, cultures, and artists, and with subjects such as seasons, weather, and animals.

Moonshiner's Son

by Carolyn Reeder

Twelve-year-old Tom Higgins is learning the craft of making whiskey. Even though Prohibition forbids the production and sale of alcoholic beverages, Tom is determined to be a good apprentice. He is, after all, a moonshiner's son. His father has raised moonshining to an art, and Tom wants nothing more than to please this rough, distant man. Then a preacher comes to the wilds of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains to... (more)

The Cross and the Switchblade

by Reverend David Wilkerson

Her world was the street gang, the sex party, the fix. Her destiny, a life of crime and an early grave. But Maria was rescued, along with thousands like her, by one dedicated crusader who carried the cross into the world of the switchblade.

Master Cornhill

by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Sequoyah and the Cherokee AlphabetRobert Cwiklik

Sequoyah and the Cherokee Alphabet

by Robert Cwiklik

A History of Us, Book 7: Reconstruction and Reform (History of Us)

A History of Us, Book 7: Reconstruction and Reform (History of Us)

by Joy Hakim

Covering a time of great hope and incredible change, Reconstruction and Reform is a dramatic look at life after the Civil War in the newly re-United States. Railroad tycoons were roaring across the country. New cities sprang up across the plains, and a new and different American West came into being: a land of farmers, ranchers, miners, and city dwellers. Back East, large-scale immigration was also going on, but... (more)

Things People DoAnne Civardi

Things People Do

by Anne Civardi

Grade 2-5 A description of the work people do in different sorts of jobs. Set on the imaginary island of Banilla, the book introduces a host of cheery, busy people, including Manuel Laber, the builder; Penny Sillin, the doctor; Les Chatter, a teacher; Honor Toze, a ballet dancer; and Mayor Naze and shows them as they go about their daily lives. Children, as well as their adult friends, will delight in repeating... (more)

The Second Mrs. Gioconda

by E. L. Konigsburg

THE GREATEST ARTIST OF HIS TIME AN APPRENTICE WITH A LARCENOUS HEART AND AN AVERSION TO THE TRUTH A YOUNG DUTCHESS WHOSE PLAIN FACE BELIES HER BEAUTIFUL SOUL Could the complex ways these three lives intertwine hold the key to a historical riddle as enigmatic as the Mona Lisa's smile -- why Leonardo da Vinci devoted three years to a painting of the second wife of an unimportant merchant when all the nobles of... (more)

The Eagle of the Ninth

by Rosemary Sutcliff

In a.d. 125, a young Roman centurion must recover the infamous Ninth Legion's missing symbol of honor, the eagle standard.

Bonanza Girl

by Patricia Beatty

Katherine Scott, a widow, leaves Portland, Oregon, with her two children for the Idaho gold fields thinking she'll make a living teaching school. But when they get there, they discover there's no children, there's no place to live but in a tent, and there's nothing to eat but beans.

Streams to the River, River to the Sea: A Novel of Sacagawea

Streams to the River, River to the Sea: A Novel of Sacagawea

by Scott O'Dell

In this redesigned edition of Scott O'Dell's classic novel, a young Native American woman, accompanied by her infant and her cruel husband, experiences joy and heartbreak when she joins the Lewis and Clark expedition seeking a way to the Pacific.

The World of Columbus and Sons

by Genevieve Foster

This is the story of a wonderful, changing, reawakening world the world of the Renaissance and Reformation. Measured by the lifetime of Columbus and his sons, this book spans the years from 1451-1539. With Columbus as the central figure of this narrative, readers will also learn the fascinating stories of Prince Henry the Navigator, Ivan III of Russia, Gutenberg, Queen Isabella, Leonardo da Vinci, Mohammed II, the... (more)

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by Olivia E. Coolidge

by Jean Fritz

by Larry Richards

by Bob Hartman

by Norah A. Perez

by Joy Hakim

by Susan Meredith

by V. M. Hillyer

by Lucy Micklethwait

by Carolyn Reeder

by Reverend David Wilkerson

by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

by Robert Cwiklik

by Joy Hakim

by Anne Civardi

by E. L. Konigsburg

by Rosemary Sutcliff

by Patricia Beatty

by Scott O'Dell

by Genevieve Foster