Intriguing Travels

Don't these pictures intrigue you?

Aren't you curious to find out what these doors are?

Do they lead anywhere?

What if you could travel to another place through one of those doors?

Students, have you planned your summer travel reading list?

I know, you're rolling your eyes and thinking, "Who makes a reading list?"

Well, just think of all the time you will have this summer! What a great time to spend in leisure traveling all over the world, and even into some imaginary worlds, through a good story.

Start thinking about a few books you should read for pleasure. Here are three to get you thinking: 100 Cupboards, Dandelion Fire, and The Chestnut King.

The first one is really good, the second better, and the third best.



Here's a video of author Nate Wilson on the Today Show.

"Reading is the basic tool of the good life." ~ Adler

Play and Learn

As an American citizen, you need to know what your rights are. Play this game to help you learn portions of the Bill of Rights in the United States Constitution.

Middle school fieldtrip

Merry Christmas to a great group of kids!

IRA Biographical Interpretation

IRA = Individual Reading Assignment

This assignment was a biography. After reading the book, the student had to make a lapbook of the person's life and then present the lapbook to the class dressed in character of the person.

Here are some lapbooks (front and inside) and some students dressed in character.

Lapbooks

So that you don't get lost in your travels to the links below, keep this page open when you go to the links by right clicking on the bold-faced link. In the little box that opens, left click on Open in New Tab.

Here are some lapbook links that will help you get some ideas for your own lapbook.

Read about what lapbooks are and how to make them at this link. This page is full of other specific links.

Planning a lapbook is like writing an outline. First you must decide on the topic. Then you break that topic down into different main topics, each with subtopics and points. This link will help you understand how to plan a lapbook.

A nice overview of lapbooks is found here. It is a pdf and takes a minute to load; be patient!

Don't try to plan your entire lapbook at first. The best thing is to start making several mini-books and store them in a ziplock bag. Keep them until you have several, and then you can begin to build your lapbook.

Pictures and descriptions of minibooks

Another link for pictures of minibooks These use scraps from leftover wallpaper books.

YouTube videos on how to make lapbooks

Next IRA project -- November 23

©Mental Multivitamin

Mrs. Dye goes to Venice, Italy

Link to Venice pictures.

This link is not active from the school computer lab, so if you want to see these pictures, you will need to link to them from somewhere other than the computer lab.

Eighth graders, notice that St. Mark's Square is where one fight took place in the 1848 Italian Revolution between Mazzini's Young Italy, or Carbonaria, and the Austrians. That's history-alive! Also notice the name of the street in the street sign.

Enjoy!

Photos of Paris, Switzerland, Pisa, and Florence

Addendum:

Students, or parents, or teachers.....

You will not be able to view these pictures in the computer lab. These pictures are stored on a Facebook account, and Facebook is not accessible in the lab. But, you can access it from anywhere else. :)

If you would like to see all of my photos from my trip to Paris, Switzerland, and Pisa and Florence, Italy, click the links below. I will add more places as I get the photos ready.

Enjoy!

Paris, France

Lucerne, Switzerland

Pisa, Italy

Florence, Italy

Akeelah and the Bee Games

Play some spelling and vocabulary games on the Akeelah and the Bee site.


Directions:
Until you can navigate on the site easily, keep this tab open.

Open this Akeelah site in a new tab.

When on the site, click on GAMES.

Then choose between word search, memory, and falling letters.

Have fun!

Students: See if you can figure this out!

5th grade historical book list

Old Testament

Adam and His Kin, by Ruth Beechick
Behold Your Queen (Esther) by Gladys Malvern (older)
Exodus by Brian Wildsmith
Foreigner; The: The Story of a Girl Named Ruth by Gladys Malvern (older)
Hittite Warrior by Joanne Williamson (older)
Joseph by Brian Wildsmith
Moses by Leonard Everett Fisher
Sumer of Mesopotamia: The First Civilizations, by Caselli
Tirzah by Lucille Travis (older)

Egypt

Ancient Egypt by Daniel Cohen
Boy of the Pyramids by Ruth Fosdick
Cat of Bubastes G A Henty (older)
Children's Homer (older)
Egyptian Pyramids by Anne Steel
Egyptian Town by Scott Steedman
Flash Dog of Old Egypt
Golden Goblet by McGraw
Great Pyramid by Elizabeth Mann
I Tut; Boy Who Became Pharaoh by Schlein
Mara Daughter of the Nile by McGraw (older)
Pepi and The Secret Names (easy)
Pharaohs & Pyramids in Usborne's Time Traveler set
Pharoahs of Ancient Egypt by Payne (Landmark) (medium)
Pyramid by Macauley
Pyramids by Anne Millard
Senefer: A Young Genius in Old Egypt

Greece & Rome

Adventures of the Greek Heroes by Mollie McLean & Anne Wiseman.
Adventures of Ulysses by Gottlieb 1200 BC (Landmark) (medium)
Alexander the Great by Gunther 336 BC (Landmark) (medium)
Archimedes and the Door of Science by Bendick (medium)
Barabbas by Par Lagerkvist (also has a movie version)
Ben Hur by Lew Wallace (also has a movie version)
Beric the Briton: Roman Invasion by GA Henty (older)
Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff
Bronze Bow by Speare
Buried City of Pompeii by S. Tanaka
Caesar Augustus' World by Foster (older)
Children of Ancient Greece by Louise Lamprey
Children of Ancient Rome by Louise Lamprey
Children's Homer by Padraic Colum
City by Macauley
Cleopatra by Stanley
Cleopatra of Egypt by Leonora Hornblow 69-30 BC (Landmark) (medium)
Conqueror and Hero: The Search for Alexander
Dark Ships Before Troy by Sutcliffe
Detectives in Togas by Winterfeld (older)
Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff
Eratosthenes: The Librarian Who Measured the Earth. (easy)
Exploits of Xenophon by Geoffrey Household 354 BC (Landmark) (medium)
For the Temple: Fall of Jerusalem by GA Henty (older)
Golden Days of Greece by Olivia Coolidge
Golden Fleece by Padraic Colum
Great Caesar by Plantagenet Somerset Fry. (older)
Greek Gazette from Usborne (medium)
Greek Myths & Stories by D'Aulaire )
Greek News etc. (medium)
Hannibal and His 37 Elephants (easy)
Herodotus for Boys and Girls by John S. White
In Search of Troy
Jesus of Nazareth by Fosdick (Landmark) (medium)
Julius Caesar by John Gunther 100-44 BC (Landmark) (medium)
Last Days of Pompeii by Lord Bulwer-Lytton
Life of Saint Patrick (Landmark) (medium)(Roman Britain)
Life of St. Paul by Fosdick (Landmark) (medium)
Lives of Famous Romans by Olivia Coolidge
Masada by Neil Waldman
Mystery of the Roman Ransom by Winterfeld (sequel to Togas)
Parthenon; The
Picture History of Ancient Rome by Richard Erdoes (medium)
Plutarch: Ten Famous Lives edited by Charles Robinson Jr. (medium)
Plutarch's Parallel Lives the translation by John S. White
Robe; The by Lloyd Douglas
Roman Colosseum by E. Mann
Roman News (medium)
Roman Record from Usborne (medium)
Rome & Romans in Usborne's Time Traveler set (picture)
Spartacus (also has a movie version)
Tombs and Treasures by Catherine Charley
Traitor Queen by Nancy Faulkner (Minoan) (older)
Trojan Horse by Emily Little
Vinegar Boy by Hauwse
We Were There With Caesar's Legion by Webb
Wonderbook by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Young Carthaginian by Henty (older)

6th grade Historical book list

The Middle Ages in Europe

Adam of the Road by Gray
Adventures & Discoveries of Marco Polo 1300's (Landmark) (medium)
Augustine Came to Kent by Willard (medium)
Brendan the Navigator by Fritz (medium)
Chief of the Cossacks (Landmark) (medium)
Crusades by Anthony West 1100's (Landmark) (medium)
Door in the Wall by de Angeli
The Dragon and the Raven: Or the Days of King Alfred by GA Henty (older)
Fall of Constantinople (Landmark) (medium)
Gabriel and the Hour Book (older)
Genghis Kahn & the Mongol Horde by Harold Lamb 1200 (Landmark) (medium)
Great and Terrible Quest by (medium)
Hidden Treasure of Glaston by Eleanore Jewett (older)
If You Lived in the Days of the Knights by Ann McGovern
In Freedom's Cause: A Story of Wallace and Bruce by GA Henty (older)
Innocent Wayfaring by Chute (older)
Ivanhoe by Scott (older)
Jackaroo by Voight (older)
Joan of Arc by Diane Stanley
Joan of Arc by Nancy Wilson Ross 1400's (Landmark) (medium)
King Alfred the Great by Johnson (older)
King Arthur & His Knights by Mabel Louise Robinson 500 AD (Landmark) (medium)
Knights & Castles in Usborne's Time Traveler set (picture)
Magna Charta by James Daugherty 1215 (Landmark) (medium)
Medieval Feast by Aliki (picture)
Minstrel in the Tower by Skurzynski
Mongols by Nicholson (older)
Otto of the Silver Hand by Pyle
Parcel of Patterns by Walsh
Pendragon series by Lawhead (older) (preview)
Red Keep by Allen French (older)
Robin Hood by McGovern
Robin Hood by Pyle (older)
Saint George for England: Hundred Years War by GA Henty (older)
Scottish Chiefs by Porter (older)
Secret Beyond the Mountains by Ritchie (older)
Sign of the Green Falcon by Harness (older)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Tolkein (older)
Son of Charlemagne by Willard (older)
Sons of the Steppe by Baumann (older)
Story of King Arthur by Howard Pyle
Striped Ships by McGraw (about the making of the Bayeaux Tapestry) (older)
Sword in the Stone (various versions)
Trumpeter of Krakow by Kelly (older)
Viking Raiders in Usborne's Time Traveler set (picture)
Vikings by Elizabeth Janeway 800 AD and on (Landmark) (medium)
We Were There With Richard the Lionhearted (medium)
White Stag by Seredy (medium)
William the Conqueror by Thomas B. Costain 1040 AD (Landmark) (medium)
Winning His Spurs: Crusades by GA Henty (older)
Writing on the Hearth by Harness (older)
Wulf the Saxon: Norman Conquest by GA Henty (older)

7th grade Historical Book List

The Renaissance

Barbary Pirates by C. S. Forester 1520-1830 (Landmark) (medium)
Bard of Avon: The Story of Wm. Shakespeare by Stanley
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare for Children by E. Nesbitt
Black Arrow by Stevenson (older)
Boy Knight of Reims by Lownsbery (older)
Cargo of the Madalena by Harnett (older)
Cathedral by Macaulay (medium)
Catherine the Great by Katherine Scherman l. 1762 (Landmark) (medium)
Dick Whittington and His Cat by Marcia Brown (easy)
Elizabeth Captive Princess by Irwin (older)
Executioner's Daughter (older)(preview)
Flight and Adventures of Charles II by Charles Norman 1640 (Landmark) (medium)
Good Queen Bess by Malkus (Signature) (older)
Great Escapes From the Tower of London by Abbott (medium)
I Juan de Pereja by De Trevino
Kidnapped by Stevenson (older)
King's Cavalier by Shellabarger (older)
Knight of the White Cross: War of the Roses by GA Henty (older)
Lady in Waiting by Sutcliff (older)
Leonardo da Vinci by Diane Stanley (medium)
Leonardo da Vinci by Emily Hahn 1450 (Landmark) (medium)
Life and Times of Louis XIV (older)
Lion of St. Mark: Venice by GA Henty (older)
Long Meg by Minard (older)
Mary Bloody Mary (older)
Mary Queen of Scots by Emily Hahn 1542-1587 (Landmark) (medium)
Master Cornhill by McGraw (older)
Master Skylark by Bennett
Michelangelo and da Vinci by Mike Venezia from his Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artist's series
Perilous Gard (older)
Piece of the Mountain: Blaise Pascal by McPherson (medium)
Queen Elizabeth & the Spanish Armada by Frances Winwar 1533-1603 (Landmark) (medium)
Red Hugh by Reilly (older)
Royal Diary series: Elizabeth Red Rose of Tudor (older)
Second Mrs. Giaconda; The by Konigsburg
Stars of Fortune by Harnett (older)
Three Musketeers by Dumas (older)
Will Shakespeare and the Globe Theater by White (Landmark) (medium)
World of Lady Jane Grey by Gladys Malvern (older)

The Reformation

By England’s Aid: Spanish Armada by GA Henty (older)
By Pike and Dyke: Rise of the Dutch Republic by GA Henty (older)
The Escape by Van der Jagt (older)
The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day, by O'Dell
Huguenot Garden by Jones
Ink on His Fingers, by Vernon
Lion of the North: Thirty Years War by GA Henty (older)
The Man Who Laid an Egg by Louise A. Vernon (medium)
Martin Luther 1483-1546 (Landmark) (medium)
The Monk Who Shook the World, by Davey
Morning Star of the Reformation, by Thompson
St. Bartholomew's Eve by Henty (older)
Watch for the Morning by Oliver (older)
Won by the Sword: Thirty Years War by GA Henty (older)

The Age of Exploration

Balboa by Syme
Balboa: Swordsman & Conqueror by Riesenberg 1450-1500 (Landmark) (medium)
Brendan the Navigator: A History Mystery About the Discovery of America by Jean Fritz (easy)
By Right of Conquest: With Cortez in Mexico by G.A. Henty (older)
Brendan’s Journey by Jean Fritz
Captain Cook Explores the South Seas 1741-1778 (Landmark) (medium)
Captain Cortes Conquers Mexico by Wm Johnson 1519 (Landmark) (medium)
Columbus by D’Aulaire (medium)
Columbus Finder of the New World by Ronald Syme (easy)
Conquista by Clyde Robert Bulla (easy)
The Discovery of the Americas by Maestro; goes beyond Columbus and the Vikings (medium)
Explorations of Pere Marquette by Jim Kjelgaard 1672 (Landmark) (medium)
Far Voyager by Jean Lee Latham
Ferdinand Magellan: Master Mariner by Seymour Pond 1480-1521 (Landmark) (medium)
Hawaii Gem of the Pacific by Lewis 1767 (Landmark) (medium)
Hudson's Bay Company 1670 (Landmark) (medium)
I Columbus: My Journal 1492-3 by Peter & Connie Roop (easy)
I Discover Columbus by Robert Lawson
If You Were There in 1492 by Barbara Brenner (easy)
Pedro's Journal by Conrad (Columbus)(easy)
Picture Book of Christopher Columbus by David Adler (easy)
The Quest of Captain Cook by Millicent Selsam (medium)
Vasco de Gama by Syme
Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Landmark) (medium)
Voyages of Henry Hudson 1607-1631 (Landmark) (medium)
Walter Raleigh 1507-1603 (Landmark) (medium)
Westward With Columbus by John Dyson (older)
Where Do You Think You're Going Christopher Columbus by Jean Fritz (easy)
Who Discovered America? by McKissack (medium)
World in 1492 by Jean Fritz (easy)

U.S. History: Colonial Period

1620 Year of the Pilgrims by Genevieve Foster (easy)
America Builds Homes; The Story of the First Colonies by Alice Dalgliesh (easy)
Bannekers of Bannaky Springs by Harrison
Brown Shadow by Craig Massey (older)
Crucible; The by Arthur Miller (older)
Daniel's Duck by Bulla (easy)
Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper (older)
Double Life of Pocahontas by Jean Fritz (easy)
Down Ryton Water (older)
Early Thunder (older)
Eating the Plates: A Pilgrim Book of Manners by Lucille Recht Penner (easy)
Finding Providence-The Story of Roger Williams (easy)
First Thanksgiving by Dalgliesh (colonial)(easy)
Good News From New England by Edward Winslow (older)
Hatmakers Sign by Fleming (easy) A story from Ben Franklin usually in picture book area
Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (easy)
Homes in the Wilderness: A Pilgrim's Journal of Plymouth Plantation in 1620 edited by Margaret Wise Brown.
If You Grew Up With George Washington by Ruth Belov (easy)
If You Lived in Colonial Times by Ann McGovern (easy)
If You Lived in Williamsburg in Colonial Days by Brenner (easy)
If You Lived With the Iroquois by Ellen Levine (easy)
If You Sailed on the Mayflower by Ann McGovern (easy)
Indian Drums and Broken Arrows (older)
Jamestown, New World Adventure
James Printer: A Novel of Rebellion (1675 King Philip's War) (older)
John Smith of Virginia by Ronald Syme (easy)
John Smith: Gentleman Adventurer by C.H. Forbes-Lindsay (older)
Landing of the Pilgrims by James Doughtery (older)
Legend of Bluebonnet by Tomie de Paola (easy)
Mary Geddy's Day : Colonial Girl in Williamsburg by Kate Waters (easy)
Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds (French & Indian War)(easy)
Mort’s Relation by William Bradford (older)
On the Mayflower : Voyage of the Ship's Apprentice & a Passenger Girl by Kate Waters (easy)
Pocahontas by D'Aulaire (medium)
Pocahontas and the Strangers by Bulla (medium)
Prisoners' Sword by Barbara Chamberlain (story on Quakers in London; Christian)
Puritan Adventure by Lenski
Samuel Eaton’s Day by Kate Waters (Pilgrims)(easy)
Sarah Morton’s Day by Kate Waters (Pilgrims)(easy)
Small Wolf by Nathaniel Benchley (easy)
Squanto: Friend of the Pilgrims by Clyde Robert Bulla (easy)
Story of William Penn by Aliki (easy)
Tapenum's Day: A Wampanoag Indian Boy in Pilgrim Times by Kate Waters (easy)
This Dear-Bought Land by Jean Lee Latham (Jamestown) (older)
Three Ships Come Sailing by Gilchrist Waring (easy)
Three Young Pilgrims by Cheryl Harness (easy)
Thunder From the Clear Sky by Marcia Sewall (King Philip's War)
Tomahawks and Trombones by Barbara Mitchell (colonial)(easy)
Two Mighty Rivers by Mari Hanes (Son of Pocahontas)
What Are You Figuring Now Benjamin Banneker by Jeri Ferris (easy)
Whistle; The by Ben Franklin (easy)
White Sails to China by Bulla (easy)
Who's That Stepping on Plymouth Rock? by Jean Fritz (easy)
William Bradford: Plymouth’s Faithful Pilgrim by Gary Schmidt (older)
Witchcraft of Salem Village by Shirley Jackson (Landmark) (older)
World of Captain John Smith by Foster (older)
Young John Quincy by Cheryl Harness (easy)

Europe in the Age of Reason (1700's)

Adventures of Roderick Random by Smollett (older)
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1745) by GA Henty (older)
Catherine the Great by Scherman (Landmark) (medium)
Commodore Perry & the Opening of Japan by Kuhn 1853 (Landmark) (medium)
Dark Frigate by Hawes (older) (preview)
Daughter of the Seine by Eaton (older)
Famous Pirates of the New World by A. B. C. Whipple 1700's-1820 (Landmark) (medium)
Following the Phoenix by Trevor (older)
Heart Strangely Warmed by Louise Vernon (Wesley) (medium)
Hero of Trafalger by Whipple (Landmark) (medium)
Journal of Madame Royale by Powers (older)
Last Prince by Wallower (older)
Lorna Doone by Blackmore (older)
Marie Antoinette by Belloc (older)
Marie Antoinette by Bernadine Kielty 1755 (Landmark) (medium)
Marquis de Lafayette: Bright Sword of Freedom by Carter 1757-1834 (Landmark) (medium)
Mississippi Bubble by Costain France & French America (Landmark) (medium)
Peter the Great by Stanley (SL)
Queen Elizabeth and the Spanish Armada (Landmark) (medium)
Queen's Necklace by Duman (older)
Reb and the Redcoat by Savery (Bethlehem Books) (older)
In the Reign of Terror (1793) by GA Henty (older)
Scottish Seas by Douglas Jones (Veritas) (older)
Sea King: Sir Francis Drake by Marin (older)
Slave Who Freed Haiti:Story of Louverture by Scherman 1750's (Landmark) (medium)
Songs for a Sixpence by Blackstock (story of Newbery) (older)
Susanna Wesley by Ludwig (Sower series) (medium)
Tale of Two Cities by Dickens (older)
Three Against London by Varble (older)
Young Lafayette by Eaton (older)
Young Walter Scott by Elizabeth Jane Gray

American Revolution

Aaron and the Green Mountain Boys by Patricia Lee Gouch (easy)
American Revolution by Bliven 1773 (Landmark) (medium)
American Revolution How we fought the War of Independence by Dolan
And Then What Happened Paul Revere? By Fritz (easy)
Arrow Over the Door by Joseph Bruchac (meeting between Quakers & Indians)
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (older)
Battle of Trenton by Mc Phillips
Bells of Freedom by Dorothy Gilman
Ben and Me by Ben Lawson (easy)
Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia by Cousins 1709 (Landmark) (medium)
Benedict Arnold by Syme
Benjamin Franklin by D’Aulaire (medium)
Betsy Ross and the Flag by Mayer 1764 (Landmark) (medium)
Bill of Rights R. Conrad Stein (Cornerstones of Freedom series) (easy)
Boston Coffee Party (easy)
Can't You Make Them Behave King George? By Fritz (easy)
Daughter of Revolution: A True Story of the American Revolution by Quackenbush (easy)
Day of Glory by Philip Spencer
Deadly Chase (v. 2 in the series "Colonial Captives") by Angela Elwell Hunt
Deborah Sampson Goes to War by Stevens (easy)
Drums at Saratoga by Banim (easy)
Drums by James Boyd (older)
Ethan Allen The Green Mountain Boys by Brown 1775 (Landmark) (medium)
George the Drummer Boy by Benchley (easy)
George Washington by North 1735 (Landmark) (medium)
George Washington: A Picture Book Biography by James Gilblin (easy)
George Washington's Breakfast by Fritz (easy)
George Washington's Mother by Jean Fritz (easy)
George Washington's Socks by Elvira Woodruff
Give Me Liberty: The Christian Patriotism of Patrick Henry by David Vaughn (older)
Give Us Liberty by HS Peterson (Declaration of Independence)
Green Mountain Boys
Guns for General Washington by Seymour Reit (older)
Heroines of '76 by Anticagila
Home on Stoney Creek by Wanda Luttrell (V. 1 of 3 in a series; Christian)
If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution by Kay Moore (easy)
If You Were There in 1776 by Barbara Brenner
If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution by Elizabeth Levy (easy)
James Madison and Dolley Madison and Their Times (easy)
John Paul Jones by Dorothea J. Snow
John Paul Jones by Sperry 1770 (Landmark) (medium)
Johnny Tremain (older)
Joke's On George by Michael Tunnell (easy)
Journal of a Revolutionary Woman by Greenberg
Journey to Monticello by James E. Knight (easy)
Katie's Trunk by Turner (easy)
Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper (older)
Liberty: The American Revolution; PBS Home Video.
Meet George Washington by Heilbroner (easy)
Meet Thomas Jefferson by Barrett (easy)
Minute Boys of Bunker Hill by Edward Stratmeyer (older)
Minute Boys of Lexington by Edward Stratmeyer (older)
A More Perfect Union: The Story of the Constitution
My Brother Sam is Dead by James L & Christopher Collier
Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen by Ethan Allen (VP) (older)
Night Journeys by Avi (older)
Our Independence and the Constitution by Fisher 1848 (Landmark) (medium)
Paul Revere (Childhood of Famous Americans Series)
Paul Revere and the Minutemen by Fisher 1770 (Landmark) (medium)
Paul Revere's Ride Ted Rand illus.
Phoebe the Spy by Judith Berry Griffin (easy)
Picture Book of Benjamin Franklin by David Adler (easy)
Picture Book of George Washington by David Adler (easy)
Picture Book of Paul Revere by David Adler (easy)
Picture Book of Patrick Henry by Adler (easy)
Picture Book of Thomas Jefferson by David Adler (easy)
Poor Richard by James Doughtery (older)
Private Yankee Doodle by Martin
Pop Goes The Weasel & Yankee Doodle by Robert Quackenbush (British Occupation of NYC)
Revolutionary Poet: A Story About Phyllis Wheatley by Maryann N. Weidt (easy)
Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation by George Washington (GL)(older)
Sam the Minuteman by Benchley (easy)
Samual Adams: The Father of American Independence by Dennis Fradin (older)
Samuel's Choice by Berleth (easy)
Sarah Bishop by Scott O'Dell (older)
Shh! We're Writing the Constitution by Fritz (easy)
Shot Heard Round the World by Nolan
Silver for General Washington by Meadowcroft
Six Silver Spoons by Lowery; about Paul Revere (easy)
Spies on the Devil's Belt by Betsy Haynes
Spy and General Washinton; The by Wise
Spy in Old Philadelphia by Anne Emery
Story of Lexington and Concord by Stein
Story of the Boston Massacre by Phelan
Story of the Boston Tea Party by Stein
Story of the U.S. Marines by Hunt 1775 (Landmark) (medium)
Swamp Fox of the Revolution by Holbrook 1776 (Landmark) (medium)
The Great Little Madison by Jean Fritz
The Keeping Room by Myers

Thomas Jefferson by Sheean 1760 (Landmark) (medium)
Thomas Jefferson: Architect of Democracy by John Severance (older)
Traitor: the Case of Benedict Arnold by Fritz
We the People by Peter Spier (picture book)
What's the Big Idea Ben Franklin? by Fritz (easy)
Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May? by Fritz (easy)
Why Don't You Get a Horse Sam Adams? by Fritz (easy)
Why Not Lafayette? by Jean Fritz (easy)
Will You Sign Here John Hancock? by Fritz (easy)
Williamsburg Years by Nancy Rue
Winter at Valley Forge by James Knight (easy)
Winter at Valley Forge by Mason 1777 (Landmark) (medium)
Winter Hero by J.L. Collier & C. Collier
Winter of The Red Snow by K. Gregory (older)
World Turned Upside Down by Richard Ferrie (Washington at Yorktown)
Yankee Doodle Boy ed. Joseph Plumb Martin (older)
Yankee Doodle by Gary Chalk (Dorling Kindersley) (E)
Young Patriot by Jim Murphy (older)
Young Paul Revere's Boston by Epstein

War of 1812

18 Penny Goose; true story (easy)
1812, The War Nobody Won, by A. Marin
Abigails Drum by Minahan a true story (easy)
American Army of Two by J Greeson (easy)
Carry On Mr. Bowditch (older)
Cornstalks and Cannonballs by Barbara Mitchell (easy)
Dolly Madison by Mayer (Landmark) (medium)
General Brock and Niagara Falls by Adam (Landmark) (medium)
Keep the Lights Burning Abbie by Peter & Connie Roop (easy)
Lafitte the Pirate by Ariane Dewey (easy)
Once On This Island, by G. Whelan
Pirate Lafitte and Battle of New Orleans by Tallant (Landmark) (medium)
So Proudly She Sailed, by Cabral. about the U.S.S. Constitution
Star-Spangled Banner by Peter Spier (easy)

Westward Expansion & Frontier Life

Addie Across the Prairie by Laurie Lawlor
Addie's Dakota Winter by Laurie Lawlor
Ahyoka and the Talking Leaves by Peter & Connie Roop (Sequoya) (easy)
Amazing Impossible Erie Canal by Cheryl Harness (easy)
Back of Beyond; The: A Story About Lewis and Clark (Lerner Bio) by Andy Russell Bowen (easy)
Ballad of Lucy Whipple about the Gold Rush (older)
Bandit's Moon by Sid Fleischman
Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Dalgliesh (easy)
Beyond the Divide by Kathryn Lasky
Bonanza Girl by Patricia Beatty (Haven't read this one yet recently purchased)
Boy in the Alamo by Margaret Cousins (VP) (older)
Bread-and-Butter Indian by Anne Colver
Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express
Cabin Faced West by Fritz (easy)
California Gold Rush by McNeer 1849 (Landmark) (medium)
Captain's Dog: My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe by Roland Smith
Carolina's Courage by Elizabeth Yates
Children of the Wild West by Russell Freedman (easy)
Coming of the Mormons by Kjelgaard 1845 (Landmark) (medium)
Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh (easy)
Custer's Last Stand by Reynolds 1843 (Landmark) (medium)
Daniel Boone by Brown 1750 (Landmark) (medium)
Davy Crocket by Holbrook 1786 (Landmark) (medium)
Donner Party by Marian Calabro (older)
Empires Lost and Won: The Spanish Heritage in the Southwest by Albert Marrin (older)
Erie Canal by Adams (Landmark) (medium)
Facing West: A Story of the Oregon Trail by Kathleen Kudlinski (easy)
First Overland Mail by Pinkerton 1857 (Landmark) (medium)
Flaming Arrows by William O. Steele
Gathering of Days by Joan Blos (easy)
Geronimo by Moody 1829 (Landmark) (medium)
Going West by Jean an Leeuwen (easy)
Gone and Back by Nathaniel Benchley
Great American Gold Rush by Rhoda Blumberg
Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr; light-hearted (med)
Head Full of Notions: A Story About Robert Fulton by Andy Russell Bowen (easy)
Heroines of the Early West by Ross 1804 (Landmark) (medium)
I am Houston by Wade
If You Lived With the Cherokee by Peter Roop (easy)
If You Lived With the Hopi by Anne Kamma
If You Lived With the Sioux Indians by Ann McGovern (easy)
If You Traveled West on a Covered Wagon by Ellen Levine (easy)
Indian Crafts by D'Amato
Indian Summer by F.N. Monjo (easy)
Indian Winter by Russell Freedman (easy)
It's Only Goodbye by Virginia T. Gross (medium)(immigrants)
Jericho's Journey by Wisler; 1800 time frame
John James Audubon by Kieran 1793 (Landmark) (medium)
Kit Carson and the Wild Frontier (LM)
Kit Carson by Moody 1824 (Landmark) (medium)
Kit Carson; Childhood of Famous Americans
Lewis and Clark by Neuberger 1804 (Landmark) (medium)
Life of David Crockett by himself (older)
Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter (older)
Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Lone Star: A Story of the Texas Rangers by Kathleen Kudlinski (easy)
Louisianna Purchase by Talbot 1801 (Landmark) (medium)
Make Way for Sam Houston by Fritz (medium)
Moccasin Trail by Eloise Jarvis McGraw (older)
Mr. Blue Jeans : a story about Levi Strauss by Maryann N. Weidt
Night Bird: A Story of the Seminole Indians by Kathleen Kudlinski (easy)
Of Courage Undaunted by James Doughtery (older)
Oh What an Awful Mess! : A Story of Charles Goodyear by Robert Quackenbush (easy)
On to Oregon by Honore Morrow
Overland in 1846: Diaries and Letters of the California Oregon Trail ed. Dale Morgan (older)
Picture Book of Davy Crockett by David Adler (easy)
Picture Book of Sacagawea by David Adler (easy)
Picture Book of Sitting Bull by David Adler (easy)
Pioneers Go West by George R. Stewart (GL)(older)
Piper's Ferry by Wisler about Texas independence
Pony Express by Adams 1859 (Landmark) (medium)
Prairie Visions by Pam Conrad (easy)
Quick Annie Give me a Catchy Line!: A story of Samuel F.B. Morse by Robert Quackenbush. (easy)
Remember the Alamo by Warren 1803 (Landmark) (medium)
Retreat to Glory by Latham (Sam Houston)
Riding the Pony Express by Bulla (easy)
Robert Fulton and the Steamboat by Hill 1795 (Landmark) (medium)
Rough and Ready Prospectors by A.S. Gintzler
Saga of Lewis and Clark from DK
Sam Houston a Discovery Book by JL Latham (easy)
Sam Houston by Johnson 1814 (Landmark) (medium)
Sam Houston the Tallest Texan (LM)
Samuel F.B. Morse by Tiner (SL)(older)
Sante Fe Trail by Adams 1830 (Landmark) (medium)
Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia McLachlan (easy)
Sarah Witcher’s Story by Elizabeth Yates (easy)
Sequoyah by Riger. 1780 (Landmark) (medium)
Shaking the Nickel Bush by Moody (SL)(older)
Soft Rain by Cornelissen
Story of General Custer by Margaret Leighton
Story of San Francisco by Jackson 1775 (Landmark) (medium)
Story of the Gold at Sutter's Mill by R. Conrad Stein
Story of the Homestead Act by R. Conrad Stein (easy)
Susanna of the Alamo by John Jakes (easy)
Swift Rivers (older)
Texas Rangers by Henry 1830 (Landmark) (medium)
They're Off! The Story of the Pony Express by Cheryl Harness (easy)
Tippecanoe and Tyler Too by Young 1811 (Landmark) (medium)
To California in a Covered Wagon by Stewart 1844 (Landmark) (medium)
Trappers and Traders of the Far West by Daugherty 1810 (Landmark) (medium)
Tree in the Trail by H.C. Holling
True Book and New True Book series, Native American tribes
Voices of the Alamo by Sherry Garland (GL)(older)
Wagon Wheels (easy)
War Chief of the Seminoles by McNeer 1823 (Landmark) (medium)
Watt Got You Started Mr. Fulton? : A Story of James Watt & Robert Fulton by Robert Quackenbush. (easy)
Way West; The by A.S. Knight (wagon trains)(picture book)
Who Let Muddy Boots Into the White House? : A Story of Andrew Jackson by Robert Quackenbush (easy)
Wilderness Wife by Degering
Words by Heart by Ouida Sebestyen
Wyatt Earp: U.S. Marshall (Landmark) (medium)
York; about the slave with Lewis and Clark. (easy)