Quick view The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau by Dan Yaccarino Jacques Cousteau was the world's ambassador of the oceans. His popular TV series brought whales, otters, and dolphins right into people's living rooms. Now, in this exciting picturebook biography, Dan Yaccarino introduces young readers to the man behind... View Details
Quick view January's Sparrow by Patricia Polacco Suffering at the hands of their vicious slave master and watching one of their kin beaten to death, Sadie and the rest of her family flee to the safety of the north, but just as they begin to settle into a free and happy new life, a package containing a... View Details
Quick view Gold Fever!: Tales from the Califronia Gold Rush by Rosalyn Schanzer  The author uses lighthearted illustrations and excerpts from letters, journals, and newspaper articles to relate the story of the California Gold Rush of 1848. Full color. View Details
Quick view Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail by Elvira Woodruff Twelve-year-old Austin Ives writes letters to his younger brother describing his three-thousand-mile journey from their home in Pennsylvania to Oregon in 1851. View Details
Quick view Daily Life in a Covered Wagon by Paul Erickson  In 1853, the Larkin family loaded their covered wagon and headed west on the Oregon trail in search of a new life. How did they do it? What did they eat? How did they dress? How did they survive sickness or attacks from cattle thieves? Drawing on... View Details
Quick view Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen  Nine-year-old Mary Ellen Todd, filled with the pioneer spirit, treks cross country in 1852 with her family in search of a better life. The Todds survive Indians and swollen rivers, but what will happen when mother has a new baby and winter arrives? View Details
Quick view How We Crossed The West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark by Rosalyn Schanzer This exciting and sometimes humorous look at a remarkable episode in American history is told by the actual words of Lewis and Clark as they describe their journey to the Pacific Ocean. Excerpts from Clark's journal recreates their adventures--from... View Details
Quick view Trail of Tears (Step Into Reading series) by Joseph Bruchac After losing the fight to keep their land in the 19th century, the Cherokee Nation is led on the heartbreaking and torturous Trail of Tears by Chief John Ross. Young readers learn about this epic true tale of friendships, hopes, fears and dreams. View Details
Quick view Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears by Cornelia Cornelissen This novel recounts the relocation of the Cherokee people in 1838 and their forced march westward across the Trail of Tears, as witnessed through the eyes of a nine-year-old girl who is forced to leave behind her blind grandmother, her father, brother,... View Details
Quick view Caught in the Act by Joan Lowery Nixon Eleven-year-old Michael Patrick Kelly from New York City is sent to a foster home, a Missouri farm with a sadistic owner, a bullying son, and a number of secrets, one of which may be murder. View Details
Quick view Black Eyed Susan by Jennifer Armstrong Ten-year-old Susie and her father love living on the South Dakota prairie with its vast, uninterrupted views of land and sky, but Susie's mother greatly misses their old life in Ohio. View Details
Quick view Jericho's Journey by G Clifton Wisler Jericho Wetherby yearns for adventure, so he is thrilled when his father decides to move the family from Tennessee to Texas. In a lively first-person narrative, Jericho relates a string of colorful happenings on the westward trail. "A fast-paced,... View Details
