AFPLS Cycle 3 Week 8/9 History
AFPLS BOOKS WEEKS 8 and 9
A gathering of days : a New England girl's journal, 1830-32 : a novel
by Blos, Joan W.
Physical Description 144 p. ; 22 cm.
General Note Awarded the 1980 John Newbery Medal by the American Library Association.
Abstract The journal of a 14-year-old girl, kept the last year she lived on the family farm, records daily events in her small New Hampshire town, her father's remarriage, and the death of her best friend.
by Osborne, Mary Pope.
Physical Description 120 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Series Magic Tree House fact tracker Magic Tree House fact tracker 51.
Abstract Jack and Annie learn amazing facts about six history-changing individuals, including Susan B. Anthony, Mahatma Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Jr., John Muir, Florence Nightingale , and Harriet Tubman.
Moses : when Harriet Tubman led her people to freedom
by Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-
Physical Description 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Abstract Follows Harriet Tubman's spiritual journey to freedom as she, leaving her family behind, escaped from slavery and led many others to freedom.
Freedom song : the story of Henry "Box" Brown
by Walker, Sally M.
Physical Description 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 x 28 cm.
Abstract Henry Brown copes with slavery by singing, but after his wife and children are sold away he is left with only his freedom song, which gives him strength when friends put him in a box and mail him to a free state.
Sojourner Truth's step-stomp stride
by Pinkney, Andrea Davis.
Physical Description 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
by Winter, Jeanette.
Physical Description [42] p. : col. ill. ; 25 x 28 cm.
Abstract By following the directions in a song, "The Drinking Gourd, " taught them by an old sailor named Peg Leg Joe, runaway slaves journey north along the Underground Railroad to freedom in Canada.
by Monjo, F. N.
Physical Description 62 p. col. illus. 23 cm.
Series An I can read book An I can read history book I can read book. I can read history book.
Abstract Sent home alone for misbehaving in church, Tommy discovers that his house is a station on the underground railroad.
by Yates, Elizabeth, 1905-2001
Physical Description 181 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
General Note Awarded the 1951 John Newbery Medal by the American Library Association.
by Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915.
Physical Description xxii, 228 p. ; 18 cm.
I, Dred Scott : a fictional slave narrative based on the life and legal precedent of Dred Scott
by Moses, Shelia P.
Physical Description 96 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Abstract Having served his master in northern states, under the provisions of the Missouri compromise the slave Dred Scott may be eligible for emancipation, but legal obstacles stand in the way of his freedom.
Harriet Tubman : hero of the Underground Railroad
by Mortensen, Lori, 1955-
Physical Description 24 p. : col. ill.; 27 cm.
Series Biographies Biographies (Picture Window Books)
by Turner, Glennette Tilley.
Physical Description 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Abstract Biography of a little slave girl whipped for eating an apple, who later grew up to become a famous "conductor" for the underground railroad.
A picture book of Harriet Tubman
by Adler, David A.
Physical Description [32] p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.
Abstract Biography of the black woman who escaped from slavery to become famous as a conductor on the Underground Railroad.
What was the Missouri Compromise? : and other questions about the struggle over slavery
by Lanier, Wendy, 1963-
Physical Description 48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.
Series Six questions of American history Six questions of American history.
Abstract Discusses why Missouri's request for statehood caused such an uproar and what happened.
Escape North! : the story of Harriet Tubman
by Kulling, Monica.
Physical Description 48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Series Step into reading. A step 3 book Step into reading. Step 3 book.
Abstract Surveys the life of Harriet Tubman, including her childhood in slavery and her later work in helping other slaves escape north to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman and the freedom train
by Gayle, Sharon.
Physical Description 31 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Series Ready-to-read. Level 3, Reading proficiently Ready-to-read stories of famous Americans
Abstract Introduces Harriet Tubman, from her birth into slavery, through her daring escape to freedom in the north, to her tireless efforts during the Civil War to free other slaves via the Underground Railroad.
Dred and Harriet Scott : a family's struggle for freedom
by Swain, Gwenyth, 1961-
Physical Description 102 p. ; 24 cm.
If you traveled on the underground railroad
by Levine, Ellen.
Physical Description 64 p. : col. ill. ; 19 x 23 cm.
Abstract Describes the underground railroad which helped slaves escape to freedom.
To preserve the Union : causes and effects of the Missouri compromise
by Hinton, KaaVonia, 1973-
Physical Description 32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 23 cm.
Series Fact finders. Cause and effect Fact finders. Cause and effect.
Abstract "Explains the Missouri Compromise and its impact"--Provided by publisher.
by Kramer, Sydelle.
Physical Description 48 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 24 cm.
Series Penguin young readers ; Level 3, transitional reader Penguin young readers. Level 3.
Abstract Follows a wagon trail to California in 1848 as hundreds of pioneers endure great hardships while traveling 2,000 miles of wilderness.