History Weeks 7-12

Week 7

Cobb County Library

• 1. By the dawn's early light : the story of the Star spangled banner by Kroll, Steven.

  2. The Star-Spangled Banner by Key, Francis Scott, 1779-1843.

  3. Once on this island by Whelan, Gloria.

  4. The War of 1812 by Raatma, Lucia.

  5. The story of the Star-spangled banner by Miller, Natalie.

Not at Library

• 1. The Star Spangled Banner in Translation: What It Really Means - Elizabeth Raum - $7.95 (AFPLS)

  2. Francis Scott Key and "The Star Spangled Banner" - Lynea Bowdish - $6.50 (AFPLS)

  3. Famous People of the War of 1812 (Documenting the War of 1812 - Robin Johnson - $8 (AFPLS)

  4. The Town that Fooled the British: A War of 1812 Story (Tales of Young Americans) - Lisa Papp $12.79 (AFPLS)

  5. What Caused the War of 1812? (Documenting the War of 1812) - Sally Senzell Isaacs - $9 (AFPLS)

  6. Childhood of Famous Americans: Betsy Ross: Designer of our Flag - Weil – (AFPLS) - $7.99

  7. Francis Scott Key's Star-Spangled Banner (Step into Reading) - Monica Kulling - $3.59

  8. The Story of "the Star-Spangled Banner" - Patricia A. Pingry – 6.26

  9. The Story of the Star-Spangled Banner (Graphic History) - Ryan Jacobson - $9

  10. Francis Scott Key (Sower Series) - David Collins - $4

  11. Battles of the War of 1812 (Americans at War) - Diane Smolinski - $8.09

  12. The War of 1812: Expanding & Preserving the Union - Mulhall - $7

Week 8 and 9

Cobb County Library

• 1. A gathering of days : a New England girl's journal, 1830-32 : a novel - Joan Bios (AFPLS)

  2. Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #28: Heroes for All Times: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #51: by Mary Pope Osborn (AFPLS)

  3. The Missouri compromise (We the People) - Michael Burgan (L)

  4. High time for heroes (Magic Tree House) by Mary Pope Osborn (AFPLS)

  5. Moses : when Harriet Tubman led her people to freedom (Caldecott Honor Book) - Carole Weatherford (AFPLS)

  6. Freedom song : the story of Henry "Box" Brown- Sally Walker (AFPLS)

  7. Sojourner Truth's step-stomp stride - Andrea Davis Pinkney (AFPLS)

  8. The drinking gourd: A Story of the Underground Railroad (I Can Read Book 3) - F.N. Monjo (AFPLS)

  9. Follow the drinking gourd (Dragonfly Books) - Jeanette Winter (AFPLS)

  10. Amos Fortune, free man (Newbery Library, Puffin) - Elizabeth Yates (AFPLS)

  11. Up from slavery - Booker T. Washington (adult biography) (AFPLS)

  12. I, Dred Scott : a fictional slave narrative based on the life and legal precedent of Dred Scott- Moses, Shelia P. (Juv fiction - 96 pages) (AFPLS)

  13. Harriet Tubman : hero of the Underground Railroad - Lori Mortenson (AFPLS)

  14. An apple for Harriet Tubman - Turner, Glennette Tilley (AFPLS)

  15. A picture book of Harriet Tubman - David Adler (AFPLS)

  16. Uncle Tom's Cabin, Young Folks' Edition (not at library, free on Kindle)

Not at Library

• 1. Henry Clay: The Great Compromiser (Our People)

  2. What Was the Missouri Compromise?: And Other Questions About the Struggle over Slavery (Six Questions of American History) (AFPLS)

  3. Escape North! The Story of Harriet Tubman (Step-Into-Reading, Step 3) by Monica Kulling (AFPLS)

  4. Harriet Tubman and the Freedom Train by Sharon Gayle (AFPLS)

  5. Who Was Harriet Tubman? By Yona Zeldis McDonough (AFPLS)

  6. What Was the Underground Railroad?

  7. Dred and Harriett Scott: A Family's Struggle For Freedom (AFPLS)

  8. If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad (AFPLS)

  9. To Preserve the Union: Causes and Effects of the Missouri Compromise – KaaVonia Hinton

Week 10

Cobb County Library (All Books below also at AFPLS)

• 1. Daily life in a covered wagon - Paul Erickson

  2. Apples to Oregon : being the (slightly) true narrative of how a brave pioneer father brought apples, peaches, pears, plums, grapes, and cherries (and children) across the Plains - Deborah Hopkinson

  3. Westward ho! : an activity guide to the Wild West - Laurie Carlson

  4. Wagon wheels (I Can Read Book) - Barbara Brenner

  5. Prairie school / ;(I Can Read Book 4) - Avi

  6. I have heard of a land (Trophy Picture Books) - Joyce Carol Thomas

  7. Voices from the Oregon Trail- Kay Winters

  8. A little prairie house : adapted from the Little house books by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House) - Laura Ingalls Wilder

  9. Bound for Oregon- Jean Van Leeuwen

  10. Dear Levi : letters from the Overland Trail- Elvira Woodruff

  11. Which way to the Wild West? : everything your schoolbooks didn't tell you about America's westward expansion - Steve Sheinkin

  12. Westward expansion (True Books) - Domnauer, Teresa

  13. Rachel's journal : the story of a pioneer girl- Marissa Moss

  14. The Oregon Trail- Stein, Conrad

  15. A pioneer sampler : the daily life of a pioneer family in 1840- Barbara Greenwood

  16. Little House on the Prairie Nine-Book Box Set (all 9 at library) by Laura Ingalls Wilder

  17. The Mormon Pioneer Trail- Dean Arlan

  18. Oregon trail cooking - Mary Gunderson

  19. California Gold Rush cooking Lisa Golden Schroeder

  20. Gold Fever! : tales from the California Gold Rush - Schanzer, Rosalyn

Not at Library

• 1. The Mexican-American War (Living Through. . .) (AFPLS)

  2. DK Readers: Journey of a Pioneer (AFPLS)

  3. If You Traveled West In A Covered Wagon by Ellen Levine

  4. Wagon Train (Penguin Young Readers, L3) by Sydelle Kramer (AFPLS)

  5. California Ranchos (We the People: Expansion and Reform) Natalie M. Rosinsky

  6. Tucket's Travels: Francis Tucket's Adventures in the West, 1847-1849 (Books 1-5) by Gary Paulsen

  7. The Oregon Trail: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History) - Matt Doeden

  8. The California Gold Rush: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History) - Elizabeth Raum (AFPLS)

  9. Westward Expansion: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History) - Allison Lassieur

  10. History Pockets: Moving West, Grades 4-6+

  11. GREAT PIONEER PROJECTS: YOU CAN BUILD YOURSELF (Build It Yourself)

  12. The Mormon Trail - Elaine Landau (AFPLS)

  13. My Little House Crafts Book: 18 Projects from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House Stories

  14. Life on the Oregon Trail (Picture the Past) (AFPLS)

  15. What Was the Gold Rush? (AFPLS)

  16. Striking it rich : the story of the California gold rush - Krensky, Stephen

Week 11 and 12

Cobb County Library

• 1. Abraham Lincoln (National Geographic Kids – Level 2) - Caroline Gilpin (AFPLS)

  2. Looking at Lincoln - Maira Kalman (AFPLS)

  3. Abraham Lincoln by Ingri D’Aulaire (AFPLS)

  4. Abe Lincoln crosses a creek : a tall, thin tale (introducing his forgotten frontier friend)ale - Deborah Hopkinson (AFPLS)

  5. The last brother : a Civil War tale(Tales of Young Americans) - Trinka Hakes Noble

  6. B is for battle cry : a Civil War alphabet Bauer, Patricia (AFPLS)

  7. Abe's honest words : the life of Abraham Lincoln - Doreen Rappaport (AFPLS)

  8. Across five Aprils (AFPLS)

  9. Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass : the story behind an American friendship - Russell Freedman (AFPLS)

  10. Civil War on Sunday (Magic Tree House #21) (AFPLS)

  11. With Lee in Virginia : a story of the American Civil War- Henty, G. A. (AFPLS)

  12. Nurse, soldier, spy : the story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War hero- Moss, Marissa (AFPLS)

  13. I Survived #7: I survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 - Tarshis, Lauren (AFPLS)

  14. Sarah Emma Edmonds was a great pretender : the true story of a Civil War spy - Jones, Carrie (AFPLS)

  15. Magic Tree House #47: Abe Lincoln at last! (AFPLS)

  16. Magic Tree House Fact Tracker: Abraham Lincoln : A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #47: Abe Lincoln at Last! (AFPLS)

  17. Silent thunder : a Civil War story - Pinkney, Andrea Davis (AFPLS)

  18. Two miserable presidents : everything your schoolbooks didn't tell you about the Civil War Author Sheinkin, Steve (AFPLS)

  19. Forty acres and maybe a mule - Robinet, Harriette (AFPLS)

  20. Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation - Sherman, Patrice (AFPLS)

  21. Clara Barton : angel of the battlefield - Allison Lassieur (AFPLS)

  22. You Wouldn't Want to Be a Civil War Soldier!: A War You'd Rather Not Fight – Thomas Ratliff (AFPLS)

  23. You wouldn't want to be a nurse during the American Civil War! : a job that's not for the squeamish by Kathryn Senior (AFPLS)

Week 12

• 1. A picture book of Robert E. Lee (Picture Book Biographies) - David Adler (AFPLS)

  2. Eyewitness Civil War(DK Eyewitness Books) - 3^rd Edition (AFPLS)

  3. Eyewitness Civil War (DK Eyewitness Books) - 2^nd Edition (AFPLS)

Not in Library

1. The Civil War for Kids: A History with 21 Activities (For Kids series) - Janis Herbert (AFPLS)

2. Abe Lincoln's Hat (Step into Reading) - Martha Brenner (AFPLS)

3. I am Abraham Lincoln (Ordinary People Change World) (AFPLS)

4. DK Readers: Abraham Lincoln: Lawyer, Leader, Legend (AFPLS)

5. The Battle of Gettysburg (Graphic History) - Michael Burgan (AFPLS)

6. Time For Kids: Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield (Time for Kids Biographies)(AFPLS)

7. Who Was Abraham Lincoln? (AFPLS)

8. What Was the Battle of Gettysburg? (AFPLS)

9. Divided in Two: The Road to Civil War, 1861 (Civil War) (AFPLS)

10. Great Civil War Projects: You Can Build Yourself(AFPLS)

11. Fields of Fury: The American Civil War (AFPLS)

12. Abraham Lincoln's World, Expanded Edition (AFPLS)

13. Behind the Blue and Gray: The Soldier's Life in the Civil War (Young Reader's Hist- Civil War) (AFPLS)

14. Abe Lincoln and the Muddy Pig (AFPLS)

15. From Slave to Soldier: Based on a True Civil War Story (Ready-to-Reads) (AFPLS)

16. Who Was Ulysses S. Grant?by Megan Stine - $4.50 (AFPLS)

17. Who Was Robert E. Lee? by Bonnie Bader - $4.50 (AFPLS)

18. Robert E Lee -Gallant Christian Soldier (Sowers) by Lee Roddy $4

19. Gray Fox: Robert E. Lee and the Civil War by Burke Davis (AFPLS)

20. Grant vs. Lee: The Graphic History of the Civil War's Greatest Rivals During the Last Year of the War (Zenith Graphic Histories) by Wayne Vansant - PB $15, Kindle $11 (AFPLS)

21. Robert E. Lee: Young Confederate (Childhood of Famous Americans) by Helen Albee Monsell - $4

22. The Story of Ulysses S. Grant

23. Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln (Penguin Young Readers, L4) - Jean Fritz

24. Abraham Lincoln: The Story of Our Nation from Coast to Coast, from 1815 to 1869

25. Civil War Days: Discover the Past with Exciting Projects, Games, Activities, and Recipes

26. The Civil War: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History)

27. Abraham Lincoln: The Great Emancipator (Childhood of Famous Americans) - Augusta Stevenson

28. Abraham Lincoln -God's Leader for a Nation (The Sowers Series)

29. History Pockets: The American Civil War

30. Letters for Freedom: The Civil War

31. Robert Henry Hendershot: True Stories from America's Past