Nim and the War Effort (Sunburst Book)
Nim's story takes place in China town, San Fransisco, 1943, during a competitive paper drive for the war effort. I really love how she stands up to the bully! Tender and humourus.
 | author: Milly Lee rating:  asin: 0374455066 binding: Paperback list price: $6.95 USD amazon price: $6.95 USD |
"Details place the affecting story in a real, not idealized, America." --Kirkus Reviews
"It’s the last day of the newspaper drive and Nim, a Chinese-American girl in San Francisco during World War II, is determined to win. Her nearest rival has cheated. Undaunted, she leaves Chinatown and walks up Nob Hill after school, determined to find more scrap newspaper. Nim’s sweet seriousness and ingenuity are captured in the text and in the luminous, grave illustrations." --The New York Times Book Review
"Based on the author’s childhood memories, Nim’s story celebrates the patriotism of Asian family members in embracing their new home and country and their efforts to maintain their cultural traditions. A fine addition." -- School Library Journal
The Town in the Library
 | author: E. Nesbit rating:  asin: 0803704771 binding: Hardcover list price: $10.95 USD amazon price: $10.95 |
The Enchanted Book: A Tale from Krakow
If your child needs some motivation to learn to read, this book may do the trick. In it, the girl who learns to read is able to read the spell that sets her sisters free after they have been imprisoned by an enchanter.
| author: Janina Porazinska rating: asin: 0152259503 binding: Hardcover list price: $4.98 USD amazon price: $4.98 |
Welcome to Kirsten's World, 1854: Growing Up in Pioneer America (American Girls Collection)
These books have helped our girls (then 10 and 7) to understand this part of history. We read the entire Kirsten story first, which I strongly recommend. That way they understood how it all connected.
 | author: Susan Sinnott Jodi Evert Michelle Jones Yvette Lapierre rating:  asin: 1562477706 binding: Hardcover list price: $16.95 USD amazon price: $16.95 |
Presents a look at daily life in pioneer America during the 1850s by following a family that emigrates from Sweden to Minnesota.
Welcome to Felicity's World, 1774: Growing Up in Colonial America (American Girls Collection)
A great way to get a glimpse of what life was like just before the American Revolution. We have really enjoyed understanding history with these books.
 | author: Catherine Gourley Camela Decaire Jodi Evert rating: asin: 1562477684 binding: Hardcover list price: $16.95 USD amazon price: $16.95 |
Provides an in-depth look at daily life and historical events in the American colonies during the Revolutionary War, including home life, work, medicine, and play.
Molly's Pilgrim
 | author: Barbara Cohen rating: asin: 0688162797 binding: Hardcover list price: $16.99 USD amazon price: $11.55 USD |
Sparkling new illustrations refresh this Thanksgiving classic based on the true experience of a member of Barbara Cohen's family. The touching story tells how recent immigrant Molly leads her third-grade class to discover that it takes all kinds of pilgrims to make a Thanksgiving. Originally published in 1983, Molly's Pilgrim inspired the 1986 Academy Award winning live-action short film.
What's The Big Idea, Ben Franklin? (Paperstar)
Laurel (then 10) found this book fascinating and asked to hear it twice.
 | author: Jean Fritz rating: asin: 0698113721 binding: Paperback list price: $6.99 USD amazon price: $6.99 USD |
A brief biography of the eighteenth-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States.
The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses (Magic School Bus)
 | author: Joanna Cole rating: asin: 0590446983 binding: Paperback list price: $5.99 USD amazon price: $5.99 USD |
On a most sense-sational trip that takes them through an eye, an ear, a tongue, and even a dog's nose, Ms. Frizzle's class learns about the senses. Using their trademark sense of humor, Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen provide facts about the senses in both the human and animal worlds.
Kimbo's Marble
This book is a delightful stretch for the imagination. "And with that, she took the peppermint rabbit and flung it into the well. Everything was very quiet for just a moment, and then the well began to rumble and boil and a huge wave came roaring up from it. Out of this wave stepped a lumpy, toad-shaped troll wearing a black silk coat...."
| author: Amy Herrick rating: asin: 0060203730 binding: Hardcover list price: $16.00 USD amazon price: $16.00 |
One Morning in Maine
 | author: Robert McCloskey rating: asin: 0670526274 binding: Hardcover list price: $17.99 USD amazon price: $12.23 USD |
