Jenny of the Tetons

Kristiana Gregory
Harcourt; Paperback; 192 pp.

Orphaned by an Indian raid while traveling West with a wagon train, fifteen-year-old Carrie Hill is befriended by the English trapper Beaver Dick and taken to live with his Indian wife, Jenny, and their six children.

Statue of Liberty: Beacon of promise

L. E. Bond
Albion; Paperback; 48 pp.

A fully illustrated book detailing Liberty's rich and stirring history.

Old-Fashioned Farm Life (coloring book)

A.G. Smith and Peter Cousins
Dover; Paperback; 48 pp.

Forty-three accurately rendered illustrations depict scenes of farm life of the 19th century: kitchen chores (churning butter, preparing foods); seasonal occupations (shearing sheep, mowing hay, "harvesting" and "sugaring off" maple syrup); plowing, planting, and other activities. Includes fact-filled captions and is published in association with Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village.

Hear that Train Whistle Blow!
How the Railroad Changed the World

Milton Meltzer
Random; Paperback; 176 pp.

Takes a look at the history of rail transportation, focusing on how it transformed societies from isolated communities which rarely communicated or traded into unified nations. This excellent book covers milestones in railroad history, including the construction of the transcontinental railroad.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain
Puffin; Paperback; 304 pp.

Join Tom Sawyer in his wild adventures along the banks of the Mississippi River. Tom and his best friend, Huck Finn, share exciting make-believe escapades as treasure hunters, swashbuckling pirates, and soldiers in battle. They also unwittingly become real-life witnesses to a terrible crime.

Annie Oakley: Young markswoman

Ellen J. Wilson
Aladdin; Paperback; 192 pp.

From the Childhood of Famous Americans series, this exciting, and believable biography of the famous American sharpshooter, Annie Oakley, portrays her from her earliest days of poverty to Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show and performing for the Queen of England.

Laura Ingalls Wilder: A biography

William Anderson
Harper Collins; Paperback; 256 pp.

Children's Book Guild Award for Non-ficiton. In this true story of the author who lived in the little house on the prairie, Wilder historian William Anderson describes Laura's childhood and takes a detailed look at her adult life with her husband, Almanzo, and their daughter, Rose. Here, too, is the story of how Laura came to write the Little House books.

Henry Ford: Young man with ideas

Hazel B. Aird
Simon and Schuster; Paperback; 192 pp.

From the Childhood of Famous Americans series, this biography looks at the early life of the American automotive industrialist who founded the Ford Motor Company and pioneered in assembly-line methods of mass production.

Helen Keller

Margaret Davison
Scholastic; Paperback; 96 pp.

The bestselling biography of Helen Keller illustrates how, with the commitment and lifelong friendship of Anne Sullivan, she learned to talk, read, and eventually graduate from college with honors.

Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt!

Jean Fritz
Putnam; Paperback; 128 pp.

ALA Notable Book and a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. Jean Fritz, a well-known biographer for young people, brings alive the colorful childhood and adult life of the twenty-sixth president of the United States.  

Immigrant Kids

Russell Freedman
Puffin; Paperback; 80 pp.

Written by a Newberry medalist, this wonderful non-fiction book gives archival pictures of immigrant children in the neighborhoods of New York during the late 1800's and early 1900's and lively narrative explanations of what  immigration in an earlier era was truly like.