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Hardcover : $17.95 Buy	Vaqueros America's First Cowmen Martin W. Sandler Henry Holt and Co. The untold story of the Hispanic riders and ropers who created the cowboy. "The men who rode the mustangs, tended the cattle, and invented all the...

Trade Paperback : $15.99 Buy	Wounded Knee An Indian History of the American West Dee Brown; Adapted for young readers by Amy Ehrlich from Dee Brown's Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee Henry Holt and Co. Dee Brown's bestselling adult book, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, opened the eyes of a generation to the Indian struggle to survive the white man's expansion....

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Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence

The Story of New York's African Burial Ground

Joyce Hansen and Gary McGowan Henry Holt and Co.

How can we learn about the lives of African slaves in Colonial America? Often forbidden to read or write, they left few written records. But in 1991 scientists...

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All Around Town

The Photographs of Richard Samuel Roberts

Dinah Johnson; Richard Samual Roberts, Photographer Henry Holt and Co.

This special picture book offers a window into the African American community of Columbia, South Carolina, during the early twentieth century. While the town...

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Hardcover : $18.95 Buy	Boxing in Black and White Peter Bacho Henry Holt and Co. "Boxing's like an addiction, it just gets in the blood." --Bobby Howard, trainer and ex-middleweight fighter Punch-by punch accounts of key heavyweight...

Hardcover : $18.95 Buy	American Moments Scenes from American History Robert Burleigh; illustrated by Bruce Strachan Henry Holt and Co. This is America, much is possible. Step right into the "moment" of some of American history's most significant events In this refreshingly inventive...

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Maggie's Amerikay

Barbara Timberlake Russell; Pictures by Jim Burke Melanie Kroupa Books

“In Amerikay,” Maggie’s da has told her, “we will start anew.” It’s 1898, and Maggie McCrary and her family have just crossed the ocean to settle in New...

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Hardcover : $16.95 Buy	Kid Blink Beats the World Don Brown, illustrated by the author Roaring Brook Press "It was all for a penny. They left their cramped and crowded tenement apartments for a penny. They scurried beside the pushcart peddlers for a penny. They...

Hardcover : $17.00 Buy	A Subway for New York David Weitzman Farrar, Straus and Giroux A behind-thescenes look at an underground miracle On October 27, 1904, the first section of the most famous subway system in the world was opened for...

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The Boy Who Saved Cleveland

James Cross Giblin; illustrations by Michael Dooling Henry Holt and Co.

If not for Seth Doan, the city of Cleveland wouldn’t exist today... In 1798, Cleveland, Ohio, was in danger of being wiped out by a malaria epidemic. Based...

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Lincoln and Douglass

An American Friendship

Nikki Giovanni; illustrations by Bryan Collier Henry Holt and Co.

Our 16th president is known for many things: He delivered the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address.He was tall and skinny and notoriously...

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Rosa

Nikki Giovanni; Illustrated by Bryan Collier Square Fish

Winner of the Caldecott Honor Medal and the Coretta Scott King Medal, this picture book tribute to Rosa Parks celebrates the 50th anniversary of her refusal to...

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George Washington's Teeth

Deborah Chandra, Madeleine Comora; Illus. by Brock Cole Square Fish

A tongue-in-cheek dental history of our first president.

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Trade Paperback : $10.95 Buy	Wild West Single Subject Reference Mike Stotter Kingfisher Journey back to another century and visit the untamed American West -- the land of the Gold Rush and home to many Native American tribes. See what life was...

Trade Paperback : $7.95 Buy	Journey to Jamestown My Side of the Story Lois Ruby Kingfisher Apprenticed to a barber-surgeon, Elias sets sail for a new life in the Jamestown Colony where he discovers that he has a knack for healing. He meets Sacahocan,...

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King George: What Was His Problem?

The Whole Hilarious Story of the Revolution

Steve Sheinkin, illustrated by Tim Robinson Square Fish

KING GEORGE NEVER DID UNDERSTAND AMERICANS “Entire books have been written about the causes of the American Revolution. This isn’t one of them.” What it is,...

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Two Miserable Presidents

The Amazing, Terrible, and Totally True Story of the Civil War

Steven Sheinkin, illustrated by Tim Robinson Square Fish

May 22, 1856: A MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA WALKS INTO THE SENATE CHAMBER, LOOKING FOR TROUBLE. That Congressman, Preston Brooks, was ready to...

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Selling Hope

Kristin O'Donnell Tubb Feiwel & Friends

It’s May 1910, and Halley’s Comet is due to pass thru the Earth’s atmosphere. And thirteen-year-old Hope McDaniels and her father are due to pass through their...

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Through Time: New York City

Through Time

By Richard Platt, Kingfisher

This series offers a unique journey through different periods in history. Detailed artworks tell the story of a specific location as it changes with time. As...

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Trade Paperback : $9.99 Buy	All About America: Cowboys and the Wild West All About America by Hilarie N. Staton Kingfisher About the Series Action-packed and meticulously researched, with specially-commissioned illustration, detailed reconstructions and original artwork from each...

Trade Paperback : $9.99 Buy	All About America: Wagon Trains and Settlers All About America by Ellen H. Todras Kingfisher About the Series Action-packed and meticulously researched, with specially-commissioned illustration, detailed reconstructions and original artwork from each...

Trade Paperback : $9.99 Buy	All About America: Gold Rush and Riches All About America by Paul Robert Walker Kingfisher About the Series Action-packed and meticulously researched, with specially-commissioned illustration, detailed reconstructions and original artwork from each...

Trade Paperback : $9.99 Buy	All About America: Colonists and Independence All About America by Sally Senzell Isaacs Kingfisher About the Series Action-packed and meticulously researched, with specially-commissioned illustration, detailed reconstructions and original artwork from each...

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Saga of the Sioux

An Adaptation from Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Dee Brown; adaptation by Dwight Jon Zimmerman Henry Holt and Co.

This new adaptation of Dee Brown's multi-million copy bestseller, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, is filled with photographs and maps to bring alive the tragic...

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