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Books in Treasure Chest series

  • The Vikings

    Fiona Macdonald

    Paperback (Running Press, Sept. 15, 1997)
    Play hnefatfl, a Viking game of strategy and build a model of a Viking ship. Open the secret drawer to find runes, maps, stickers, and cards that demonstrate Viking dress, illustrate the Viking territory, and show the hierarchy of gods and goddesses.
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  • American Indians

    Marilyn Lewery

    Map (Apple Press, Sept. 25, 1998)
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  • Queen Liliuokalani #6: Royal Prisoner

    Ann Hood, Denis Zilber

    Hardcover (Grosset & Dunlap, June 27, 2013)
    In Book 6 of The Treasure Chest, Felix and Maisie take a trip to New York City to visit their father and meet his new girlfriend. While there, Maisie reveals to Felix that she has a jeweled crown she took from The Treasure Chest. The twins travel to Hawaii in the late 1800s, where they spend time with the royal family and continue to master the magic of time-travel. There, they meet a young girl named Lydia who will one day grow up to be Queen Liliuokalani, the last queen of Hawaii.
  • Knights: Treasure Chest

    Marilyn Tolhurst

    Paperback (Running Press, Feb. 28, 1995)
    Each kit contains a fully illustrated book of history, lore, and activities, plus a treasure trove of components and ideas to explore ancient times and people. Each kit comes in a book-shaped chest, complete with lock and key.Here's a replica of a heraldic sealing ring, detachable seals, sealing clay, a coat of arms, stencils of heraldic shapes, a Gothic window to create, and more.
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  • Crazy Horse #5: Brave Warrior

    Ann Hood, Denis Zilber

    Paperback (Grosset & Dunlap, April 18, 2013)
    The New York Times calls Ann Hood's thrilling The Treasure Chest series "delightful!" In book five, Felix and Maisie re-enter The Treasure Chest and suddenly find themselves in the midst of a Lakota village. While exploring they meet a young man, soon to be known as Crazy Horse--and embark on an adventure that includes fascinating vision quests and exciting battles.
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  • Alexander Graham Bell #7: Master of Sound

    Ann Hood, Denis Zilber

    Paperback (Grosset & Dunlap, Oct. 10, 2013)
    In Book 7 of The Treasure Chest, Maisie and Felix meet a young Alexander Graham Bell (the inventor of the telephone) in Edinborough, Scotland, just as he leaves for a year with his grandfather, an elocutionist, in London. When the twins get separated from Alexander, they join the thousands of orphans in the streets of Victorian London. Maisie becomes an orange seller and Felix a chimney sweep as they search the foggy streets for Alexander...and each other. Back at home, they cope with the upcoming wedding of Great Uncle Thorne, who makes them leave Elm Medona and return to the upstairs servants quarters.Includes great non-fiction content with biographies of Alexander Graham Bell and Charles Dickens and Ann Hood's Favorite Facts from her research!
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  • Pearl Buck #3: Jewel of the East

    Ann Hood, Denis Zilber

    Paperback (Grosset & Dunlap, May 1, 2012)
    Return to The Treasure Chest with Felix and Maisie . . . When Felix Robbins gets a crush on Lily Goldstein, a classmate who is adopted from China, he decides to try to take her back in time so that she can see the country where she was born. Maisie discovers his plot, and foils it. But the twins end up in a small village on the Yangtze River, where they meet a girl named Pearl Buck in the days just before the Boxer Rebellion. With bandits chasing them, will they ever find safety . . . and return home?
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  • Amern Indians Pb

    Fiona Macdonald

    Paperback (Running Press, Sept. 21, 1995)
    This book serves as a fully illustrated and informative guide to the culture and traditions of the Sioux, as well as other nations that populated the Great Plains. Children can learn the sign language and symbols used by Native Americans, plus a secret tray inside the book holds everything needed to create a beaded headband, a model tipi, and more. Includes study maps and over 100 color illustrations.
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  • Amelia Earhart #8: Lady Lindy

    Ann Hood, Denis Zilber

    Paperback (Grosset & Dunlap, March 11, 2014)
    Ann Hood’s “delightful” (NYT) historical series continues with one of America’s great female heroes! Great-Uncle Thorne sends Maisie, Felix, and the Ziff twins on a dangerous trip back in time through The Treasure Chest and into the Congo to find Amy Pickworth, Thorne’s missing aunt. When Maisie and Felix get separated from the twins, they use the magic of The Treasure Chest and find themselves in early twentieth-century Kansas with a young girl named Amelia Earhart.Every Treasure Chest book features a biography of the featured historical figure along with Ann’s Favorite Facts from her research!
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  • Alexander Hamilton #2: Little Lion

    Ann Hood, Denis Zilber

    Hardcover (Grosset & Dunlap, Jan. 24, 2012)
    Now that the twins have begun to settle into their new lives at Elm Medona, they delve deeper into The Treasure Chest and uncover more about the Pickworth family, including the disappearance of their great-uncle Thorne and the theft of priceless family artifacts.In this adventure, The Treasure Chest transports Felix and Maisie to tropical St. Croix in 1772. There they meet a young man named Alexander Hamilton who is about to embark on a journey to New York. Felix and Maisie aren't sure why The Treasure Chest has brought them to meet Alexander, but they are determined to not let him out of their sights . . .even if that means stowing away on the very ship he is sailing off on!
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  • Jesus Heals a Little Girl

    Lois Rock, Roger Langton

    Paperback (Lion Publishing PLC, Sept. 20, 1996)
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  • Queen Liliuokalani #6: Royal Prisoner

    Ann Hood, Denis Zilber

    Paperback (Grosset & Dunlap, June 27, 2013)
    In Book 6 of The Treasure Chest, Felix and Maisie take a trip to New York City to visit their father and meet his new girlfriend. While there, Maisie reveals to Felix that she has a jeweled crown she took from The Treasure Chest. The twins travel to Hawaii in the late 1800s, where they spend time with the royal family and continue to master the magic of time-travel. There, they meet a young girl named Lydia who will one day grow up to be Queen Liliuokalani, the last queen of Hawaii.