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  • Frontier Village: A Town Is Born

    Catherine E. Chambers, Dick Smolinski

    Paperback (Troll Communications Llc, Sept. 1, 1984)
    Recounts the growth of the town of Nesbitt's Crossing from the time the first settlers, the Nesbitt family, came to that area of Wisconsin in 1848.
    R

  • Joseph's Choice: 1861

    Bonnie Pryor, Bert Dodson

    Library Binding (HarperCollins, July 1, 2000)
    In the early days of the Civil War, Joseph must decide whether to defend his stepfather's abolitionist and pro-Union beliefs or side with the slave owners and Southern rights supporters in his home town of Branson Mills, Kentucky.
    T

  • Jamestown

    James E. Knight, David Wenzel

    Paperback (Scholastic, Feb. 1, 2004)
    Two English children are told the story of their grandfather's experiences as one of the original Jamestown colonists of 1607.
    Q

  • Journey To Monticello - Pbk

    Knight

    Paperback (Troll Communications, Feb. 23, 1999)
    A young lawyer sent as a messenger by John Hancock makes the long and difficult journey from Massachusetts to Jefferson's home in Virginia
    N

  • Blue Feather's Vision: The Dawn of Colonial America

    James E. Knight

    Library Binding (Troll Communications Llc, May 1, 1982)
    An aged Indian chief fears that white strangers who have visited his village will return to destroy the Indian way of life
    O

  • Texas Roundup: Life on the Range

    Catherine E. Chambers, John Lawn

    Library Binding (Troll Communications Llc, July 1, 1984)
    In nineteenth-century Texas, a young boy learns a great deal about life on the range when he is allowed to accompany the ranch hands on the spring roundup.
    R

  • Seventh and Walnut: Life in Colonial Philadelphia

    James E. Knight, George Guzzi

    Paperback (Troll Communications Llc, July 1, 1982)
    A native of colonial Philadelphia describes the famous citizens, landmarks, and daily life of his town
    L

  • Daniel Boone and the Wilderness Road

    Catherine E. Chambers, George Guzzi

    Library Binding (Troll Communications Llc, June 1, 1984)
    The story of the settling of Boonesborough, Kentucky, is told by Grandpa Halliday, who, along with Daniel Boone, cut a wilderness trail
    Q

  • Frontier Farmer: Kansas Adventures

    Andy Chambers, Catherine E. Chambers, Len Epstein

    Paperback (Troll Communications, Oct. 1, 1999)
    When Matt's father dies in 1881, he and his mother decide to stay on their Kansas homestead despite the perils of life on that frontier.
    Q

  • Pompo The Monkey: Adventures In Africa

    Penelopy Bliss

    (Bliss Publishing, Feb. 17, 2020)
    Pompo the Monkey must leave his family to find other monkeys, but he has one stop to make before he does. He wants to find treasure! He has no idea where it is or what kind of treasure it could be, but all the animals are saying that it is treasure fit for a king. He has some competition as he is not the only one on the treasure hunt. And the road ahead is long and dangerous. What if he doesn't find the treasure? Is the treasure more important than finding a new family? Is the treasure more important than his survival?This motivational story about hopes, dreams and overcoming adversities is meant to inspire young children who are experiencing being separated from family and trying to figure out where they fit in.

  • Frontier Farmer: Kansas Adventures

    Catherine E. Chambers, Len Epstein

    Paperback (Troll Communications Llc, Sept. 1, 1984)
    When Matt's father dies in 1881, he and his mother decide to stay on their Kansas homestead despite the perils of life on that frontier.
    R

  • Dream Seekers: Roger William's Stand for Freedom

    Loree Lough

    Hardcover (Chelsea House Pub, July 1, 1998)
    Philip Smythe, beset with the problems of moving from Plymouth to Boston, meets a mysterious Indian, who may be a friend or an enemy