19th Century

Part of the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Harriet Tubman, the Underground Railroad conductor who 'never lost a single passenger.' Little Harriet was born into slavery on a plantation in Maryland...

In the 1830s, when a brave and curious girl named Elizabeth Blackwell was growing up, women were supposed to be wives and mothers. Some women could be teachers or seamstresses, but career options were few. Certainly no women were doctors. But...

Laura Ingalls Wilder is the original pioneer girl, and her Little House books were inspired by the events of her life. This keepsake volume discusses how her real life was different from her stories, and it also focuses on her adult life and how she came...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583228692Author Howard ZinnFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 520g

Laura Ingalls Wilder crossed the country by covered wagon, by train, and by car. Here, Laura's journal entries and letters from three of her most memorable journeys have been collected in one volume. On the Way Home recounts her 1894 move with her...

This award-winning cookbook features more than 100 of the recipes that Laura Ingalls Wilder chronicles in her classic Little House books. A great gift for Little House fans and anyone who wants more information about what life on the praisie was really...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399555909Author Lori Haskins HouranFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Random House Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316475112Author Vashti HarrisonFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Little, Brown Young ReadersPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780689852749Author Kathleen KudlinskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Aladdin PaperbacksPublisher Aladdin PaperbacksWeight(grams) 109gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Reading the West (Children's) 1996.Book InformationISBN 9780698116160Author Joseph BruchacFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint PuffinPublisher Penguin Putnam...

"The Wolves of Currumpaw "is a beautifully illustrated modern re-telling of Ernest Thompson Seton's epic wilderness drama "Lobo, the King of Currumpaw," originally published in 1898. Set in the dying days of the old west, Seton's drama unfolds in the...

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level Follow the lives of the March sisters, who are forced to pull together when their father leaves to fight in the war. But will the girls cope when disaster strikes and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780823442713Author David A. AdlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Holiday House IncPublisher Holiday House IncWeight(grams) 125gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Author Dave Eggers and artist Julia Sarda spin a quirky historical event into a whimsical and tall-ish true tale of ingenuity.It all started when John "Minnie" Moore built a mine in Idaho and sold it to Englishman Henry Miller. Then Henry married a local...

"Kids always search for heroes, so we might as well have a say in it," Brad Meltzer realised, and so he envisioned this friendly, fun approach to biography for his own kids, and for yours. Each book tells the story of one of America's icons in an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2010 and ALA Notable Children's Book and ALA Notable Children's Book 2010 and Chicago Public LibraryA's Best of the Best books and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers 2017. Nominated for Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Master List 2019 and Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award 2017.Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679890522Author Joseph BruchacFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Random House USA Children's BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646111190Author Carla JablonskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

Written by award-winning author Richard Platt, How They Made Things Work: Age of Industry examines aspects of technology in Victorian times, including ship-building, weapons, motion pictures, photography, railways and telegraphy. Suitable for Key Stages...

A beautifully designed coloring book featuring classic artwork by Garth Williams and quotes from all nine original Little House books Join Laura Ingalls, her Ma and Pa, and her sisters, Mary, Carrie, and Grace, on their travels across the frontier as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593373408Author Anna Crowley ReddingFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

An NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People ILA Children's and Young Adult's Book Award-Intermediate Nonfiction 2014 VOYA Non-Fiction Honor List The Industrial Revolution for Kids introduces a time of monumental change in a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780448479033Author Margaret FrithFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint G P Putnam's SonsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 102gDimensions(mm) 195mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780448467122Author Yona Zeldis McDonoughFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint G P Putnam's SonsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 128gDimensions(mm)...

Designed for parents and elementary/middle grade students (grades 4-8) to share together, The Story of the World, Volume 4 Revised Edition: The Modern Age is widely used in charter and private schools, as well as co-ops around the world. It builds...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423642510Author Greg PaprockiPage Count 32Imprint Gibbs M. Smith IncPublisher Gibbs M. Smith IncWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 165mm * 19mm

A gorgeous new hardcover edition of the award-winning cookbook, featuring full-color photographs, classic illustrations, and more than 100 of the recipes that Laura Ingalls Wilder chronicled in her classic Little House books. A great gift for Little...

Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someone's property; she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an overseer. It was from other field hands that she first heard about the Underground Railroad which she...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936313808Author Carla MooneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Nomad PressPublisher Nomad PressWeight(grams) 327g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250075765Author Steve SheinkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Square FishPublisher Square FishWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Caldecott Medal 2014. Commended for Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award (Children's Book) 2014 and Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens...

Araminta Ross was born a slave in Delaware in the early 19th century. Slavery meant that her family could be ripped apart at any time, and that she could be put to work in dangerous places and for abusive people. But north of the Mason-Dixon line,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524770334Author Jen ArenaFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc

They were Amazon and Walmart combined-the one place to shop for Americans who needed everything-clothes, furniture, tools, jewelry, musical instruments, books, and more!Imagine it's the end of the nineteenth century, and, with one catalog, you can buy...

Designed for parents and elementary/middle grade students (grades 4-8) to share together, The Story of the World, Volume 4 Revised Edition: The Modern Age is widely used in charter and private schools, as well as co-ops around the world. It builds...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780792267263Author Rosalyn SchanzerFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint National Geographic KidsPublisher National Geographic KidsWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648768156Author Kelly Milner HallsFormat PaperbackImprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781560373544Author Barbara FiferFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint North American TreePublisher North American TreeWeight(grams) 268g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781515742548Author Elizabeth RaumFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Capstone Press