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    Hand in Hand
      The collection of poems is organized by American historical themes rather than by chronology. There are many poems that are familiar patriotic songs.
      Author: Hopkins, Lee (Ed.)

    Travels of Benjamin of Tudela, The
      In 1159, Benjamin Tudela, a Jew, left Tudela, Spain, set off to see Jerusalem and as many places mentioned in the Bible as possible. Fourteen years later he returned to tell of his travels. The author extensively researched the period to fill in details
      Author: Shulevitz, Uri HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Way Things Never Were, The
      The eight chapters of this interesting book, subtitled "The Truth About the 'Good Old Days,'" contrast life in the 50s and 60s with today. Topics addressed include communication, health, transportation, education, world events, etc. The print insets for p
      Author: Finkelstein, Norman HSE Descriptors: social studies

Transportation > bridges
    Brooklyn Bridge, The
      This award winner tells the history of an unusual American family, the history of an important U.S. bridge, and the story of how that bridge was crafted and designed. It ends with a list of statistics and an index.
      Author: Mann, Elizabeth HSE Descriptors: science | math

    Those Building Men
      The author pays tribute to an older generation of construction workers who built the first railroads, canals, bridges, and skyscrapers in American. The simple prose uses beautiful language to describe work.
      Author: Johnson, Angela HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom
      This is an enlightening text illustrating the importance of the bicycle as a way to change the world by cultivating independence. The photographs, newspaper articles, advertisements, etc., beautifully depict the history, ending with a timeline comparing w
      Author: Macy, Sue HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading

Transportation > cars
    Alice Ramsey's Grand Adventure
      Alice Ramsey and three other women face floods, mud, and travel without maps as they drive from New York to San Francisco--in 1909. The charming watercolors add realistic humor to the narrative.
      Author: Brown, Don HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Coast to Coast with Alice
      A fictionalized account of the real 1909 journey of four women who crossed the country in a Maxwell car becoming the first women to do so. Written as a journal by Minna Jahns, the 15-year-old friend of Alice Ramsey, the narrative includes the physical dif
      Author: Hyatt, Patricia Rusch HSE Descriptors: social studies

Transportation > covered wagon
    Words West: Voices of Young Pioneers
      Diary and journal excerpts and archival photographs enliven a well-written text about the Westward Movement as seen from the perspective of children. The book includes short biographies of the children who are quoted often as well as a chronology, furthe
      Author: Wadsworth, Ginger HSE Descriptors: social studies

Transportation > flight
    Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World
      Minute biographies of 26 illustrious women with quotes from each. Discover woman who have changed people's lives and read about their childhood, hardships and successes to inspire girls and women of all ages.
      Author: Chin-Lee, Cynthia HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World
      Minute biographies of 26 illustrious women with quotes from each. Discover woman who have changed people's lives and read about their childhood, hardships and successes to inspire girls and women of all ages.
      Author: Chin-Lee, Cynthia HSE Descriptors: social studies

    And Not Afraid To Dare
      This is a collection of short (15-20 page) biographies of 10 African American women: Ellen Craft, Charlotte Forten Grimke, Mary Fields, Ida B. Wells, Mary McLeod Bethune, Clara Hale, Leontyne Price, Toni Morrison, Mae C. Jemison, and Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
      Author: Bolden, Tonya HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Animals in Flight
      This is an excellent science picture book on flight of winged creatures with information about flying, wing structure, mobility, sizes, and shapes. The book layout allows easy reading with large print and facts isolated in different sections for clari
      Author: Steve Jenkins & Robin Page HSE Descriptors: science

    Disaster of the Hindenburg, The
      The author describes the last flight of the Hindenburg through the eyes of some if the passengers and crew. Included are pictures and diagrams of the great airship.
      Author: Tanaka, Shelley HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Find Where the Wind Goes
      This is an autobiography of Mae Jemison, the first woman of color to become an astronaut. She uses the metaphor of "wind" to describe events from her life.
      Author: Jemison, Mae HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - writing

    Leonardo Da Vinci
      This biography of Da Vinci's life has beautiful illustrations in various Renaissance styles and a pronunciation guide, a foreword about the historical period, and a postscript that demonstrates the vulnerability of works of art.
      Author: Stanley, Diane HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading

    Leonardo daVinci
      This fascinating biography of Leonardo daVinci emphasizes his scientific curiosity and observation of the natural world that he recorded in his illustrated notebooks. The author has included very helpful resources: location of the notebooks today; books
      Author: Krull, Kathleen HSE Descriptors: science

    My Brothers' Flying Machine
      This biography of Wilber and Orville Wright is told by their younger sister.
      Author: Yolen, Jane HSE Descriptors: science

Transportation > flight > airplanes
    First to Fly
      This biography of the Wright Brothers is accompanied by archival photographs (as well as illustrations). Text boxes describe related events. Glossary, timeline, bibliography, and list of related WWW sites are included.
      Author: Busby, Peter HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Flight
      This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of Lindbergh's daring flight over the Atlantic in 1927. It opens with a brief historical note by author Jean Fritz.
      Author: Burleigh, Robert HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Fly!
      An illustrated chronicle of flight from the hot-air balloon to space stations and space shuttles contains an extended reference section and a running timeline beneath the text of other events happening at the same time.
      Author: Moser, Barry HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot
      During the occupation of Germany after WW II, a young girl writes a letter to an American airlift pilot who drops chocolates to children. The author includes a biography of Col. Halvorsen, "the chocolate pilot" of the title.
      Author: Raven, Margot

    My Brothers' Flying Machine
      This biography of Wilber and Orville Wright is told by their younger sister.
      Author: Yolen, Jane HSE Descriptors: science

    Ruth Law Thrills a Nation
      The author recounts in easy text and wondrful watercolor illustrations the 1919 flight of Ruth Law from Chicago to New York.
      Author: Don Brown HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - writing

    To Fly
      In short 2-3 page chapers with delightful watercolor illustrations, the narrative traces the Wright bothers' step-by-step evolution as aviation engineers. The author provides a timeline, a bibliography, notes, and an index.
      Author: Old, Wendie HSE Descriptors: social studies | science

    Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane, The
      Original photographs by the Wright brothers complement their story. This is a long, detailed book that also chronicles some of others' work that preceded the Wright brothers' efforts. End notes tell about the photographs, provide a bibliography for furt
      Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies

Transportation > flight > aviation
    First to Fly
      This biography of the Wright Brothers is accompanied by archival photographs (as well as illustrations). Text boxes describe related events. Glossary, timeline, bibliography, and list of related WWW sites are included.
      Author: Busby, Peter HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Flight
      This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of Lindbergh's daring flight over the Atlantic in 1927. It opens with a brief historical note by author Jean Fritz.
      Author: Burleigh, Robert HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Fly High!
      This is an illustrated biography of Bessie Coleman, whose interest in aviation and desire "to be somebody" led her to become the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license.
      Author: Borden, Louise & Kroeger, Mary Kay HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Glorious Flight Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot, The
      Teachers should note that the child's perspective and art might put some adult readers off. However, this retelling of Louis Bleriot's flight across the English Channel broadens Americans' view of Orville and Wilbur Wright.
      Author: Provensen, Alice & Provensen, Martin HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Our Century--1920-1930
      This is a series of short articles about life, events, and people who made news in the decade of the 20s. (Teachers should note that no African-American history is reported.)
      Author: Hill, Prescott HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Timelines Flight: Fliers and Flying Machines
      This nonfiction book contains information related to aviation and aviators (starting with Daedalus and Icarus). The book is densely illustrated; all illustrations are captioned, and some are labeled. A time line, a glossary, and an index conclude the bo
      Author: Jefferis, David HSE Descriptors: science

    Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane, The
      Original photographs by the Wright brothers complement their story. This is a long, detailed book that also chronicles some of others' work that preceded the Wright brothers' efforts. End notes tell about the photographs, provide a bibliography for furt
      Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies

Transportation > flight > aviators
    Black and White Airmen: Their True Story
      The history of airmen in WWII is told through the experiences of two men from Cincinnati, one African American and one Caucasian. Information about race relations at the time is woven throughout the narrative.
      Author: Fleischman, John HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Brave Harriet
      The story of Harriet Quimby, the first woman to earn a pilot's license and the first woman to fly across the English Channel, is told in the first person. An author's note adds historical facts.
      Author: Moss, Marissa HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Fly High!
      This is an illustrated biography of Bessie Coleman, whose interest in aviation and desire "to be somebody" led her to become the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license.
      Author: Borden, Louise & Kroeger, Mary Kay HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Ruth Law Thrills a Nation
      The author recounts in easy text and wondrful watercolor illustrations the 1919 flight of Ruth Law from Chicago to New York.
      Author: Don Brown HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - writing

    Timelines Flight: Fliers and Flying Machines
      This nonfiction book contains information related to aviation and aviators (starting with Daedalus and Icarus). The book is densely illustrated; all illustrations are captioned, and some are labeled. A time line, a glossary, and an index conclude the bo
      Author: Jefferis, David HSE Descriptors: science

Transportation > flight > aviators > Coleman, Bessie
    Fly High!
      This is an illustrated biography of Bessie Coleman, whose interest in aviation and desire "to be somebody" led her to become the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license.
      Author: Borden, Louise & Kroeger, Mary Kay HSE Descriptors: social studies

Transportation > flight > aviators > Earhart, Amelia
    Amelia and Eleanor Go For A Ride
      Story of an evening when two famous and courageous women take to the air, and the highway. Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt have a mini adventure after dinner at the White House.
      Author: Ryan, Pan Munoz HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
      Informative account of Amelia Earhart's life and death, separating fact from fiction. A leader in women's rights, Amelia was an independent woman who proved women could fly! But, could she have done it without male support? Bibliography and source notes
      Author: Fleming,Candace HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies

    Fly!
      An illustrated chronicle of flight from the hot-air balloon to space stations and space shuttles contains an extended reference section and a running timeline beneath the text of other events happening at the same time.
      Author: Moser, Barry HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Sky Pioneer
      This biography of American aviatrix Amelia Earhart traces her interest in aviation from childhood to her disappearance on a round-the-world flight in 1937. Photographs, journal entries, maps, a chronology, an afterword, a bibliography, and an index sugge
      Author: Szabo, Corinne HSE Descriptors: social studies

Transportation > flight > aviators > Granville brothers
    Fly!
      An illustrated chronicle of flight from the hot-air balloon to space stations and space shuttles contains an extended reference section and a running timeline beneath the text of other events happening at the same time.
      Author: Moser, Barry HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Rosa
      Giovanni tells the story of Rosa Parks' infamous bus ride. In the telling, the author speaks to the strength of the African-American community in their struggle for equal rights. The author weaves other tales (Emmett Till) into the story to give the rea
      Author: Giovanni, Nikki HSE Descriptors: social studies

    William Shakespeare and the Globe
      This is the story of William Shakespeare and the rebuilding of The Globe Theatre. This is a good reference book.
      Author: Aliki HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing

Transportation > flight > aviators > Law, Ruth
    Ruth Law Thrills a Nation
      The author recounts in easy text and wondrful watercolor illustrations the 1919 flight of Ruth Law from Chicago to New York.
      Author: Don Brown HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - writing

Transportation > flight > aviators > Lilienthal, Otto
    Fly!
      An illustrated chronicle of flight from the hot-air balloon to space stations and space shuttles contains an extended reference section and a running timeline beneath the text of other events happening at the same time.
      Author: Moser, Barry HSE Descriptors: social studies

Transportation > flight > aviators > Lindbergh, Charles
    Flight
      This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of Lindbergh's daring flight over the Atlantic in 1927. It opens with a brief historical note by author Jean Fritz.
      Author: Burleigh, Robert HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Fly!
      An illustrated chronicle of flight from the hot-air balloon to space stations and space shuttles contains an extended reference section and a running timeline beneath the text of other events happening at the same time.
      Author: Moser, Barry HSE Descriptors: social studies

Transportation > flight > aviators > Wright Brothers
    First to Fly
      This biography of the Wright Brothers is accompanied by archival photographs (as well as illustrations). Text boxes describe related events. Glossary, timeline, bibliography, and list of related WWW sites are included.
      Author: Busby, Peter HSE Descriptors: social studies

    To Fly
      In short 2-3 page chapers with delightful watercolor illustrations, the narrative traces the Wright bothers' step-by-step evolution as aviation engineers. The author provides a timeline, a bibliography, notes, and an index.
      Author: Old, Wendie HSE Descriptors: social studies | science

    Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane, The
      Original photographs by the Wright brothers complement their story. This is a long, detailed book that also chronicles some of others' work that preceded the Wright brothers' efforts. End notes tell about the photographs, provide a bibliography for furt
      Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Wright Sister, The,
      Often portrayed through letters, this biography, of Katherine Wright, the sister of Orville and Wilbur Wright, is told against the historical background of the restrictions on women.
      Author: Maurer, Richard HSE Descriptors: social studies

Transportation > machines
    Papa's Mechanical Fish
      Based loosely on the life of Lodner Phillips and his response to his daughter's question, "Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a fish?" Phillips builds a series of submarines and attempts to pilot them in Lake Michigan.
      Author: Fleming, Candace HSE Descriptors: social studies

Transportation > ships
    Amazing Impossible Erie Canal, The
      After an introduction detailing the need to transport goods back and forth to the settlers in the expanding west, the author takes the reader on the inaugural ride in 1825 that opened the Erie Canal. Illustrations and a time line provide additional infor
      Author: Harness, Cheryl HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Bluewater Journal
      Inspired by journals, maps, and letters from the Mystic Seaport Museum, the diary recounts the voyage of the family of a sea captain from Boston around Cape Horn to Hawaii from the son's point of view. Maps, a glossary, Author's Note, and an Afterword pr
      Author: Krupinski, Loretta HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Ghost of the Southern Belle
      This is a ghost story set on the high seas. The young son of a ship's captain finds a way to end the curse of a ghost ship.
      Author: Bodkin, Odds

    Gone A-Whaling
      Information boxes describing species of whales are distributed throughout this informative book on whaling. Archival photographs and journal entries lighten the expository tone and the glossary and bibliography make it more user friendly. The vocabulary
      Author: Murphy, Jim HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Lightship
      Watercolor illustrations and ship diagrams enlarge the scope of this book about floating lighthouses and their crews. An author's note provides additional historical information about lightships.
      Author: Floca, Brian

    Lightship
      Watercolor illustrations and ship diagrams enlarge the scope of this book about floating lighthouses and their crews. An author's note provides additional historical information about lightships.
      Author: Floca, Brian

    Sea Clocks
      The true story of Englishman John Harrison's life-long struggle to win the Longitude Prize is told in a free-verse format. An author's note and a facts page contribute further information.
      Author: Borden, Louise HSE Descriptors: science

    Secrets of a Civil War Submarine
      The discovery in 1995 and the subsequent slow scientific recovery of the Civil War submarine USS Hurley from the Charleston harbor reads like a mystery story. Photographs, archival material, author's note, footnotes, bibliography, glossary, and suggested
      Author: Walker, Sally HSE Descriptors: science | social studies

    Whale Port
      In this book about a fictitious combination of real places, the text and colored-pencil drawings present the chronological development of a New England whaling town and its related businesses. The use of cut away art provides a glimpse inside the building
      Author: Foster, Mark HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Who Was First? Discovering the Americas
      This book is the story of the many groups of people who discovered America before Columbus. The book is thoroughly researched and documented showing the contributions of the many people who inhabited America well before Columbus. The book includes bibliog
      Author: Freedman, Russel HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Who Was First? Discovering the Americas
      This book is the story of the many groups of people who discovered America before Columbus. The book is thoroughly researched and documented showing the contributions of the many people who inhabited America well before Columbus. The book includes bibliog
      Author: Freedman, Russel HSE Descriptors: social studies

Transportation > ships > Titanic
    Exploring the Titanic: How the Greatest Ship Ever Lost-Was Found
      Author Robert Ballard led the expedition to find and explore the Titanic. This book simultaneously tells the story of the Titanic's construction, maiden voyage, sinking, and rediscovery. This is a long book, and only GED students would be able to read i
      Author: Ballard, Robert HSE Descriptors: social studies | math

    On Board the Titanic
      An account of the sinking of the Titanic told through the eyes of two of the survivors. Tanaka includes photographs, diagrams, and accurate facts.
      Author: Tanaka, Shelley HSE Descriptors: social studies

    On Board the Titanic
      An account of the sinking of the Titanic told through the eyes of two of the survivors. Tanaka includes photographs, diagrams, and accurate facts.
      Author: Tanaka, Shelley HSE Descriptors: social studies

Transportation > trains
    Across America on an Emigrant Train
      This nonfiction account of Robert Louis Stevenson's train trip from New York to California combines Stevenson's words from his letters and diary, a factual description of the railroad industry and the 19th-century U.S. West, and amazing old photographs an
      Author: Murphy, Jim HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Full Steam Ahead: The Race to Build a Transcontinental Railroad
      The Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 granted a company in California the right to lay railroad tracks east and another to lay tracks west beginning at the Mississippi River. Payment for the work, in land and money, was based on the number of miles covered. T
      Author: Blumberg, Rhoda HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Ghost Train
      Choon-yi is a painter. Her father leaves China for North America to find work. He asks her to join him, but when she arrives, she discovers that he has been killed on the job. As Choon-yi tries to paint the train, a ghostly presence beckons her.
      Author: Yee, Paul

    Gratefully Yours
      Orphaned by a New York tenement fire in 1920, Hattie rides an orphan train to Nebraska where she joins the Jansen household, Henry and his wife Elizabeth. The story relates the loss and healing process that both Hattie and Elizabeth experience. The stor
      Author: Buchanan, Jane HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Hand in Hand
      The collection of poems is organized by American historical themes rather than by chronology. There are many poems that are familiar patriotic songs.
      Author: Hopkins, Lee (Ed.)

    I Dream of Trains
      This is the story of an African-American boy who lives in the South before the Great Migration, who loves trains, and who stands in awe of Casey Jones.
      Author: Johnson, Angela HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Kate Shelley: Bound for Legend
      This is the story of a 15-year-old girl who helped prevent a train disaster in 1881.
      Author: San Souci, Robert D. HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story
      Between 1859 and 1929, more than 200,000 children were sent "west" on Orphan Trains. The chapters in this book alternate between telling the larger history of this event and telling the individual story of one Orphan Train Rider, Lee Nailling.
      Author: Warren, Andrea HSE Descriptors: social studies

    She's Been Working on the Railroad
      Women began working on the railroads in the mid-1800s and still do so today. This is their story. The text is illustrated with photographs, and a variety of textual aids (e.g., glossary, index) are also included.
      Author: Levinson, Nancy Smiler HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Steam, Steel, and Stars
      In 1955, the photographer O.W. Link captured the last steam railroad on its last runs in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio.
      Author: Link, O. W. and Hensley, F. HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Those Building Men
      The author pays tribute to an older generation of construction workers who built the first railroads, canals, bridges, and skyscrapers in American. The simple prose uses beautiful language to describe work.
      Author: Johnson, Angela HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Train to Somewhere
      Marianne heads west with 14 other children on an Orphan Train, certain that her mother will be waiting for her at one of the stops. No one shows interest in adopting Marianne until the train arrives at a place called Somewhere, where Marianne meets her n
      Author: Bunting, Eve HSE Descriptors: social studies


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