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    Princess Ka'iulani: Hope of a Nation, Heart of a People
      This is a fascinating biography of Ka'iulani, Crown Princess of Hawaii. The history of Hawaii is also chronicled, as is a bit about life in the US and Europe in the late 19th century. Authentic photographs and political cartoons, a bibliography, and index
      Author: Linnea, Sharon HSE Descriptors: social studies

History > topic > political expansion > colonialism
    Gandhi
      The remarkable life of Mahatma Gandhi is told through simple text and beautiful Moghul-inspired illustrations. An author's note includes additional information and maps locate the principle places involved in his life.
      Author: Demi HSE Descriptors: social studies

    I, Columbus: My Journal, 1492-3
      This handsome 57-page book, illustrated with watercolors, is taken directly from Columbus' diary. The book records his voyage and his adventures, and begins and ends with short accounts of historical information. It may not be appropriate for low level
      Author: Roop, Peter & Roop, Connie HSE Descriptors: social studies | math

    Picture Book of Simon Bolivar, A
      Adler describes Simon Bolivar's life and character, showing how his courage and dedication enabled him to achieve his goal: to liberate his native Venezuela from Spain.
      Author: Adler, David HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Stranded at Plimoth Plantation 1626
      This is the fictitious journal of a 13-year-old orphan stranded at Plimoth (sic) Plantation. Bowen constructed the 80-page journal from historical records and illustrated the words with marvelous woodcuts. The end pages too feature fascinating maps. Te
      Author: Bowen, Gary HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science
      Begins with a prologue in which the authors each address their research process on this topic. A detailed history of sugar and the effects of its production on the world. Sugar cane drove the Atlantic slave which is explained in this book using songs, or
      Author: Aronson, Marc and Budhos, Marina HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading | science

    Uncommon Traveler
      Mary Kingsley, who grew up in Victorian England, isolated, without formal education but with her Father's library, made trips to explore West Africa, where she accomplished many firsts and survived many adventures. The beautiful watercolor illustrations,
      Author: Brown, Don HSE Descriptors: social studies

History > topic > political expansion > exploration
    Around the World in a Hundred Years
      During the late 15th century, explorers sailed a relatively unknown world in search of gold and spices. By turns ambitious and cruel, these explorers changed the map of the world in 100 years. The book includes many maps, notes, a bibliography, and an i
      Author: Fritz, Jean HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Buried in Ice
      The authors explore the mysterious fate of Sir John Franklin's failed expedition to find the Northwest Passage in 1845. Sections of fictionalized history alternate with present-day, first-person narrative of the scientific search for answers. A glossary
      Author: Beattie, Owen & Geiger, John HSE Descriptors: social studies | science

    How We Crossed the West
      Colorful illustrations, maps, and journal excerpts invite the reader to accompany Lewis and Clark on their expedition across the plains and the Pacific Northwest in 1804.
      Author: Schanzer, Rosalyn HSE Descriptors: social studies

    I, Columbus: My Journal, 1492-3
      This handsome 57-page book, illustrated with watercolors, is taken directly from Columbus' diary. The book records his voyage and his adventures, and begins and ends with short accounts of historical information. It may not be appropriate for low level
      Author: Roop, Peter & Roop, Connie HSE Descriptors: social studies | math

History > topic > political expansion > industrialization
    Big Annie of Calumet
      Big Annie is the story of Annie Clemenc who led the miners' strike of 1913 in Calumet, Michigan against the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company. The book contains many photographs of the strike and conditions in the mines and a brief overview of the Industri
      Author: Stanley, Jerry HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Chimney Sweeps
      From the 12th century to today, here is a look at the folklore and history surrounding the chimney sweep.
      Author: Giblin, James Cross HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Marvelous Mattie
      Based on the life of Margaret E. Knight, the book portrays an imaginative girl who overcomes the barriers of poverty and sexism to become an inventor of over 90 inventions with 22 patents. The author's note gives more biographical information while paten
      Author: McCully, Emily HSE Descriptors: science

    Street Through Time, A
      From the Stone Age to the Modern Age, the same location is depicted on double-page layouts filled with cultural details and daily activities. Endmatter includes a time-traveling quiz and a glossary. The illustrations are visually very busy.
      Author: Millard, Anne HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Up Before Daybreak: Cotton and People in America
      An historical look at the influence cotton has had on the economy and people of the United States. The author traces the cotton industry from colonial times through the Civil War and the Great Migration, from the Southern plantations to the mill towns lik
      Author: Hopkinson, Deborah HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Up Before Daybreak: Cotton and People in America
      An historical look at the influence cotton has had on the economy and people of the United States. The author traces the cotton industry from colonial times through the Civil War and the Great Migration, from the Southern plantations to the mill towns lik
      Author: Hopkinson, Deborah HSE Descriptors: social studies

History > topic > political expansion > industrialization > factory
    Bobbin Girl, The
      Rebecca, a 10-year-old "bobbin girl" working in the textile factories in Lowell, Massachuesetts in the 1830's must decide if she will participate in the first workers' strike.
      Author: McCully, Emily Arnold HSE Descriptors: social studies

History > topic > political expansion > oppression
    Butterfly, The
      During the Nazi occupation of France, Monique discovers that her mother is a member of the Resistance, and that a secret trap door conceals a Jewish family in hiding. Monique and the secret "guest" become nighttime playmates until terror threatens.
      Author: Polacco, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Declaring Independence
      The events large and small surrounding the struggle for independence of the American colonies from England are told with a wealth of detail and with archival material. Source notes, bibliography, further reading and websites, and an index make the inte
      Author: Miller, Brandon Marie HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Half Spoon of Rice
      Nine-year old Nat is forced from his home and marched into the countryside when the Khmer Rouge takes power. He is separated from his family and is forced to labor in the rice fields for four years. He survives and is reunited with his family. A surviva
      Author: Smith, Icy HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Half Spoon of Rice
      Nine-year old Nat is forced from his home and marched into the countryside when the Khmer Rouge takes power. He is separated from his family and is forced to labor in the rice fields for four years. He survives and is reunited with his family. A surviva
      Author: Smith, Icy HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Persepolis 2
      This graphic novel sequel to Persepolis, depicts the author's rebellious adolescence and early adulthood among dissident outsider friends in Vienna and her voluntary return to her family in fundamentalist Tehran. Readers should be cautioned about referen
      Author: Satrapi, Marjane HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Persepolis I: The Story of a Childhood
      In this first of two volumes about the author's life, Satrapi tells of her childhood and coming of age in Iran during the Islamic Revolution and the Iran/Iraq war.
      Author: Satrapi, Marjane HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - writing

    Taste of Salt
      This gripping novel tells the story of two teenagers in Haiti, Djo, one of Aristides' orphaned boys who is hospitalized with terrible injuries, and Jeremie, a convent-educated girl who visits Djo to hear his stories and who begins to fall in love with him
      Author: Temple, Frances

    Tonight, By Sea
      A Haitian girl, Paulie, joins with her village to secretly build and launch a boat and escape to Miami. The book is full of dialect and may be too difficult for some readers, but the subject matter and compelling story make it good reading.
      Author: Temple, Frances HSE Descriptors: social studies

History > topic > political expansion > patriotism
    By Dawn's Early Light
      This is an historically accurate and beautifully illustrated account of how Francis Scott Key came to write "The Star Spangled Banner."
      Author: Kroll, Steven HSE Descriptors: social studies


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