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(0)Cheryl Harness
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1996
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Relates the history of the Pony Express from when it began to carry messages across the American West in April 1860 until the telegraph replaced it in October 1861.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1998
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
George Washington's ghost pulls a girl out of her school White House tour and takes her on a personal tour of the building, introducing her to the ghosts of previous presidents and to the history of the White House and of the United States.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Every flag tells a story. Whether it's a scrap of cloth tied to a stick or an elaborate banner, people have used flags to announce themselves, identify their lands, and display their beliefs. Award-winning author and illustrator Cheryl Harness brings to life a picture book history of flags focusing on the United States' revolutionary beginnings, from liberty poles to the legendary "Star-Spangled Banner" that flew over Fort McHenry in 1814. Includes...
6) George Washington, Spymaster : How the Americans Outspied the British And Won the Revolutionary War
Author
Publisher
Natl Geographic Soc Childrens books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The story of Mary Edwards Walker, the doctor and women's rights activist who served in the Civil War and received the Medal of Honor.
Mary Edwards Walker was unconventional for her time: She was one of the first women doctors in the country, she was a suffragist, and she wore pants! And when the Civil War struck, she took to the battlefields in a modified Union uniform as a commissioned doctor. For her service, she became the only woman ever
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Traces the early life of Theodore Roosevelt, from his privileged childhood through the personal tragedies he endured to his swearing in as the twenty-sixth president of the United States.
11) George Washington, spymaster: how the Americans outspied the British and won the Revolutionary War
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
A biography of Revolutionary War general and first President of the United States, George Washington, focusing on his use of spies to gather intelligence that helped the colonies win the war.