
A girl helps her mother sew the huge flag flown over Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. The flag inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem that became America’s national anthem.
Read moreA girl helps her mother sew the huge flag flown over Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. The flag inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem that became America’s national anthem.
Read moreTwelve Native American school children present aspects of Native American history, specifically the detrimental affect of treaties with the U.S. goverment.
Read more8 yo African American girl and her brother on fatastic flying journey, meet Harriet Tubman who teaches them about Underground Railroad, illustrated with author’s paintings. Sequel to Tar Beach, about author’s childhood in NYC
Read moreShort non-fiction stories of well-known and obscure people and events from American history
Read more10 yo African American girl, former slave, still works on plantation, alongside newly arrived Chinese Americans. Illustrates difficult life for African Americans after Civil War and Emancipation Proclamation.
Read morePicture book biography in verse of life of Henry “Box” Brown, an African American slave who mailed himself to freedom. With back matter.
Read morePicture book biography of African American man who was born into slavery, escaped during the American Civil War, lived among many Native American nations and learned their languages, and became a U.S. Marshal, patrolling the wild west of the Oklahoma Territory.
Read more15 yo gravely wounded white Union soldier is rescued on the battlefield by African American boy soldier, about the same age. The wounded boy is nursed back to health by the other boy’s mother, but then they are captured by Confederates. Based on the author’s family history.
Read more12 yo boy suffering from tuberculosis (consumption) is sent to a clinic inside Mammoth Cave. In spite of being from a slave owning family, he befriends and helps the African American people working there.
Read moreDiary of last princess of Hawaii, who was sent to England for school, while white businessmen angled to take over control of her beloved islands. Part of Scholastic’s Royal Diaries series
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