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.

3) The chalk box kid

Author

Bulla, Clyde Robert

Series

A stepping stone book
Stepping Stones

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

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Nine-year-old Gregory's house does not have room for a garden, but he creates a surprising and very different garden in an unusual place.

4) Mr. Lincoln's high-tech war: how the North used the telegraph, railroads, surveillance balloons, ironclads, high-powered weapons, and more to win the Civil War

Author

Allen, Thomas B

Pub. Date

[2009]

Physical Desc

144 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 x 25 cm

Language

English

Description

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Lincoln knew that winning the war would take more than the same old strategies and maneuvers. It would require using technology to create new ways of waging war. Lincoln worked to make sure his soldiers and sailors had the best and latest hardware. By combining new tools with time-tested tactics, he helped revolutionize warfare.

5) 1789: George Washington and the founders create America

Author

Allen, Thomas B

Pub. Date

2023.

Physical Desc

396 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Language

English

Description

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"In 1789, the federal government described in the recently ratified U.S. Constitution came into being. Drawing on hundreds of sources to paint a vivid portrait of the new nation, veteran journalist Thomas B. Allen tells the long-hidden history of how George Washington and the other Founders set this new federal government into motion"--

6) Harriet Tubman, secret agent: how daring slaves and free Blacks spied for the Union during the Civil War

Author

Allen, Thomas B

Pub. Date

2006.

Physical Desc

191 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm

Language

English

7) The shark almanac

Author

Allen, Thomas B

Pub. Date

[1999]

Physical Desc

274 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Language

English

8) The Blue and the Gray

Author

Allen, Thomas B

Pub. Date

1992.

Physical Desc

320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

9) Code-name downfall: the secret plan to invade Japan and why Truman dropped the bomb

Author

Allen, Thomas B

Pub. Date

1995.

Physical Desc

351 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Language

English

10) Remember Valley Forge: patriots, Tories, and Redcoats tell their stories

Author

Allen, Thomas B

Pub. Date

[2007]

Physical Desc

61 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cm

Language

English

Description

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The story of the hardships and difficulties endured by General George Washington and the Continental Army during the winter of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

11) Climbing Kansas mountains

Author

Shannon, George

Pub. Date

[1993]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Language

English

Description

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A young boy and his father share the magic of climbing the "Kansas mountains."

12) Going West

Author

Van Leeuwen, Jean

Pub. Date

[i.e. 1991]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm

Language

English

Description

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Follows a family's emigration by prairie schooner from the East, across the plains to Kansas.

13) Goodbye, Charles Lindbergh: based on a true story

Author

Borden, Louise

Pub. Date

[1998]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Language

English

Description

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A farm boy meets his hero, Colonel Charles Lindbergh, when he lands his bi-plane in a field near Canton, Mississippi, in 1929.

14) Poems for youth

Author

Dickinson, Emily

Pub. Date

[1996]

Physical Desc

vii, 111 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Language

English

Description

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A collection of seventy-eight poems which highlight the seasons, the passage of time, and living life itself and which were written by one of America's foremost poets.

15) World War II: America at war, 1941-1945

Author

Polmar, Norman

Pub. Date

[1991]

Physical Desc

xix, 940 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Language

English

16) Mountain Valor

Author

Houston, Gloria

Pub. Date

1994.

Physical Desc

239 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Language

English

Description

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With her father and brothers gone to serve in the Civil War and her mother sick, teenage Valor ignores what is proper behavior for a girl and fights to defend her North Carolina mountain farm.

17) The marvels of animal behavior

Series

Natural science library

Pub. Date

[1972]

Physical Desc

422 pages : illustrations (part color) ; 26 cm.

Language

English

18) Summer wheels

Author

Bunting, Eve

Pub. Date

[1992]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Language

English

Description

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The Bicycle Man fixes up old bicycles and offers both his friendship and the use of the bikes to the neighborhood kids.

19) Grandma's general store: the Ark

Author

Carter, Dorothy

Pub. Date

2005.

Physical Desc

135 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Language

English

Description

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In the 1930s when their parents go north to Philadelphia to find work, five-year-old Pearl and seven-year-old Prince must stay behind with their grandmother in Florida and help her run her small store.

20) In coal country

Author

Hendershot, Judith

Pub. Date

[1987]

Physical Desc

40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Language

English

Description

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A child growing up in a coal mining community finds both excitement and hard work, in a life deeply affected by the local industry.

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Thomas B. Allen

1) Remember Pearl Harbor: American and Japanese survivors tell their stories

2) George Washington, spymaster: how America outspied the British and won the Revolutionary War

3) The chalk box kid

4) Mr. Lincoln's high-tech war: how the North used the telegraph, railroads, surveillance balloons, ironclads, high-powered weapons, and more to win the Civil War

5) 1789: George Washington and the founders create America

6) Harriet Tubman, secret agent: how daring slaves and free Blacks spied for the Union during the Civil War

7) The shark almanac

8) The Blue and the Gray

9) Code-name downfall: the secret plan to invade Japan and why Truman dropped the bomb

10) Remember Valley Forge: patriots, Tories, and Redcoats tell their stories

11) Climbing Kansas mountains

12) Going West

13) Goodbye, Charles Lindbergh: based on a true story

14) Poems for youth

15) World War II: America at war, 1941-1945

16) Mountain Valor

17) The marvels of animal behavior

18) Summer wheels

19) Grandma's general store: the Ark

20) In coal country