The Library Stone Soup {Book Activities} 14 May 201428 Jun 2022 Countdown to summer. Having a hard time keeping them interested? Make some Stone Soup! We have included book activities to go-along below. Stone Soup is a fun read-aloud by Marcia Brown found…
Book Studies Free History Studies: Charles Goodyear 6 May 201416 Aug 2022 Charles Goodyear was instrumental in finding a way to make rubber keep its elasticity even in very hot or very cold weather. Read the current chapter online: "The India-Rubber Man" Suggestions…
The Library Chico: The Story of a Homing Pigeon {Free eBook & Activities} 5 May 201414 Oct 2022 Chico: The Story of a Homing Pigeon by Lucy M. Blanchard tells the tale of a very special bird raised in Italy on the eve of World War I, whose…
Book Studies Free History Studies: Daniel Webster 29 Apr 201416 Aug 2022 Daniel Webster was an American statesman known for his skills as an orator. Read current chapter online: "Daniel Webster and His Brother""Webster and the Poor Woman" Suggestions Map the following…
Book Studies Free History Studies: John James Audubon 8 Apr 201416 Aug 2022 John James Audubon's Birds of America published over a period of eleven years made him a popular naturalist. Read the current chapters online: "How Audubon Came to Know About Birds""Audubon…
The Library Star Stories for Little Folks ~ Free eBook 7 Apr 201428 Jun 2022 We originally posted Star Stories for Little Folks by Gertrude Chandler Warner back in August 2013, but have updated and expanded our original post to include more go-alongs and a…
Book Studies Free History Studies: The Star-Spangled Banner 1 Apr 201416 Aug 2022 Francis Scott Key wrote the words to the Star-Spangled Banner as a poem of thanksgiving upon seeing the Stars and Stripes continuing to fly over Fort McHenry after a night…
Book Studies Free History Studies: Captain James Lawrence 25 Mar 201415 Aug 2022 Captain James Lawrence is best known as the naval officer whose last command was "Don't Give Up the Ship," a battle cry later carried on a flag by Oliver Perry.…
Book Studies Free History Studies: Washington Irving 18 Mar 201415 Aug 2022 Washington Irving was largely self-taught and his love of books made him one of America's best-loved authors. Read the current chapter online: "Washington Irving as a Boy" Suggestions Map the…
Book Studies Free History Studies: Robert Fulton 11 Mar 201415 Aug 2022 Robert Fulton is known for inventing the first commercially successful steamboat. Read the current chapters online: "Quicksilver Bob""The First Steamboat" Suggestions Map the following (you'll find mapping resources below): Pennsylvania…
Book Studies Free History Studies: Lewis & Clark 4 Mar 201415 Aug 2022 Lewis and Clark were the explorers sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the new territory gained in the Louisiana Purchase. Read the current chapters online: "A Long Journey""Captain Clark's Burning…
The Library Captain Kidd’s Gold {Free eBook} 3 Mar 201428 Jun 2022 Ready for a swash-buckling adventure? The search for treasure and pirates? An exciting story with twists and turns that incorporates history and geography? Captain Kidd's Gold: The True Story Of An…
Book Studies Free History Studies: Thomas Jefferson 25 Feb 201415 Aug 2022 Thomas Jefferson was a learned man chiefly responsible for crafting the Declaration of Independence and the third president of the United States. Read the current chapter online: "Stories About Jefferson"…
Book Studies Free History Studies: Stephen Decatur & the Pirates 18 Feb 201415 Aug 2022 Stephen Decatur is known best as the naval hero who burned the Philadelphia, a United States frigate that had been captured by pirates. Read the current chapter online: "Decatur and…
Book Studies Free History Studies: Daniel Boone 11 Feb 201413 Aug 2022 Daniel Boone was a brave frontiersman who opened the way for settlers through the Cumberland Gap. Read the current chapters online: "Daniel Boone and His Grapevine Swing""Daniel Boone's Daughter and…
The Library All the Places to Love 5 Feb 201428 Jun 2022 Before classical education become so popular, many of us approached geography in the traditional way -- beginning with what was closest to a child, and expanding outward to city, state,…
Book Studies Free History Studies: George Rogers Clark 4 Feb 201413 Aug 2022 George Rogers Clark was an American colonel in the American Revolution who captured a British fort to prevent the slaughter of colonists by the Indians. Read the current chapter online:…
The Library Tree in the Trail 29 Jan 201410 Jan 2023 Tree in the Trail is another beautifully illustrated title by Holling C. Holling on our recommended reading list. The tree begins as a lone cottonwood sapling on the Kansas plain…
Book Studies Free History Studies: Francis Marion 28 Jan 201413 Aug 2022 Francis Marion was a heroic figure during the American Revolution known for his cunning and bravery, earning the nickname "Swamp Fox" by the British. Read the current chapter online: "Marion's…
The Library Seabird 15 Jan 201422 Aug 2022 Seabird by Holling C. Holling is a highly recommended title on our reading list. (See also Tree in the Trail.) It began with a summer snowstorm near Greenland. The fourteen-year-old…
Book Studies Free History Studies: George Washington and the Cherry Tree 7 Jan 201410 Aug 2022 George Washington earned an early reputation as being honest. Read the current chapter online: "Washington and His Hatchet" This poem will serve as an introduction to Washington whom we will…
Units Dickens A Christmas Carol: A Unit Study 17 Dec 20135 Dec 2022 December 17, 2013, marked the 170th anniversary of the publication of a classic work, one which has influenced literature, Christmas customs, and even the English language itself: A Christmas Carol…
Book Studies Free History Studies: Israel Putnam 26 Nov 201310 Aug 2022 Israel Putnam was a brave soldier who served in the French and Indian War and was a general in the American Revolution. Read the current chapter online: "Putnam and the…
Book Studies Free History Studies: Anthony Benezet 19 Nov 201310 Aug 2022 Anthony Benezet was a Quaker teacher and early American abolitionist who also supported the Acadians in their displacement. Read the current chapter online: "A Great Good Man" Suggestions Map the…
The Library d’Aulaire’s Abraham Lincoln ~ Review & Go-Alongs 18 Nov 201328 Jul 2022 Abraham Lincoln by Ingri and Edgar d'Aulaire is one of our favorite titles from the gifted illustrators of other favorites such as Buffalo Bill, Pocahontas, George Washington, and Benjamin Franklin.…
Book Studies Free History Studies: John Stark & the Indians 12 Nov 201310 Aug 2022 John Stark was a brave man who became a general in the American Revolutionary War. Read the current chapter online: "John Stark and the Indians" Suggestions Map the following (you'll…
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