19th Century
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
From the Series On My Own Biography
Laura Ingalls Wilder grew up listening to her Pa's fascinating tales about living on the prairies, in the woods, and on the plains. When she was 65 years old, Laura began to write down her… Read More →
Left Out of History (Read Woke ™ Books) — Hardcover Set
From the Series Left Out of History (Read Woke ™ Books)
Have you ever considered what's missing from history books? Explore the misunderstood and underexamined past in this engaging series. Compelling photographs and primary sources help bring… Read More →
Lightning Bolt Books ™ — Famous Places — Audisee®—On Level Set
From the Series Lightning Bolt Books ® — Famous Places
Explore some of the world's most fascinating structures and natural places in this visually stimulating series. Compelling photographs and engaging text take readers on a journey through the… Read More →
Like a Bird: The Art of the American Slave Song
Enslaved African Americans longed for freedom, and that longing took many forms—including music. Drawing on biblical imagery, slave songs both expressed the sorrow of life in bondage and… Read More →
Live Oak Media eReadalong Collection — Live Oak Media eReadalong Set
From the Series Live Oak Media eReadalong
eReadalongs are eBooks integrated with the fully-produced, high-quality audio productions that distinguish Live Oak Media in the field of children's recordings. Read by the most prominent… Read More →
Noah Webster's Fighting Words
Noah Webster, famous for writing the first dictionary of the English language as spoken in the United States, was known in his day for his bold ideas and strong opinions about, well,… Read More →
Nonfiction — Grades 4-8 — Audisee®—Fluent Set
Engage reluctant readers in high-interest nonfiction. Sentence highlighting with professional narration bring these award-winning eBooks to life. Read More →
Outlaws, Gunslingers, and Thieves
From the Series ShockZone ™ — Villains
Hang on to your wallet—and watch your neck! The most notorious outlaws were known for their fearless drive, their quick shot with a pistol, their odd trademarks, and their way of escaping the Read More →
Pasta, Fried Rice, and Matzoh Balls: Immigrant Cooking in America
From the Series Cooking Through Time
From 1565 to 1920, waves of European and Asian immigrants reached American shores and spiced up the country’s diet. Learn about their contributions and tempt your taste buds with recipes for… Read More →
Runaway Train: Saved by Belle of the Mines and Mountains
From the Series Setting the Stage for Fluency
Lonely and bored with rural life in 1856, young Bella Lee Dunkinson began to hang around the local railroad. Engineer John Hardiman took a liking to the spirited girl and gave her a boy's… Read More →
Sacagawea
Taking a rare look beyond the myths and legends surrounding Sacagawea's life, this extraordinary illustrated history recounts the known facts about a remarkable woman and her contribution to… Read More →
Sacagawea (Sacagawea)
Taking a rare look beyond the myths and legends surrounding Sacagawea's life, this extraordinary illustrated history recounts the known facts about a remarkable women and her contribution to… Read More →
Sequoyah and His Talking Leaves: A Play about the Cherokee Syllabary
From the Series Setting the Stage for Fluency
In the early 1800s, white settlers and missionaries were intent on bringing the English language to the illiterate Native Americans. Sequoyah was intrigued by these leaves of paper with… Read More →
Shipwreck Search: Discovery of the H. L. Hunley
From the Series On My Own Science
What a discovery! Deep under the Atlantic Ocean, divers found a shipwreck like no other. It was the H. L. Hunley, a submarine that had sunk during the Civil War! A team of scientists from… Read More →
ShockZone ™ — Villains — Audisee®—Fluent Set
From the Series ShockZone ™ — Villains
ShockZone™―Villains introduces the most vile criminals, killers, and corrupt leaders the world has ever seen. Narratives weave together the freakish facts and antics of these tyrants,… Read More →
Slavery and Reconstruction: The Struggle for Black Civil Rights
From the Series American Slavery and the Fight for Freedom (Read Woke ™ Books)
With the freeing of four million enslaved people after the Civil War, the Reconstruction period brought new victories and challenges in the fight for Black rights. Learn more about this… Read More →
Steam!: Taming the River Monster
From the Series Setting the Stage for Fluency
In 1807 at the age of 13, Brenton Dixon lived in Albany, New York, and expected to become a blacksmith's apprentice. Then one day he and his friends saw something strange out on the Hudson… Read More →
Suffrage Sisters: The Fight for Liberty
From the Series Setting the Stage for Fluency
Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke before an eager crowd in Seneca Falls, New York, on a hot July morning in 1948. She began her speech with words that were familiar to American ears: But the ideas Read More →
That's Strange! (UpDog Books ™) — Hardcover Set
From the Series That's Strange! (UpDog Books ™)
There are so many unexplained mysteries to explore! From D.B. Cooper's sudden disappearance from a flying plane to strange ghostly events at the Stanley Hotel, readers will learn educational, Read More →
The Back of Beyond: A Story about Lewis and Clark
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
In 1803, Meriwether Lewis was offered the chance of a lifetime. The president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, asked him to lead an expedition across North America, through the… Read More →
The Children's Blizzard of 1888: A Cause-and-Effect Investigation
From the Series Cause-and-Effect Disasters
On January 12, 1888, a sudden blizzard barreled across Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and the Dakota Territory. Blinding snow and howling wind took rural towns by surprise. Many children were… Read More →
The Copper Lady
From the Series On My Own History
The boat creaked and moaned as the storm's waves smashed into the ship. Down in the hold, Andre‚ sat between crates that held the great copper lady, the Statue of Liberty. They were on their… Read More →
The Erie Canal
From the Series Lightning Bolt Books ® — Famous Places
Have you ever heard of a road that was built for boats? That’s what the Erie Canal is. In the 1800s, people dug a canal that was 363 miles long. It helped link the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Read More →
The Haunting of Bell Witch
From the Series That's Strange! (UpDog Books ™)
The Bell family thought they were being haunted. For three years, an angry ghost bothered them. It finally stopped after the father died. Did the ghost kill him? What happened to the family?… Read More →