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Children's books about history

Last Updated: 29-May-2015

This guide lists children's books and young adult literature in Cubberley Education Library about history.

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Cover image of The pilot and the little prince
The Pilot and the Little Prince : the Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry / Peter Sis.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PQ2637 .A274 Z8295 2014 F
Lexile measure 880; Ages 6-12; Gr.4-8
Arcady's goal / written and illustrated by Eugene Yelchin.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3625 .E434 A74 2014
Ages 10-14; Gr.4-7
Cover image of Portraits of Hispanic American heroes
Portraits of Hispanic American heroes / by Juan Felipe Herrera ; paintings by Raul Colon.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E184 .S75 H486 2014
Ages 9-12; Gr.3-7; Pura Belpre award author honor, 2015
Cover image of Hey, Charleston
Hey, Charleston! : the true story of the Jenkins Orphanage Band / Anne Rockwell ; illustrations by Colin Bootman.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML28 .C35 J469 2013
Lexile measure 1040L; Ages 7-10; Gr.1-4
Separate is never equal : Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation / Duncan Tonatiuh.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » LC214.2 .T66 2014
Lexile measure AD870L; Ages 5-9; Gr.2-5
Cover image of Family Romanov
The family Romanov : murder, rebellion & the fall of Imperial Russia / Candace Fleming.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DK258 .F5725 2014
Lexile measure 950; Ages 12-18; gr.7-12
Cover image of All different now
All different now : Juneteenth, the first day of freedom / Angela Johnson ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3560 .O37129 A63 2014
Ages 5-8; Gr.1-3
Cover image of The Nazi hunters
The Nazi hunters / Neal Bascomb.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DD247 .E5 B374 2013
Lexile measure 1000; Ages 11-18; Gr.6 and up
Shackleton : Antarctic odyssey / Nick Bertozzi.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PN6727 .B4765 S48 2014
Lexile measure GN620L; Ages 10 and up; gr.7-12
Cover image of Grandfather Ghandi
Grandfather Gandhi / Arun Gandhi and Bethany Hegedus ; illustrated by Evan Turk.
1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DS481 .G3 G186 2014
Lexile measue AD600L; Ages 5-9; Gr.1-4
Becoming Ben Franklin : how a candle-maker's son helped light the flame of liberty / Russell Freedman.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E302.6 .F8 F8495 2013
Lexile measure 1170L; Ages 9-13; Gr.5-9
Cover image of Tropical secrets
Tropical secrets : Holocaust refugees in Cuba / Margarita Engle.
1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3555 .N4254 T76 2009
Lexile measure 1170; Ages 12-15; Gr.7-10
Gaijin : American prisoner of war : a graphic novel / by Matt Faulkner.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3556 .A953 G35 2014
Ages 8-11; Gr.4-6
Africa is my home : a child of the Amistad / Monica Edinger ; illustrated by Robert Byrd.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3605 .D54 A38 2013
Lexile measure 890; Ages 10-14; Gr.4-7
Cover image of Angel Island
Angel Island : gateway to Gold Mountain / Russell Freedman ; Chinese poems translated by Evans Chan.
New York : Clarion Books, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F868 .S156 F74 2013
Gr. 7-12
The Port Chicago 50 : disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights / Steve Sheinkin.
First edtion.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » D810 .N4 S44 2014
Lexile measure 950; Ages 10-14; Gr.6-10
Call of the Klondike : a true gold rush adventure / David Meissner and Kim Richardson.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F1095 .K5 M45 2013
Lexile measure 1100; Ages 11 and up; gr.5-9
Cover image of March
March / [written by] John Lewis, Andrew Aydin ; [illustrated by] Nate Powell.
Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, 2013-
Green Library » Stacks » E840.8 .L43 A3 2013 BK.1
Ages 11 and up
Maps / Aleksandra Mizielińska and Daniel Mizieliński.
1st U.S. ed. Somerville, Mas : Big Picture Press, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » G1021 .M548 2013 F
Ages 6-12
Cover image of Brave girl
Brave girl : Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 / written by Michelle Markel ; Illustrated by Melissa Sweet.
1st ed. New York : Balzer + Bray, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HD5325 .C62 1909 M37 2013
Lexile Measure AD760L; Ages 7-9
Cover image of Josephine
Josephine : the dazzling life of Josephine Baker / words by Patricia Hruby Powell ; pictures by Christian Robinson.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GV1785 .B3 P68 2014
Lexile measure 790; gr.5-8
The war within these walls / written by Aline Sax ; illustrated by Caryl Strzelecki ; translated by Laura Watkinson.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PT6467.29 .A95 K5913 2013
Lexile measure HL510; Ages 14 and up; Gr.9-12
Cover image of Martin & Mahalia
Martin & Mahalia : his words, her song / by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney.
1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co., c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.97 .K5 P54 2013
Lexile Measure AD570L, Ages 6-12; gr.2-4
"The president has been shot!" : the assassination of John F. Kennedy / James L. Swanson.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E842.9 .S95 2013
Lexile measure 1080; gr.6-10; Guided reading Z
Lincoln's grave robbers / Steve Sheinkin.
New York : Scholastic Press, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E457.52 .S54 2012
Lexile measure 930; Ages 12-18; Gr.7-12
Stolen into slavery : the true story of Solomon Northup / by Judy and Dennis Fradin.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E444 .N87 F73 2012
Lexile measure 1060; Ages 11-17, gr. 5-9
Fifty cents and a dream : young Booker T. Washington / by Jabari Asim ; illustrated by Bryan Collier.
1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.97 .W4 A85 2012
Lexile measure 740; Ages 5-9, gr. 2-4
Cover image of Locomotive
Locomotive / Brian Floca.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » TJ603.2 .F56 2013 F
Lexile measure 840; Ages 4-10, gr. 3-5
Let It shine : stories of Black women freedom fighters / Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Stephen Alcorn.
[Reprint edition]. Boston, MA : Sandpiper/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2013], c2000.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.96 .P565 2013
Lexile measure 940; Book level 7.2; Ages 8-12; gr.5-8
Titanic : voices from the disaster / by Deborah Hopkinson.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » G530 .T6 H66 2012
Lexile measure 1040 Ages 11 and up, gr. 5-8
Castle : how it works / David Macaulay with Sheila Keenan.
1st ed. New York, NY : Square Fish/David Macaulay Studio, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » UG405 .M18 2012
Lexile measure 500; Ages7-8, gr. 2-4
The California Gold Rush / Mel Friedman.
New York : Children's Press, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F865 .F83 2010
Lexile measure 900; Ages 8-10, gr. 3-8
Cover image of Camping with the president
Camping with the president / Ginger Wadsworth ; illustrated by Karen Dugan.
1st ed. Honesdale, Pa. : Calkins Creek, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E757 .W137 2009
Book level 5.1; Ages 7-10, gr. 3-5

Elementary level

Cover image of Africa for kids
Africa for kids : exploring a vibrant continent, 19 activities / Harvey Croze.
1st ed. Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DT22 .C76 2006
Ages 12-15, gr. 4-7
All stations! distress! : April 15, 1912, the day the Titanic sank / Don Brown.
1st ed. New York : Flash Point/Roang Brook Press, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » G530 .T6 B756 2008
Lexile measure 880; book level 5.4, Gr. 3-7
Amelia lost : the life and disappearance of Amelia Earhart / by Candace Fleming ; lettering by Jessica Hische.
New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » TL540 .E3 F58 2011
Lexile 930; grade level 6.6; Ages 8-14; Non-fiction biography, Awards: Orbis Pictus Honor, 2012. gr. 4-7
Cover image of Angel Island
Angel Island : gateway to Gold Mountain / Russell Freedman ; Chinese poems translated by Evans Chan.
New York : Clarion Books, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F868 .S156 F74 2013
Ages 9-14: Gr.4-7
As good as anybody : Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel's amazing march toward freedom / by Richard Michelson ; illustrated by Raul Colón.
1st ed. New York : A.A. Knopf, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.97 .K5 M44 2008
Sydney Taylor Book Awards 2009; Notable Children's Trade Book/Social Studies 2009; ages 7-11; book level 4.1, gr. 2-5
Bad news for outlaws : the remarkable life of Bass Reeves, deputy U.S. marshal / Vaunda Micheaux Nelson ; illustrations by R. Gregory Christie.
Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F697 .R44 N45 2009 F
Lexile measure 860; ages 9-12; book level 5.2; biography, gr. 3-5
César : sí, se puede! yes, we can! / Carmen T. Bernier-Grand ; illustrated by David Diaz.
1st ed. New York : Marshall Cavendish, c2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3602 .E7624 C47 2004
Ages 8-12; book level 4.3, gr. PreK-1
Confucius : the golden rule / by Russell Freedman ; illustrated by Frédéric Clément.
1st ed. New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » B128 .C8 F73 2002
Lexile measure 1080; Ages 8-14; Grade level 5.9; Biography, gr. 4-8
Cover image of Dave the potter
Dave the potter : artist, poet, slave / by Laban Carrick Hill ; illustrated by Bryan Collier.
1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » NK4210 .D247 H55 2010
Lexile measure 1100; Ages 6-10; Book level 6; Biography; Poetry, gr. K-3
Delivering justice : W.W. Law and the fight for civil rights / Jim Haskins ; illustrated by Benny Andrews.
1st ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F294 .S2 H24 2005 F
Lexile measurement 850; Ages 5-11; Grade level 5.3; General fiction, gr. 2-4
Electric Ben : the amazing life and times of Benjamin Franklin / Robert Byrd.
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers/Penguin Group, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E302.6 .F8 B97 2012
Ages 7-10, gr. 2-5
Emma's poem : the voice of the Statue of Liberty / by Linda Glaser ; with paintings by Claire A. Nivola.
Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS2234 .G55 2010
Lexile measure 790; Ages: 5-9; Book Level: 5.5; History & Biography, gr. K-3
Farmer George plants a nation / Peggy Thomas ; illustrations by Layne Johnson.
1st ed. Honesdale, Pa. : Calkins Creek, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E312.5 .T54 2008
Lexile measure 970; ages 8-12; book level 6.2, gr. 3-5
Cover image of Fifty Cents and a Dream
Fifty cents and a dream : young Booker T. Washington / by Jabari Asim ; illustrated by Bryan Collier.
1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.97 .W4 A85 2012
Lexile measure 740; Ages 5-9, gr. 2-4
Freedom river / Doreen Rappaport ; pictures by Bryan Collier.
1st ed. New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, c2000.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » E450 .R23 2000
Lexile measure 330; Book level 3.3; Ages 5-9; Gr.3-5
Freedom walkers : the story of the Montgomery bus boycott / Russell Freedman.
1st ed. New York : Holiday House, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F334 .M79 N43 2006
Lexile measure 1110;ages 9-18; book level 7.7; nonfiction, gr. 4-7
Gandhi / Demi.
New York : Margaret McElderry Books, c2001.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DS481 .G3 D378 2001
Lexile measure 980; Ages 8-12; Grade level 5.9; Biography, gr. 3-6
The genius of Islam : how Muslims made the modern world / written and illustrated by Bryn Barnard.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » BP163 .B2684 2011
Lexile measure 1210; Book level 8.8, Ages 8 and up; gr. 3-6
The Great Migration : journey to the North / by Eloise Greenfield ; illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist.
1st ed. New York : Amistad, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3557 .R39416 G74 2011
Lexile 730; grade level 4.5; Informational history, Poetry, Awards: Coretta Scott King Author Honor, 2012, gr. 1-4
Cover image of Harvesting hope
Harvesting hope : the story of Cesar Chavez / Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Yuyi Morales.
1st ed. San Diego : Harcourt, inc., c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HD6509 .C48 K78 2003
Lexile measure 800; Ages 5-12; Grade level 4.8; Biography, gr. K-4
A history of US / Joy Hakim.
3rd ed. New York : Oxford University Press, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E178.3 .H22 2003 BK.1
Lexile measure 820; Ages 9-12; Grade level 4.8; General nonfiction, gr. 3-5
If stones could speak : unlocking the secrets of Stonehenge / by Marc Aronson ; with Mike Parker Pearson and the Riverside Project.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DA142 .A74 2010
Lexile measure 1070; Book Level 6.9; Ages 9-12, gr. 4-6
Independent dames : what you never knew about the women and girls of the American Revolution / by Laurie Halse Anderson ; illustrated by Matt Faulkner.
1st ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E276 .A53 2008
Ages 6-11; book level 6.1, gr. 1-6
Knockin' on wood : starring Peg Leg Bates / by Lynne Barasch.
1st ed. New York : Lee & Low Books, c2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GV1785 .B3486 B37 2004
Lexile measure 880; Ages 5-10; Grade level 4.7; Biography, gr. 1-4
Cover image of The lamp, the ice, and the boat
The lamp, the ice, and the boat called Fish / Jacqueline Briggs Martin ; pictures by Beth Krommes.
Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E99 .E7 M295 2001
Lexile measure 810; Ages 4-12; Grade level 4.7; History, gr. 2-5
Lincoln and Douglass : an American friendship / Nikki Giovanni ; illustrated by Bryan Collier.
1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E457.905 .G56 2008
Ages 5-10; book level 4.9; informational, gr. 1-4
Lincoln shot! : a president's life remembered / chief writer, Barry Denenberg ; artist, Christopher Bing.
1st ed. New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E457.905 .D46 2008 F
Ages 9-14; biography; informational, gr. 4-8
Lives of extraordinary women : rulers, rebels (and what the neighbors thought) / written by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt.
1st ed. San Diego : Harcourt, 2000.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HQ1236 .K8 2000
Lexile measure 1150; ages 8-14; book level 8.5; biography, gr. 1-5
A long hard journey : the story of the pullman porter / by Patricia and Frederick [sic] McKissack.
New York : Walker, 1989.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HD8039 .R37 U46 1989
Lexile measure 1050; book level 7.9; autobiography and biography, gr. 4-8
Cover image of The man who made time travel
The man who made time travel / Kathryn Lasky ; pictures by Kevin Hawkes.
1st ed. New York : Melanie Kroupa Books, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QB107 .L37 2003
Lexile measure 840; Ages 8-14; Grade level 4.9; Biography, gr. 3-6
Manjiro : the boy who risked his life for two countries / Emily Arnold McCully.
1st ed. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DS881.5 .N3 M33 2008 F
Ages 8-12; book level 4.9; historical fiction, gr. 2-5
The many rides of Paul Revere / by James Cross Giblin.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F69 .R43 G48 2007 F
Lexile measure 1060; ages 10-14; book level 7.5; biography; informational, gr. 4-7
Marie Curie / by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Boris Kulikov.
New York : Viking Children's Book, 2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QD22 .C8 K75 2007
Ages 9-12; biography, gr. 3-5
Martin's big words : the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. / Doreen Rappaport ; illustrations by Bryan Collier.
1st ed. New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2001.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.97 .K5 R36 2001
Lexile measure 410; ages 3-9; book level 3.4; biography, gr. K-4
Cover image of Migration from Africa
Migration from Africa / Kevin Cunningham.
Chicago, Ill. : Raintree, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185 .C96 2012
Lexile measure 820, ages 8-12, gr. 4-6
Moonshot : the flight of Apollo 11 / Brian Floca.
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » TL789.8 .U6 F56 2009 F
Lexile measure 990; ages 4-9; book level 4.8; informational, gr. K-3
Moses : when Harriet Tubman led her people to freedom / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson.
1st ed. New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E444 .T82 W43 2006
Lexile measure 660; ages 5-10; Book level 4; Historical fiction, gr. 1-4
Cover image of Nasreen's secret school
Nasreen's secret school : a true story from Afghanistan / by Jeanette Winter.
1st ed. New York : Beach Lane Books, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » LC2410 .A3 W56 2009
Lexile measure 630; Ages 6-10, gr. 2-4
Nelson Mandela / words and paintings by Kadir Nelson.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DT1974 .N43 2013 F
Lexile measure 960; Ages 6-10; Guided reading Q
Off like the wind! : the first ride of the pony express / Michael P. Spradlin ; paintings by Layne Johnson.
New York : Walker, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HE6375 .P65 S77 2010
Ages 8-12; Book level 6.1, gr. 3-5
Only passing through : the story of Sojourner Truth / by Anne Rockwell ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.
1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2000.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » E185.97 .T8 R63 2000
Lexile measure 790; Book level 5.2; Ages 8-12; Gr.4-8
Cover image of Our California
Our California / Pam Muñoz Ryan ; illustrated by Rafael López.
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F861.3 .R94 2008
Book level 6.1; Ages 5-9, gr. Pre-K-2
Our White House : looking in, looking out / created by 108 renowned authors and illustrators and The National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance ; with an introduction by David McCullough.
1st ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F204 .W5 O986 2008
Lexile measure 1110; ages 9-up, gr. 4-12
Pharaoh's boat / written and illustrated by David Weitzman.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DT62 .S55 W45 2009
Lexile measure 1170; Ages 8-12; Book level 7.4, gr. 4-7
The raucous royals : test your royal wits : crack codes, solve mysteries, and deduce which royal rumors are true / by Carlyn Beccia.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » D107 .B38 2008
Ages 10-up; book level 6.2, gr. 4-8
Remember : the journey to school integration / Toni Morrison.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » LC214.2 .M67 2004
Lexile measure 660; ages 9-up; book level 5; general nonfiction, gr. 4-8
Cover image of Remembering Manzanar
Remembering Manzanar : life in a Japanese relocation camp / by Michael L. Cooper.
New York : Clarion Books, c2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » D769.8 .A6 C67 2002
Ages 8-14; Book level 7.4; History, gr. 4-8
The rise of Jim Crow / by James Haskins and Kathleen Benson ; with Virginia Schomp.
Tarrytown, N.Y. : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.61 .H365 2008
Ages 9-12, gr. 4-7
Sandra Day O'Connor : justice for all / by Beverly Gherman ; illustrated by Robert Masheris.
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 1991.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » KF8745 .O25 G46 1991
Gr. 2-5
Sea queens : women pirates around the world / Jane Yolen ; illustrated by Christine Joy Pratt.
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » G535 .Y65 2008
Lexile measure 1040; ages 8-14; book level 7.1, gr.4-7
Secrets of the mummies / written by Harriet Griffey.
1st American ed. New York, N.Y. : DK Pub., 1998.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GT3340 .G75 1998
Lexile measure 820; Ages 4-11; Grade level 4.1; Nonfiction; Library has 6 copies, gr. 3-5
Cover image of Seeds of change
Seeds of change : planting a path to peace / by Jen Cullerton Johnson ; illustrated by Sonia Lynn Sadler.
1st ed. New York : Lee & Low Books, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » SB63 .M22 J646 2010
Lexile measure 820; Ages 9-12; Book level 4.8; Biography, gr. 2-4
Shining star : the Anna May Wong story / by Paula Yoo ; illustrated by Lin Wang.
1st ed. New York : Lee & Low Books, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PN2287 .W56 Y66 2009
Lexile measure 970; Ages 6-11; Book level 6, gr. 4-6
The split history of the Civil War / by Stephanie Fitzgerald.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E468 .F564 2013
Lexile measure 990; Gr.4-6
Stones for my father / Trilby Kent.
Toronto : Tundra Books, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR9199.3 .K422 S86 2011
Ages 6-10, gr. 4-8
Cover image of Talkin' about Bessie
Talkin' about Bessie : the story of aviator Elizabeth Coleman / by Nikki Grimes ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis.
New York : Orchard Books, 2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » TK540 .C546 G75 2002 F
Lexile measure 970; Book level 6.1; Ages 5-12; Gr.4-6
Truce : the day the soldiers stopped fighting / Jim Murphy.
New York : Scholastic Press, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » D530 .M87 2009
Lexile 1160; ages 10-18; informational, gr. 1-3
Cover image of Underground
Underground / Shane W. Evans.
1st ed. New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E450 .E94 2011
Awards: Coretta Scott King Award, illustrator, 2012.; Ages 8-12 ; Historical fiction, gr. 2-4
Voices of ancient Egypt / by Kay Winters ; illustrated by Barry Moser.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DT61 .W58 2003
Lexile measure 780; ages 7-12; Grade level 4.5; General Nonfiction, gr. 4-8
When Marian sang : the true recital of Marian Anderson : the voice of a century / libretto [i.e. text] by Pam Muñoz Ryan ; staging [i.e. illustrations] by Brian Selznick.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930 .A5 R93 2002
Lexile measure 780; ages 7-10; book level 5.2; biography; gr. K-5
Who says women can't be doctors? : the story of Elizabeth Blackwell / Tanya Lee Stone ; illustrated by Marjorie Priceman.
1st ed.; Advance reader's ed. New York : Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt and Co., 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » R692 .S755 2013
Lexile measure AD560, gr. K-3
Young Thomas Edison / Michael Dooling.
1st ed. New York : Holiday House, 2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » TK140 .E3 D77 2005
Lexile measure 830; Ages 7-11; Grade level 4.6; Biography, gr. 1-3

Middle school level

Cover image of 1607
1607 : a new look at Jamestown / by Karen E. Lange ; photography by Ira Block.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F234.J3 L37 2007
Ages 9-14; book level 6.8, gr. 5-8
Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass : the story behind an American friendship / Russell Freedman.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Clarion Books, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E457.905 .F725 2012
Lexile measure 1110; Ages 8-14, gr. 5-9
Cover image of Africa for kids
Africa for kids : exploring a vibrant continent, 19 activities / Harvey Croze.
1st ed. Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DT22 .C76 2006
Ages 12-15, gr. 4-7
Ain't nothing but a man : my quest to find the real John Henry / Scott Reynolds Nelson with Marc Aronson.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.97 .H455 N445 2008
Lexile measure 1030; Ages 10-14; Book level 6.6, gr. 6-9
All stations! distress! : April 15, 1912, the day the Titanic sank / Don Brown.
1st ed. New York : Flash Point/Roang Brook Press, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » G530 .T6 B756 2008
Lexile measure 880; book level 5.4, Gr. 3-7
Almost astronauts : 13 women who dared to dream / Tanya Lee Stone ; [foreword by Margaret A. Weitekamp].
1st ed. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » TL789.85 .A1 S79 2008
Lexile measure 980; ages 10-up; autobiography and biography, gr. 5-8
Amelia lost : the life and disappearance of Amelia Earhart / by Candace Fleming ; lettering by Jessica Hische.
New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » TL540 .E3 F58 2011
Lexile 930; grade level 6.6; Ages 8-14; Non-fiction biography, Awards: Orbis Pictus Honor, 2012. gr. 4-7
Cover image of An American plague
An American plague : the true and terrifying story of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 / by Jim Murphy.
New York : Clarion Books, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » RA644 .Y4 M875 2003
Lexile measure 1130; ages 10-14; book level 9; informational, gr. 7-10
Angel Island : gateway to Gold Mountain / Russell Freedman ; Chinese poems translated by Evans Chan.
New York : Clarion Books, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F868 .S156 F74 2013
Ages 9-14: Gr.4-7
Before Columbus : the Americas of 1491 / Charles C. Mann.
1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E61 .M267 2009
Lexile measure 1080; ages 10-15; general nonfiction, gr. 5-8
Birmingham Sunday / Larry Dane Brimner.
1st ed. Honesdale, Pa. : Calkins Creek, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F334 .B69 B75 2010
Lexile measure 1190; Ages: 10 up; Grade level: 9.8; Informational (Violence warning), gr. 5-8
Black & white : the confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor / Larry Dane Brimner.
1st ed. Honesdale, Pa. : Calkins Creek, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F334 .B657 B75 2011
Awards: Sibert Honor Book; Ages 11 and up, gr. 7-12
Black hands, white sails : the story of African-American whalers / Patricia C. McKissack & Fredrick L. McKissack.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, c1999.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » SH381.5 .M38 1999
Lexile measure 1130; Book level 8; Ages 12-16;  Gr.5-8
Cover image of Bomb
Bomb : the race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon / Steve Sheinkin.
New York : Roaring Brook Press, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » UG1282 .A8 S235 2012
Lexile measure 920; Ages 11 and up, gr. 7-12
Bootleg : murder, moonshine, and the lawless years of prohibition / Karen Blumenthal.
1st ed. New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HV5089 .B66 2011
Lexile measure 1250; Book level 9.1 ; Ages 12 and up; Awards: YALSA finalist, 2012, gr. 8-12
Breaking through / Francisco Jiménez.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3560 .I55 B74 2001
Lexile measure 750; Ages 12-up; book level 5.3; autobiography and biography, gr. 7-12
California, 1542-1850 / Robin Doak with Andrés Reséndez, consultant.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F864 .D588 2006
Ages 11-15; History, Middle school
Cover image of Cesar Chavez
César Chávez : a voice for farmworkers / Bárbara C. Cruz.
Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HD6509 .C48 C78 2005
Gr. 5-8
Confucius : the golden rule / by Russell Freedman ; illustrated by Frédéric Clément.
1st ed. New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » B128 .C8 F73 2002
Lexile measure 1080; Ages 8-14; Grade level 5.9; Biography, gr. 4-8
Counting coup : becoming a Crow chief on the Reservation and beyond / by Joseph Medicine Crow, with Herman Viola.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c[2006]
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E99 .C92 M42 2006
Lexile measure 950; ages 9-15, book level 5.9; biography
Courage has no color : the true story of the Triple Nickles : America's first Black paratroopers / Tanya Lee Stone.
1st ed. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » D769.347 .S766 2013
Lexile measure 1090; Ages 11-15, gr. 5-9
Cover image of Discovering Black America
Discovering Black America : from the age of exploration to the twenty-first century / Linda Tarrant-Reid.
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185 .T198 2012
Lexile measure 1370; Ages 10 and up, gr. 7-12
Emancipation Proclamation : Lincoln and the dawn of liberty / Tonya Bolden.
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E453 .B68 2013
Gr. 7-10
Fighting for honor : Japanese Americans and World War II / Michael L. Cooper.
New York : Clarion Books, c2000.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » D769.8 .A6 C66 2000
Lexile measure 1040; Ages 9-18; Grade level 7.9; General Nonfiction, gr. 5-12
Flappers, and the new American woman : perceptions of women from 1918 through the 1920s / Catherine Gourley.
Minneapolis, MN : Twenty-First Century Books, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HQ1420 .G67 2008
Ages 13-18, gr. 7-12
Flesh and blood so cheap : the Triangle fire and its legacy / Albert Marrin.
1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F128.5 .M122 2011
Lexile measure 1000; Book level 7.4; Ages 12 and up, gr. 7-10
Cover image of The forbidden schoolhouse
The forbidden schoolhouse : the true and dramatic story of Prudence Crandall and her students. / Suzanne Jurmain.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » LA2317 .C73 J87 2005
Lexile measure 920; Ages 9-14; Grade level 6.2; History, gr. 5-8
Freedom like sunlight : praisesongs for Black Americans / J. Patrick Lewis ; [illustrations] John Thompson.
Mankato, Minn. : Creative Editions, 2000.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3562 .E9465 F74 2000
Nonprose; Grade level 4.7; Poetry & rhymes, gr. 5-12
Freedom walkers : the story of the Montgomery bus boycott / Russell Freedman.
1st ed. New York : Holiday House, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F334 .M79 N43 2006
Lexile measure 1110;ages 9-18; book level 7.7; nonfiction, gr. 4-7
Good brother, bad brother : the story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth / James Cross Giblin.
New York : Clarion Books, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E457.5 .G53 2005
Lexile measure 1130; Ages 10-18; Grade level 7.3; Biography, gr. 7-12
Cover image of The great fire
The great fire / Jim Murphy.
1st Trade pap. ed., Oct. 2006 New York : Scholastic Inc., c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F548.2 .M87 2006
Lexile measure 1130; Book level 7.6; Ages 9-12 guided reading R, gr. 5-9
Hand in hand : ten Black men who changed America / by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; paintings by Brian Pinkney.
1st ed. New York : Disney/Jump at the Sun, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.86 .P56 2012
Awards: Coretta Scott King Author Award, 2013.; Ages 11-18; Biography, gr. 5-8
Hitler Youth : growing up in Hitler's shadow / Susan Campbell Bartoletti.
New York : Scholastic Nonfiction, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DD253.5 .B37 2005
Lexile measure 1050; Ages 10-18; Grade level 7.8; History, gr. 7-12
Hope and tears : Ellis Island voices / Gwenyth Swain.
1st ed. Honesdale, Pa. : Calkins Creek, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » JV6484 .S93 2012
Ages 12 and up, gr. 7-12
The house Baba built : an artist's childhood in China / Ed Young, text as told to Libby Koponen.
1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » NC975.5 .Y68 A2 2011 F
Ages 7-14, gr. 5-9
Cover image of I'll pass for your comrade
I'll pass for your comrade : women soldiers in the Civil War / Anita Silvey.
New York : Clarion Books, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E628 .S555 2008
Gr. 5-9
Imprisoned : the betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II / by Martin W. Sandler.
New York : Walker Books For Young Readers, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » D769.8 .A6 S26 2013
Ages 11-15, gr. 5-9
Jane Addams : champion of democracy / by Judith Bloom Fradin and Dennis Brindell Fradin.
New York : Clarion Books, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HV28 .A35 F73 2006
Lexile measure 1190; ages 10-18; book level 8.3, gr. 6-12
Ladies first : 40 daring American women who were second to none / by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel.
Library ed. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » CT3260 .K56 2006
Ages 10-15; book level 9.1; autobiography and biography, gr. 6-9
Lafayette and the American Revolution / Russell Freedman.
1st ed. New York : Holiday House, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E207 .L2 F86 2010
Lexile measure 1160; Ages 10-16; Book level 8.4; Biography, gr. 6-9
Cover image of Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci / by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Boris Kulikov.
New York : Viking, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » Q143 .L5 K78 2005
Lexile measure 1010; Ages 9-14; Grade level 6.2; Biography, gr. 5-8
Let them play / by Margot Theis Raven ; illustrated by Chris Ellison.
Chelsea, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GV880.5 .R38 2005
Lexile measure 1100; Ages 6-12; Grade level 7.9; General nonfiction, gr. 6-8
Lincoln : a photobiography / Russell Freedman.
New York, N.Y. : Clarion Books, c1987.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E457.905 .F73 1987
Lexile: 1110; Ages 9-16; Grade level 6.5; Photo essay, gr. 6-1
Lincoln shot! : a president's life remembered / chief writer, Barry Denenberg ; artist, Christopher Bing.
1st ed. New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E457.905 .D46 2008 F
Ages 9-14; biography; informational, gr. 4-8
Linda Brown, you are not alone : the Brown v. Board of Education decision : a collection / edited by Joyce Carol Thomas ; illustrations by Curtis James.
1st ed. New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, c2003.
Green Library » Stacks » E185.61 .L56 2003
Lexile measure 560; Ages 10-15; Grade level 5.8; Nonfiction, gr. 5-9
Cover image of A long hard journey
A long hard journey : the story of the pullman porter / by Patricia and Frederick [sic] McKissack.
New York : Walker, 1989.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HD8039 .R37 U46 1989
Lexile measure 1050; book level 7.9; autobiography and biography, gr. 4-8
Looks like daylight : voices of indigenous kids / Deborah Ellis ; foreword by Loriene Roy.
Toronto : Groundwood Books, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E98 .C5 E45 2013
Lexile measure 780; ages 12 and up
Malcolm X : a graphic biography / written by Andrew Helfer ; art by Randy DuBurke.
1st ed. New York : Hill and Wang, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » BP223 .Z8 L5745 2006
Ages 14-18; book level 6.6; biography, gr. 7-12
The many rides of Paul Revere / by James Cross Giblin.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F69 .R43 G48 2007 F
Lexile measure 1060; ages 10-14; book level 7.5; biography; informational, gr. 4-7
Marching for freedom : walk together, children, and don't you grow weary / Elizabeth Partridge.
New York, N.Y. : Viking, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.93 .A3 P37 2009
Ages 10-18, gr. 6-12
Cover image of Marching to the mountaintop
Marching to the mountaintop : how poverty, labor fights, and civil rights set the stage for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s final hours / by Ann Bausum.
1st ed.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.97 .K5 B38 2012
Ages 12 and up, gr. 5-8
Maritcha : a nineteenth-century American girl / Tonya Bolden.
New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F128.9 .N4 B65 2005
Lexile measure 1190; Ages 8-14; Grade level 7.1; Biography & autobiography
Nelson Mandela : the authorized comic book / Nelson Mandela Foundation with Umlando Wezithombe.
1st American ed. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DT1974 .N47 2009 F
Ages 10-up, gr. 6-12
The notorious Benedict Arnold : a true story of adventure, heroism, & treachery / Steve Sheinkin.
1st ed. New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E278 .A7 S5 2010
Lexile measure 990; Book level 7.3; Ages 12 and up; Biography, gr. 6-9
Cover image of Now is your time
Now is your time! : the African-American struggle for freedom / Walter Dean Myers.
[Book club ed.] New York : Scholastic Inc., c1991,
Green Library » Stacks » E185 .M96 1993
Lexile measure 1030; biography, gr. 6-8
Only passing through : the story of Sojourner Truth / by Anne Rockwell ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.
1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2000.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » E185.97 .T8 R63 2000
Lexile measure 790; Book level 5.2; Ages 8-12; Gr.4-8
Our White House : looking in, looking out / created by 108 renowned authors and illustrators and The National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance ; with an introduction by David McCullough.
1st ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F204 .W5 O986 2008
Lexile measure 1110; ages 9-up, gr. 4-12
Pharaoh's boat / written and illustrated by David Weitzman.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DT62 .S55 W45 2009
Lexile measure 1170; Ages 8-12; Book level 7.4, gr. 4-7
Planting the trees of Kenya : the story of Wangari Maathai / Claire A. Nivola.
1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, c2008 +
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » SB63 .M22 N58 2008
Lexile measure 1030; ages 5-12; book level 5.9
The raucous royals : test your royal wits : crack codes, solve mysteries, and deduce which royal rumors are true / by Carlyn Beccia.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » D107 .B38 2008
Ages 10-up; book level 6.2, gr. 4-8
Cover image of Reaching out
Reaching out / Francisco Jiménez.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3560 .I55 R43 2008
Lexile measure 910; Ages 12-up ; Book level 6.1; autobiography and biography, gr. 6-12
The real revolution : the global story of American independence / by Marc Aronson.
New York : Clarion Books, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E210 .A76 2005
Lexile measure 1180; Ages 12-18; Grade level 8.2; History
Remember Little Bighorn : Indians, soldiers, and scouts tell their stories / written by Paul Robert Walker ; foreword by John A. Doerner.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E83.876 .W35 2006
Lexile measure 1170; book level 7.1; general nonfiction
Remember : the journey to school integration / Toni Morrison.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » LC214.2 .M67 2004
Lexile measure 660; ages 9-up; book level 5; general nonfiction, gr. 4-8
Remembering Manzanar : life in a Japanese relocation camp / by Michael L. Cooper.
New York : Clarion Books, c2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » D769.8 .A6 C67 2002
Ages 8-14; Book level 7.4; History, gr. 4-8
The rise of Jim Crow / by James Haskins and Kathleen Benson ; with Virginia Schomp.
Tarrytown, N.Y. : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.61 .H365 2008
Ages 9-12, gr. 4-7
Cover image of Rosie and Mrs, America
Rosie and Mrs. America : perceptions of women in the 1930s and 1940s / Catherine Gourley.
Minneapolis, MN : Twenty-First Century Books, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HQ1420 .G68 2008
Ages 13-18, gr. 7-12
Saga of the Sioux : an adaptation from Dee Brown's Bury my heart at Wounded Knee / by Dwight Jon Zimmerman.
1st ed. New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E81 .Z56 2011
Lexile measure 1140; Ages 11-15, gr. 5-8
Sea queens : women pirates around the world / Jane Yolen ; illustrated by Christine Joy Pratt.
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » G535 .Y65 2008
Lexile measure 1040; ages 8-14; book level 7.1, gr.4-7
Snow falling in spring : Coming of age in China during the cultural revolution / Moying Li.
1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DS778.7 .L51155 2008
Lexile measure 1020; ages12-18; book level 7.1, gr. 7-12
Stolen into slavery : the true story of Solomon Northup / by Judy and Dennis Fradin.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E444 .N87 F73 2012
Lexile measure 1060; Ages 11-17, gr. 5-9
Cover image of Stones for m father
Stones for my father / Trilby Kent.
Toronto : Tundra Books, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR9199.3 .K422 S86 2011
Ages 6-10, gr. 4-8
Thanksgiving : the true story / Penny Colman.
1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GT4975 .C55 2008
Gr. 5-8
They called themselves the K.K.K. : the birth of an American terrorist group / by Susan Campbell Bartoletti.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HS2330 .K63 B37 2010
Lexile measure 1180; Ages 14-up; Book level 9.2; Informational, gr. 6-10
This land was made for you and me : the life and songs of Woody Guthrie / Elizabeth Partridge.
New York : Viking, 2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930 .G88 P37 2002
Lexile measure 1020, ages 12+, gr. 7+, folk music
Tibet : through the red box / Peter Sis.
1st ed. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1998.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DS786 .S548 1998
Ages 10-up; book level 5.3; mystery and suspense, gr. 6-9
Cover image of An unspeakable crime
An unspeakable crime : the prosecution and persecution of Leo Frank / Elaine Marie Alphin.
Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HV6534 .A7 A57 2010
Lexile measure 1210; Ages 12-18; book level 8.8; gr. 8-12
Voices of ancient Egypt / by Kay Winters ; illustrated by Barry Moser.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DT61 .W58 2003
Lexile measure 780; ages 7-12; Grade level 4.5; General Nonfiction, gr. 4-8
War is-- : soldiers, survivors, and storytellers talk about war / edited by Marc Aronson and Patty Campbell.
1st ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS509 .W3 W37 2008
Ages 11-adult
The war to end all wars : World War I / by Russell Freedman.
Boston : Clarion Books, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » D522.7 .F74 2010
Ages 14-18, gr. 6-12
Washington at Valley Forge / Russell Freedman.
1st ed. New York : Holiday House, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E234 .F74 2008
Lexile measure 1210; ages 9-12; book level 8.8; general nonfiction, gr. 6-9
Cover image of We are the ship
We are the ship : the story of Negro League baseball / words and paintings by Kadir Nelson ; forward by Hank Aaron.
New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GV875 .A1 N45 2008
Lexile measure 900; ages 10-up; book level 5.9; informational, gr. 5-8
We were there, too! : young people in U.S. history / Phillip Hoose.
1st ed. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2001.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E178.3 .H74 2001
We've got a job : the 1963 Birmingham Children's March / written by Cynthia Levinson.
Atlanta, Ga. : Peachtree Publishers, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F334 .B69 N4476 2012
Wheels of change : how women rode the bicycle to freedom (with a few flat tires along the way) / Sue Macy.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GV1057 .M33 2011
When the children marched : the Birmingham civil rights movement / Robert H. Mayer.
Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F334 .B69 N4485 2008
Ages 11-18; biography, middle & high school
Cover image of Witch-hunt
Witch-hunt : mysteries of the Salem witch trials / Marc Aronson.
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » KFM2478.8 .W5 A76 2003
Lexile measure 1180; Ages 12-18; Grade level 10.0; General non-fiction
With courage and cloth : winning the fight for a woman's right to vote / Ann Bausum.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » JK1896 .B38 2004
Lexile measure 1080; Ages 10 and up; Book level 8.3, gr. 5-10
Written in bone : buried lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland / Sally M. Walker.
Minneapolis, Minn. : Carolrhoda Books, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GN69.8 .W35 2009
Gr. 6-12
Years of dust : the story of the Dust Bowl / Albert Marrin.
1st ed. New York : Dutton Children's Books, 2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F595 .M343 2009
Lexile measure 1040; ages 9-18, gr. 5-8
The wicked history of the world : history with the nasty bits left in! / Terry Deary, Martin Brown.
New York : Scholastic Nonfiction, [2006?]
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » D20 .D388 2006
Ages 8-14; Reference, gr. 5-9

Young adult literature

Cover image of Abina and the important men
Abina and the important men : a graphic history / Trevor R. Getz, Liz Clarke.
1st ed. New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Green Library » Stacks » KRX46 .M36 .G48 2012
Gr. 10-12
An American plague : the true and terrifying story of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 / by Jim Murphy.
New York : Clarion Books, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » RA644 .Y4 M875 2003
Lexile measure 1130; ages 10-14; book level 9; informational, gr. 7-10
Black & white : the confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor / Larry Dane Brimner.
1st ed. Honesdale, Pa. : Calkins Creek, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F334 .B657 B75 2011
Awards: Sibert Honor Book; Ages 11 and up, gr. 7-12
The Black Count : glory, revolution, betrayal, and the real Count of Monte Cristo / Tom Reiss.
1st ed. New York : Crown Pub., c2012.
Green Library » Stacks » DC146 .D83 R46 2012
Bomb : the race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon / Steve Sheinkin.
New York : Roaring Brook Press, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » UG1282 .A8 S235 2012
Lexile measure 920; Ages 11 and up, gr. 7-12
Cover image of Bootleg
Bootleg : murder, moonshine, and the lawless years of prohibition / Karen Blumenthal.
1st ed. New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HV5089 .B66 2011
Lexile measure 1250; Book level 9.1 ; Ages 12 and up; Awards: YALSA finalist, 2012, gr. 8-12
Breaking through / Francisco Jiménez.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3560 .I55 B74 2001
Lexile measure 750; Ages 12-up; book level 5.3; autobiography and biography, gr. 7-12
Discovering Black America : from the age of exploration to the twenty-first century / Linda Tarrant-Reid.
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185 .T198 2012
Lexile measure 1370; Ages 10 and up, gr. 7-12
Emancipation Proclamation : Lincoln and the dawn of liberty / Tonya Bolden.
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E453 .B68 2013
Gr. 7-10
Fighting for honor : Japanese Americans and World War II / Michael L. Cooper.
New York : Clarion Books, c2000.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » D769.8 .A6 C66 2000
Lexile measure 1040; Ages 9-18; Grade level 7.9; General Nonfiction, gr. 5-12
Cover image of Flappers and the new American woman
Flappers, and the new American woman : perceptions of women from 1918 through the 1920s / Catherine Gourley.
Minneapolis, MN : Twenty-First Century Books, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HQ1420 .G67 2008
Ages 13-18, gr. 7-12
Flesh and blood so cheap : the Triangle fire and its legacy / Albert Marrin.
1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F128.5 .M122 2011
Lexile measure 1000; Book level 7.4; Ages 12 and up, gr. 7-10
Freedom in the family : a mother-daughter memoir of the fight for civil rights / Tananarive Due and Patricia Stephens Due.
1st trade pbk. ed. New York : One World, 2004, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.97 .D76 D84 2004
Lexile measure 380; book level 8.1, gr. 9-12
Freedom like sunlight : praisesongs for Black Americans / J. Patrick Lewis ; [illustrations] John Thompson.
Mankato, Minn. : Creative Editions, 2000.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3562 .E9465 F74 2000
Nonprose; Grade level 4.7; Poetry & rhymes, gr. 5-12
Good brother, bad brother : the story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth / James Cross Giblin.
New York : Clarion Books, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E457.5 .G53 2005
Lexile measure 1130; Ages 10-18; Grade level 7.3; Biography, gr. 7-12
Cover image of The great adventure
The great adventure : Theodore Roosevelt and the rise of modern America / Albert Marrin.
1st ed. New York, N.Y. : Dutton Children's Books, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E757 .M375 2007
Ages 11-15; book level 8, gr. 8-12
Growing up in slavery : stories of young slaves as told by themselves / edited by Yuval Taylor ; illustrations by Kathleen Judge.
1st ed. Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E444 .G5 2005
Lexile measure 1130; ages 11-18; biography and autobiography, gr. 9-12
Harlem stomp! : a cultural history of the Harlem Renaissance / by Laban Carrick Hill.
1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.6 .H515 2003
Lexile measure 1270; ages 11-18; book level 6; general nonfiction, gr. 8-12
Hitler Youth : growing up in Hitler's shadow / Susan Campbell Bartoletti.
New York : Scholastic Nonfiction, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DD253.5 .B37 2005
Lexile measure 1050; Ages 10-18; Grade level 7.8; History, gr. 7-12
Hope and tears : Ellis Island voices / Gwenyth Swain.
1st ed. Honesdale, Pa. : Calkins Creek, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » JV6484 .S93 2012
Ages 12 and up, gr. 7-12
I never had it made / by Jackie Robinson as told to Alfred Duckett.
New York : Putnam [1972]
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GV865 .R6 A29
Lexile measure 1130; book level 8; autobiography and biography, gr. 8-12
Cover image of Jane Addams
Jane Addams : champion of democracy / by Judith Bloom Fradin and Dennis Brindell Fradin.
New York : Clarion Books, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HV28 .A35 F73 2006
Lexile measure 1190; ages 10-18; book level 8.3, gr. 6-12
Lincoln : a photobiography / Russell Freedman.
New York, N.Y. : Clarion Books, c1987.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E457.905 .F73 1987
Lexile: 1110; Ages 9-16; Grade level 6.5; Photo essay, gr. 6-10
A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier / Ishmael Beah.
1st ed. New York : Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
Green Library » Stacks » DT516.828 .B43 A3 2007
Lexile Measure 920; ages 15-up; book level 6.1; autobiography and biography, high school
Looks like daylight : voices of indigenous kids / Deborah Ellis ; foreword by Loriene Roy.
Toronto : Groundwood Books, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E98 .C5 E45 2013
Lexile measure 780; ages 12 and up
Cover image of Malcolm X
Malcolm X : a graphic biography / written by Andrew Helfer ; art by Randy DuBurke.
1st ed. New York : Hill and Wang, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » BP223 .Z8 L5745 2006
Ages 14-18; book level 6.6; biography, gr. 7-12
Marching for freedom : walk together, children, and don't you grow weary / Elizabeth Partridge.
New York, N.Y. : Viking, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.93 .A3 P37 2009
Ages 10-18, gr. 6-12
Maritcha : a nineteenth-century American girl / Tonya Bolden.
New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F128.9 .N4 B65 2005
Lexile measure 1190; Ages 8-14; Grade level 7.1; Biography & autobiography
Cover image of Nelson Mandela: the authorized comic book
Nelson Mandela : the authorized comic book / Nelson Mandela Foundation with Umlando Wezithombe.
1st American ed. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DT1974 .N47 2009 F
Ages 10-up, gr. 6-12
Our White House : looking in, looking out / created by 108 renowned authors and illustrators and The National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance ; with an introduction by David McCullough.
1st ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F204 .W5 O986 2008
Lexile measure 1110; ages 9-up, gr. 4-12
Reaching out / Francisco Jiménez.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3560 .I55 R43 2008
Lexile measure 910; Ages 12-up ; Book level 6.1; autobiography and biography, gr. 6-12
Cover image of The real revolution
The real revolution : the global story of American independence / by Marc Aronson.
New York : Clarion Books, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E210 .A76 2005
Lexile measure 1180; Ages 12-18; Grade level 8.2; History
Rosie and Mrs. America : perceptions of women in the 1930s and 1940s / Catherine Gourley.
Minneapolis, MN : Twenty-First Century Books, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HQ1420 .G68 2008
Ages 13-18, gr. 7-12
Snow falling in spring : Coming of age in China during the cultural revolution / Moying Li.
1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DS778.7 .L51155 2008
Lexile measure 1020; ages12-18; book level 7.1, gr. 7-12
Sugar changed the world : a story of magic, spice, slavery, freedom, and science / by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos.
Boston [Mass.] : Clarion Books, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » TP378.2 .A767 2010
Awards: School Library Journal Best Books, 2010.; Lexile measure 1130; Book level 8; Ages 12 and up, gr. 8-12
They called themselves the K.K.K. : the birth of an American terrorist group / by Susan Campbell Bartoletti.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HS2330 .K63 B37 2010
Lexile measure 1180; Ages 14-up; Book level 9.2; Informational, gr. 6-10
Cover image of This land was made for you and me
This land was made for you and me : the life and songs of Woody Guthrie / Elizabeth Partridge.
New York : Viking, 2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930 .G88 P37 2002
Lexile measure 1020, ages 12+, gr. 7+, folk music
This life / Sidney Poitier.
1st ed. New York : Knopf, 1980.
Green Library » Stacks » PN2287 .P57 A37
Autobiography and biography, gr. 9-12
An unspeakable crime : the prosecution and persecution of Leo Frank / Elaine Marie Alphin.
Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HV6534 .A7 A57 2010
Lexile measure 1210; Ages 12-18; book level 8.8; gr. 8-12
War is-- : soldiers, survivors, and storytellers talk about war / edited by Marc Aronson and Patty Campbell.
1st ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS509 .W3 W37 2008
Ages 11-adult
The war to end all wars : World War I / by Russell Freedman.
Boston : Clarion Books, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » D522.7 .F74 2010
Ages 14-18, gr. 6-12
Cover image of We've got a job
We've got a job : the 1963 Birmingham Children's March / written by Cynthia Levinson.
Atlanta, Ga. : Peachtree Publishers, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F334 .B69 N4476 2012
Lexile measure 1020; Ages 10 and up, gr. 6-12
When the children marched : the Birmingham civil rights movement / Robert H. Mayer.
Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » F334 .B69 N4485 2008
Ages 11-18; biography, middle & high school
Witch-hunt : mysteries of the Salem witch trials / Marc Aronson.
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » KFM2478.8 .W5 A76 2003
Lexile measure 1180; Ages 12-18; Grade level 10.0; General non-fiction
With courage and cloth : winning the fight for a woman's right to vote / Ann Bausum.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » JK1896 .B38 2004
Lexile measure 1080; Ages 10 and up; Book level 8.3, gr. 5-10
Written in bone : buried lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland / Sally M. Walker.
Minneapolis, Minn. : Carolrhoda Books, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GN69.8 .W35 2009
Gr. 6-12