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Historical Fiction - Age of Exploration Genre
Books in the Historical Fiction - Age of Exploration genre:
Balboa, Swordsman and Conquistador (1956)
Author(s):
Felix Riesenberg, Jr.
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Captain Kidd’s Cat (1956)
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Song of the Wheels (1956)
Set in the Hudson River valley in the early eighteenth century, this is the story of a young man who fights to release his father from debtor's prison.
Author(s):
Christine Price
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
The Last of the Mohicans (1957)
In this second volume in the Leatherstocking Tales, we meet Natty Bumpo and Chingachgook as they rescue two young British women.
Author(s):
James Fenimore Cooper
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
American Backgrounds (1958)
An anthology of early American stories for older children.
The Cabin Faced West (1958)
Author(s):
Jean Fritz
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Rumpelstiltskin (1958)
Beacon Reader book five. Includes fairy tales and folk tales from Briar Rose.
Author(s):
Brothers Grimm
James H. Fassett
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Stories of Early America (1958)
Stories and poems about early American history for younger children.
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Treasure of Green Knowe (1958)
Author(s):
L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s):
Peter Boston
Best in Children’s Books Volume 18 (1959)
Buffalo and Beaver (1960)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Charles Beck
The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night (1961)
The fox stole two of the farmer’s geese to feed his family.
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Author(s):
Burl Ives
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
The Ballad of the Pilgrim Cat (1962)
Author(s):
Leonard Wibberley
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Hurrah, We’re Outward Bound! (1968)
A collection of sea chanteys and salt-water rhymes accompanies the story of the first voyage of La Jeune Francaise from Honfleur, France to New York, Dartmouth and home again.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
The Cape May Packet (1969)
Will Hand signs on to his father’s privateer during the War of 1812.
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Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Robert Frankenberg
The Erie Canal (1970)
I’ve got an old mule and her name is Sal,
Fifteen miles on the Eirie canal.
Author(s):
Thomas S. Allen
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Harold: The Story of a Friendship (1973)
In this time-slip adventure, two boys, one from the eighteenth century, and the other from the twentieth, become friends.
Author(s):
John Symonds
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Tim at the Fur Fort (1977)
Tim Barton sets out for Canada to work for the Hudson's Bay Company.
Author(s):
Hester Burton
Illustrator(s):
Victor Ambrus
Johnny Appleseed (1988)
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Sir Francis Drake: His Daring Deeds (1988)
Author(s):
Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s):
Roy Gerrard
Yankee Doodle (1996)
The Revolutionary War anthem.
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Author(s):
Edward Bangs
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Book of Pirates (2001)
A collection of classic stories of pirates and treasure.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
The Cape May Packet (2006)
When British war ships cut off shipping during the War of 1812, Will Hand and his father convert their packet ship to a privateer.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Robert Frankenberg
The Fish Hawk’s Nest (2006)
Andy Corson goes to count the cattle on Leaming’s Island, Cape May, New Jersey and discovers a crew of smugglers has been at work on the island.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
River of the Wolves (2006)
Dave Foster is captured during the French and Indian Wars and taken captive to Canada. After spending a winter learning the Indian ways, he escapes and makes his way home to Maine.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton