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Historical Fiction - Colonial Genre

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Books in the Historical Fiction - Colonial genre:

The Cabin Faced West (1958)

When young Ann Hamilton’s family moves to western Pennsylvania, she misses her former home in Gettysburg. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Jean Fritz
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Rumpelstiltskin (1958)

Beacon Reader book five. Includes fairy tales and folk tales from Briar Rose.

Treasure of Green Knowe (1958)

Tolly returns to Green Knowe for the Easter holidays and learns about Susan Oldknow, a blind girl who lived there during the Regency. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s): Peter Boston

Best in Children’s Books Volume 18 (1959)

An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1962

The Ballad of the Pilgrim Cat (1962)

A cat stows away on the Mayflower.The pilgrims are not pleased, but the cat comes out a hero in the end. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

Johnny Appleseed (1988)

Steven Kellogg tells the story of Johnny Chapman’s adventures as he sowed apple trees ahead of the westward migration of the pioneers. Read online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

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.

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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

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