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Historical Fiction - Pioneers Genre
Books in the Historical Fiction - Pioneers genre:
The Long Winter (1940)
The Indians warn that there will be a hard winter so Pa moves Ma, Laura, Mary, Carrie and Grace to his store building in town for the winter.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Mildred Boyle
Helen Sewell
Michel’s Island (1940)
Michel Jarnac, son of a French voyageur and grandson of an Indian chief, lives on Mackinac Island in the early 1800’s.
Author(s):
Mabel L. Hunt
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Little Town on the Prairie (1941)
In the seventh book of her biographical series, Laura is living with Ma, Pa, Mary, Carrie and Grace in De Smet and earns her teaching certificate.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Mildred Boyle
Helen Sewell
Susannah the Pioneer Cow (1941)
Susannah and her calves Posy and Rosy travel from Virginia to a new home in the Midwest.
Author(s):
Miriam E. Mason
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The First Thanksgiving (1942)
Author(s):
Lena Barksdale
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
These Happy Golden Years (1943)
In the eighth book of her biography Laura Ingalls becomes Mrs. Almanzo Wilder.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Mildred Boyle
Helen Sewell
The Bells of Leyden Sing (1944)
The story of the last year the Pilgrims spent in Holland before setting out for the Massachusetts Colony.
Author(s):
Catherine Cate Coblentz
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Magical Melons (1944)
More stories about Caddie Woodlawn and her family.
Author(s):
Carol Ryrie Brink
Illustrator(s):
Marguerite Davis
Puritan Adventure (1944)
A story about the daily life of the Puritans in Massachusetts in the 1630’s.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Jonathan Goes West (1946)
Jonathan Brent heads for Illinois to join the father he hardly knows.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
The California Gold Rush (1950)
Author(s):
May McNeer
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Rob Whitlock: A Pioneer Boy in Old Ohio (1951)
Day-to-day frontier life in Ohio.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
By the Shores of Silver Lake (1953)
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Farmer Boy (1953)
This is the story of Almanzo Wilder and his brother Royal growing up with their two sisters on a big farm in New York state.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Little House in the Big Woods (1953)
In this, the first volume of her family saga, Laura Ingalls is living with Pa and Ma, Mary and Carrie in the Big Woods of Wisconsin near Lake Pepin.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Little House on the Prairie (1953)
In the second book of the Little House series, Pa takes the family and sets out for Indian Territory to stake a claim.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Little Town on the Prairie (1953)
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Long Winter (1953)
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
On the Banks of Plum Creek (1953)
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
These Happy Golden Years (1953)
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Miss Posy Longlegs (1955)
Posy the long-legged calf proves to have a talent for jumping.
Author(s):
Miriam E. Mason
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Everglades Adventure (1957)
Toby Morgan and his family move to Florida after the Civil War and he becomes a swamp rat and discovers a reclusive Indian tribe.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Charles Beck
They Came From France (1957)
Pierre looks after his mother and siblings in New Orleans while their father goes west to try his luck in the California gold fields.
Author(s):
Clara Ingram Judson
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Kevin Royt
American Backgrounds (1958)
An anthology of early American stories for older children.
Keep ’Em Rolling (1967)
Dave Marsh and his family make the long trek to Oregon behind a team of oxen.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Al Savitt
No Beat of Drum (1967)
Joe Hinton is transported to Tasmania and makes a new life for himself.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Hester Burton
Illustrator(s):
Victor Ambrus
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
The First Four Years (1971)
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Caddie Woodlawn (1973)
The adventures of an eleven-year-old tomboy growing up on the Wisconsin frontier in the mid-nineteenth century.
Author(s):
Carol Ryrie Brink
Illustrator(s):
Trina Schart Hyman
Caddy Woodlawn (1973)
Pioneer adventures of a girl growing up in northern Wisconsin.
Author(s):
Carol Ryrie Brink
Illustrator(s):
Trina Schart Hyman
Wagons West! (1996)
Pioneers head west to the Oregon territory by wagon train.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s):
Roy Gerrard
Jonathan Goes West (2004)
Jonathan Brent heads for Illinois to join the father he hardly knows.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Everglades Adventure (2006)
Toby Morgan and his family move to Florida after the Civil War where he becomes a swamp rat and discovers a reclusive Indian tribe.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Charles Beck
Keep ’Em Rolling (2006)
Dave Marsh and his family make the long trek to Oregon behind a team of oxen.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Al Savitt