Books of Yesterday

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– HISTORICAL FICTION/NON-FICTION

Amsteel, Marsha. SYBIL LUDINGTON’S MIDNIGHT RIDE. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2001. On My Own History, Grades 2-3. A story of the American Revolution. 0439276721. Fine. $2.50.

Arnold, Eric. VOLCANOES! MOUNTAINS OF FIRE. Random House SOFTCOVER 1997. Step Into Reading, Grades 2-3. 0679886419. Fine. $2.50.

Avi. PRAIRIE SCHOOL. Harper Collins 2001. An I Can Read Chapter Book. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Bill Farnsworth. On the Colorado prairie in 1880, young Noah Bidson is angry when he is told his Aunt Dora is coming to give him schooling. 0060276657. Book and dust jacket Fine. $4.

Benchley, Nathaniel. SAM THE MINUTEMAN. Harper & Row 1969, 1987. An I Can Read History Book. SOFTCOVER. 0064441075. Near-Fine. $2.50.

Benchley, Nathaniel. GEORGE THE DRUMMER BOY. Harper & Row 1977. Hardcover. An I Can Read History Book. Illustrated by Don Bolognese. Ex-church library. Good plus. $3.50.

Benjamin, Cynthia. FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND. Scholastic SOFTCOVER. Hello Reader Level 1, Science. 059044087x. Very Good. $2.

Bokoske, Sharon. DOLPHINS. Random House 1993 SOFTCOVER. Step Into Reading, Grades 1-3. 0679844376. Fine. $2.50.

Brenner, Martha. ABE LINCOLN’S HAT. Random House SOFTCOVER 1994. Step Into Reading, Grades 1-3. 0679849777. Very Good. $2.

Brenner, Barbara. WAGON WHEELS. HarperTrophy SOFTCOVER 1978, 1993. An I Can Read Book, Level 3, Grades 2-4. Shortly after the Civil War a black family travels to Kansas to take advantage of the Homestead Act. Sonlight 2. 0064440524. Near-Fine. $2.50.

Bulla, Clyde Robert. DANIEL’S DUCK. HarperTrophy SOFTCOVER 19779, 1982. An I Can Read Book, Level 3, Grades 2-4. Ill. Joan Sandin. Sonlight 2. 0064440311. Near-Fine, previous owner’s name. $3.

Childhood of Famous Americans. JACKIE ROBINSON AND THE BIG GAME. By Dan Gutman. Aladdin SOFTCOVER 2006. Ready to Read, Level 2. Ex-lib. Good. $1.50.

Clements, Andrew. BRAVE NORMAN, A TRUE STORY. Aladdin SOFTCOVER Ready-to-Read SOFTCOVER, Level 1. 2001. 0689834381. Near-Fine. $2.

Coerr, Eleanor. THE BIG BALLOON RACE. Harper Collins 1982, 1991. An I Can Read Book. Hardcover. Sonlight 2. Fine. $3.

Coerr, Eleanor. BUFFALO BILL AND THE PONY EXPRESS. Harper Trophy SOFTCOVER 1996. An I Can Read Book, Grades 2-4. 0064442209. As-New. $3.

Coerr, Eleanor. THE JOSEFINA STORY QUILT. Harper & Row 1986. Hardcover. An I Can Read Book. The story of a family traveling westward in 1850. Ex-library with library binding. Good. $3.50.

Coerr, Eleanor. THE JOSEFINA STORY QUILT. HarperTrophy SOFTCOVER 1986. An I Can Read Book, Level 3, Grades 2-4. 0064441296. Fine. $2.50.

Donnelly, Judy. MOONWALK, The First Trip to the Moon. Random House SOFTCOVER 1989. Step Into Reading, Grades 2-4. 0394824571. Near-Fine. $2.

Dorling Kindersley Readers. BERMUDA TRIANGLE, by Andrew Donkin. D-K SOFTCOVER 2000. Level 3, Grades 2-3. 0789454157. Fine. $2.50.

Dorling Kindersley Readers. GEORGE WASHINGTON, SOLDIER, HERO, PRESIDENT, by Justine and Ron Fontes. D-K SOFTCOVER 2001. Reading Alone, Level 3. 0789473771. Near-Fine. $2.50.

Dorling Kindersley Readers. JOAN OF ARC, Angela Bull. Level 4. D-K SOFTCOVER 2000. 0789457199. Fine. $2.50.

Dorling Kindersley Readers. SPIES, by Richard Platt. D-K SOFTCOVER 2000. Level 3. 078945713x. Near-Fine. $2.50.

Dorling Kindersley Readers. THE STORY OF COLUMBUS, by Anita Ganeri. D-K SOFTCOVER 2001. Beginning to Read Alone, Level 2. 0789478781. Near-Fine. $2.50.

Dorling Kindersley Readers. THE STORY OF POCAHONTAS, by Caryn Jenner. D-K SOFTCOVER 2000. Beginning to Read Alone, Level 2. 0789466368. Fine. $2.50.

Dorling Kindersley Readers. TALE OF A TADPOLE, by Karen Wallace. D-K SOFTCOVER 1998. Beginning to Read, Level 1. 0789434377. Fine. $2.

Dorling Kindersley Readers. TERROR ON THE AMAZON, The Quest for El Dorado, by Phil Gates. D-K 2000. 0789466384. Ex-lib. Very Good. $2.50.

Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Readers. TITANIC, THE DISASTER THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD! By Mark Dubowski. D-K SOFTCOVER 1998. Level 3, Grades 2 & 3. 0789434415. Near-Fine. $2.50.

Demuth, Patricia. JOHNNY APPLESEED. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1999. 0439099978. Fine. $2.50.

Donnelly, Judy. TUT’S MUMMY LOST. . .AND FOUND. Random House SOFTCOVER 1988. Step Into Reading, Grades 2-3. 0394891899. Sonlight 1. Near-Fine. $2.50.

Dorling Kindersley Readers. ASTRONAUT LIVING IN SPACE. D-K Publishing SOFTCOVER 2000. Eyewitness Readers, Level 2, Grades 1-3. 0789454211. Very Good. $2.

Dorling Kindersley Readers. SPACEBUSTERS, The Race to the Moon, by Philip Wilkinson. D-K SOFTCOVER 1998. Reading Alone 3. 0789429616. Fine. $2.

Dorling Kindersley Readers. VOLCANOES AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS, by Harriet Griffey. D-K 0789429640. Level 4, Grades 2-4. Fine. $2.

Dorling Kindersley Readers. WORLD SERIES HEROES, by James Buckley, Jr. D-K 2003 SOFTCOVER. Level 3. 0789492520. Fine. $2.50.

Freeman, Mae and Ira. YOU WILL GO TO THE MOON. Random House Beginner Books 1959. Hardcover. Ill. Robert Patterson. Ver Good, corner wear. $3.

Fritz, Jean. GEORGE WASHINGTON’S MOTHER. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2002. All-Aboard Reading. Ex-lib. Near-Fine. $2.

Greene, Carla. COWBOYS, WHAT DO THEY DO? Harper & Row 1972. An I Can Read Book. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Leonard Kessler. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good+. $4.50.

Harrison, David L. JOHNNY APPLESEED, MY STORY. Random House SOFTCOVER 2001. Step Into Reading, Grades 1-3. 0375812474. Near-Fine. $2.50.

Hayward, Linda. THE FIRST THANKSGIVING. Random House Step Into Reading, Grades 1-3. SOFTCOVER. 0679802185. Good. $1.50.

Hayward, Linda. NOAH’S ARK. Random House Step Into Reacing, Preschool-Grade 1. 0394887166. Near-Fine. $2.50.

Hornblow, Leonora & Arthur. INSECTS DO THE STRANGEST THINGS. Random House SOFTCOVER 1968, 1990. Step-Up Books. 0394843061. Near-Fine. $2.50.

Hurwitz, Johanna. HELEN KELLER, COURAGE IN THE DARK. Random House Step Into Reading, Grades 2-3. 0679877053. Very Good+. $2.50.

Jackson, Garnet. FAMOUS EXPLORERS. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2000. Hello Reader, Grades 1 & 2. 0439206294. Fine. $2.50.

Jackson, Garnet. GEORGE WASHINGTON, OUR FIRST PRESIDENT. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2000. Hello Reader, Level 2, K-2. 043909867x. Very Good. $2.

Krensky, Stephen. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. Random House 1991, Step Into Reading, Grades 1-3. SOFTCOVER. 0679803696. Very Good. $2.

Krensky, Stephen. EGYPT. Scholastic History Readers, Ages 7 and up. SOFTCOVER. 0439271959. Fine. $2.50.

Kulling, Monica. BEARS, LIFE IN THE WILD. Golden Books SOFTCOVER 1998. Reading On Your Own Mile 3. 0307263037. Near-Fine, previous owner’s name. $2.

Kulling, Monica. ESCAPE NORTH! The Story of Harriet Tubman. Random House Step Into Reading 2000. SOFTCOVER. 0375801545. Fine. $2.50.

Kulling, Monica. VANISHED! The Mysterious Disappearance of Amelia Earhart. Random House Step Into Reading, Grades 2-4. Hardcover. Ex-lib. Very Good. $2.50.

Kulling, Monica. SEA OF ICE, The Wreck of the Endurance. The amazing true story of Ernest Shackleton. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1999. 0439159830. Fine. $2.50.

Levinson, Nancy Smiler. SNOWSHOE THOMPSON. Harper Collins I Can Read Book. Hardcover. Based on a true story of a young Norwegian man who came to America in the 1850’s and became a legend carrying mail across the Sierra Nevada on skis when nothing else could get through. 0060238011. Fine. $3.

Lewis, Thomas P. HILL OF FIRE. Harper & Row SOFTCOVER 1971, 1983. Ill. Joan Sandin. Sonlight 2. 0064440400. Very Good, back cover creased. $2.

Little, Emily. THE TROJAN HORSE, How the Greeks Won the War. Random House SOFTCOVER 1988. Step Into Reading, Grades 2-4, Step 4. 0394896742. Fine. $2.50.

Lowery, Linda. AUNT CLARA BROWN, Official Pioneer. Carolrhoda 1999. On My Own Biography, Grades 2-3. Hardcover. Story of the freed slave who made her fortune in Colorado, then brought other slaves there to begin new lives. 1575050455. As-New. $5.

Lundell, Margo. A GIRL NAMED HELEN KELLER. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1995. Hello Reader, Grades 1 & 2. 0590479636. Near-Fine. $2.50.

Milton, Joyce. WILD, WILD WOLVES. Random House SOFTCOVER 1992. Step Into Reading, Grades 1-3. 0679810528. Very Good. $2.

Monjo, F. N. THE DRINKING GOURD, A Story of the Underground Railroad. Harper Trophy SOFTCOVER 1970, 1993. An I Can Read Book, Grades 2-4. 0064440427. Near-Fine. $2.50.

Monjo, F. N. THE DRINKING GOURD. Harper & Row I Can Read History Book 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Fred Brenner. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.

Monjo, F. N. THE ONE BAD THING ABOUT FATHER. Harper & Row 1970. An I Can Read Book. Hardcover with dust jacket. Quentin and Archie Roosevelt cannot understand why their father chose to be president when he could have been a cowboy, a hunter or a boxer. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.

Nixon, Joan Lowery. WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR? The Good Samaritan for Beginning Readers. Concordia 1976. I Can Read a Bible Story. Hardcover. Very Good. $3.

Parish, Peggy. GRANNY AND THE INDIANS. Collier Books 1969, 1972. SOFTCOVER. Ill. Brinton Turkle. Near-Fine. $2.50.

Phleger, Fred. RED TAG COMES BACK. Harper & Row 1961. Hardcover. A Science I Can Read Book. Ill. Arnold Lobel. Very Good+. $3.50.

Phleger, Fred. THE WHALES GO BY. Random House Beginner Books 1959. Hardcover. Very Good. $3.50.

Ricciuti, Edward. ROCKS AND MINERALS. Scholastic Science Reader, Ages 7 & 8. 2001. SOFTCOVER. 0439382467. Fine. $2.

Roop, Peter and Connie. BUTTONS FOR GENERAL WASHINGTON. Carolrhoda Books 1986. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0876142943. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket As-New. $6.

Russell, Donald. ADAM BRADFORD, COWBOY. Benefic Press 1970. Hardcover. Adam is a young freed slave who becomes a cowboy. Second grade level. Sandin, Joan. THE LONG WAY TO A NEW LAND. HarperCollins I Can Read Book 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket. Carl Erik is one of the 50,000 Swedes who emigrated to America during the “hunger years” of 1968-69. 0060251948. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.

Simon, Seymour. KILLER WHALES. Sea Star Books SOFTCOVER 2002. Level 1, P-1. 1587171422. Fine. $2.

Spinner, Stephanie. LITTLE SURE SHOT, The Story of Annie Oakley. Random House 1993. Hardcover. Step Into Reading, Grades 2-3. Ex-lib. Good, corners worn. $2.50.

Standiford, Natalie. THE BRAVEST DOG EVER, THE TRUE STORY OF BALTO. Random House SOFTCOVER 1989. Step Into Reading Grades 1-3. Sonlight 1. 0394896955. Very Good. $2.50.

Stevens, Bryna. DEBORAH SAMPSON GOES TO WAR. Carolrhoda Books. Hardcover with dust jacket. True story of the American Revolution. 0876142544. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good, previous owner’s bookplate. $4.

Stevens, Carla. LILY AND MISS LIBERTY. Scholastic 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket. 8-year-old Lily uses creativity to help raise money for the pedestal for Miss Liberty in 1885. 0590449192. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $3.50.

Turner, Ann. DUST FOR DINNER. Harper Collins 1995. An I Can Read Book. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dramatic story of the Dust Bowl, during the Great Depression. 006023377x. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine, with library/stamp sticker on FFEP. Vogt, Gregory. SOLAR SYSTEM. Scholastic Science Readers. SOFTCOVER 2001. Level 3, Ages 7 & 8. 0439269911. Fine. $2.50.

See also EASY READERS - FICTION .