History

Lincoln's Legacy

By Stacia Deutsch and Rhody Cohon

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Third graders travel through time to keep history on track! Abigail loves Mondays, and so does the rest of class 305. That's the day Mr. Caruthers asks them cool questions about history. Today Mr. C asks, "What if Abraham Lincoln never freed the slaves?" Abigail and her friends are ready to put their thinking caps on. But this time Mr. C wants them to do more than put their heads together-he wants them to travel back in time! Turns out the "What If?" questions are real, and Mr. C has just come back from a visit to the past. He needs their help because it looks like President Lincoln might quit and never free the slaves! With a time-travel gadget and only two hours to spare, Abigail and her friends are going back to the past. But even though time traveling isn't hard, convincing Abraham Lincoln not to give up isn't going to be easy.... With a dollop of The Magic Tree House, a dash of Back to the Future, and pinch of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Blast to the Past is a recipe for fun!
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Oh, Yikes! History's Grossest, Wackiest Moments

By Joy Masoff

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OH, YIKES! covers people, events, institutions, and really bad ideas, alphabetically from April Fool’s Day to zany Zoos.
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Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad

By Ellen Levine

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A fictionalized account of how in 1849 a Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, escapes to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia.
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Hoofprints: Horse poems

By Jessie Haas

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A collection of more than one hundred poems celebrating horses, from ancient times to the present. Readers can take an amazing journey through 65 million years of horse history in these 104 poems that include an afterword and a glossary that provides information about historical figures and events featured in the poems.
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