I was asked for a list of non-fiction and historical fiction books for Colonial and American history for elementary students. Instead of making a list an emailing it I decided to write it on my blog so I can update it and change it as I need to without having to search for the email. Sometimes a blog makes a great bulletin board. Updated June 2018
Exploration:
Around the World in a Hundred Years: From Henry the Navigator to Magellan
Christopher Columbus (Step into Reading)
Exploring the New World: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History)
Pedro's Journal: A Voyage with Christopher Columbus, August 3, 1492-February 14, 1493
Who Was Christopher Columbus?
Colonial America:
The Adventurous Life of Myles Standish and the Amazing-but-True Survival Story of Plymouth Colony: Barbary Pirates, the Mayflower, the First ... Much, Much More (Cheryl Harness Histories)
Blood on the River: James Town, 1607
The First Thanksgiving (Step-Into-Reading, Step 3)
Colonial America: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: Historical Eras)
The Dreadful, Smelly Colonies: The Disgusting Details About Life in Colonial America (Disgusting History)
The Double Life of Pocahontas
If You Lived In Colonial Times
If You Lived In Williamsburg in Colonial Days
. . . If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620
If You Were At The First Thanksgiving
If You Were Me and Lived in...Colonial America: An Introduction to Civilizations Throughout Time (Volume 9)
Mayflower 1620: A New Look at a Pilgrim Voyage
My Journey Aboard the Mayflower (My Place in History)
My Life in the American Colonies (My Place in History)
My Life in the Plymouth Colony (My Place in History)Review here
Pilgrims: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #27: Thanksgiving on Thursday
Pilgrims Of Plymouth Review here
Sam Collier and the Founding of Jamestown (On My Own History)
Samuel Eaton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim BoyReview here
Sarah Morton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl (Scholastic Bookshelf)Review here
Tapenum's Day: A Wampanoag Indian Boy In Pilgrim TimesReview here
Thanksgiving on Plymouth Plantation (Time-Traveling Twins)Review here
The First Thanksgiving (Picture Puffin Books)
The Mystery of the Roanoke Colony (Graphic History)Review here
The Pilgrims of Plimoth (Aladdin Picture Books)Review here
The Pilgrims and the First Thanksgiving (Graphic History)Review here
The Story of Jamestown (Graphic History)Review here
The Thanksgiving Story
The True Story of Pocahontas (Step-Into-Reading, Step 3)
The Voyage of the Mayflower (Graphic History)Review here
Three Young Pilgrims Review here
What Was the First Thanksgiving?
You Wouldn't Want to Be an American Colonist!Review here
You Wouldn't Want to Sail on the Mayflower!: A Trip That Took Entirely Too Long Review here
Revolutionary War:
A Picture Book of Paul Revere (Picture Book Biographies)Review here
A Spy in the King's Colony (Mysteries in Time (Silver Moon Press))Review here
Alexander Hamilton: A Plan for America (I Can Read Level 2)
At Battle in the Revolutionary War: An Interactive Battlefield Adventure (You Choose: Battlefields)
At the Battle of Yorktown: An Interactive Battlefield Adventure (You Choose: American Battles) Review here
Boston Tea Party Review here
Building a New Nation: An Interactive American Revolution Adventure (You Choose: Founding the United States)
DK Eyewitness Books: American Revolution
American Revolution: A Nonfiction Companion to Revolutionary War on Wednesday (Magic Tree House Research Guide Series)
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? (Paperstar)
The Battle of Bunker Hill: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose Books) (You Choose: History)Review here
Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse AmosReview here
Day of Glory: The Guns at Lexington and ConcordReview here
Fighting for Independence: An Interactive American Revolution Adventure (You Choose: Founding the United States)
George the Drummer Boy (I Can Read Level 3)
George Washington's Socks (Time Travel Adventures)Review here
George Washington's Spy (Time Travel Adventures)Review here
George vs. George: The American Revolution As Seen from Both Sides
Guns for General Washington: A Story of the American Revolution Review here
I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 (I Survived 15)
If You Lived At The Time Of The American Revolution
. . . If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution
It's Treason, by George! (Secret Smithsonian Adventures)
Joining the Boston Tea Party (The Time-Traveling Twins)Review here
Lafayette! (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales 8): A Revolutionary War Tale
Let It Begin Here!: April 19, 1775: The Day the American Revolution Began Review here
Let It Begin Here!: Lexington & Concord: First Battles of the American Revolution Review here
Liberty!: How the Revolutionary War Began (Landmark Books)
Mr. Revere and I: Being an Account of certain Episodes in the Career of Paul Revere,Esq. as Revealed by his Horse Review here
My Brother Sam Is Dead
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: One Dead Spy Review here
Paul Revere's Midnight Ride Review here
Paul Revere's Ride (Graphic History)Review here
Paul Revere's Ride (Step into Reading)
Resisting British Rule: An Interactive American Revolution Adventure (You Choose: Founding the United States)
Shh! We're Writing the Constitution
The Boston Massacre: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History)Review here
The Boston Massacre (Graphic History)Review here
The Boston Tea Party (Graphic History)Review here
The Colonists Revolt: An Interactive American Revolution Adventure (You Choose: Founding the United States)
The Creation of the U.S. Constitution (Graphic History) Review here
The Founding Fathers Were Spies!: Revolutionary War (Secrets of American History)
The Minute Boys of Bunker Hill (w/glossary)Review here
The Minute Boys of Lexington Review here
The Revolutionary War: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History) Review here
The Thrifty Guide to the American Revolution (The Thrifty Guides) Review here
Sam the Minuteman (I Can Read Level 3)
Saving the Liberty Bell (On My Own History)
Sophia's War: A Tale of the Revolution
What Was the Boston Tea Party?
What Is the Constitution? (What Was?)
What Is the Declaration of Independence? (What Was?)
Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May?
Who Was Ben Franklin?
Who Was Betsy Ross?
Who Was George Washington?
Who Was Paul Revere?
Who Was Thomas Jefferson?
WHY DONT YOU GET A HORSE, SAM ADAMS? (PAPERBACK) 1996 PUFFIN
Will You Sign Here, John Hancock?
Winter at Valley Forge (Graphic History)Review here
You Wouldn't Want to Be at the Boston Tea Party!: Wharf Water Tea You'd Rather Not Drink Review here
Westward Expansion:
Alamo All-Stars (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales 6)
How We Crossed The West: The Adventures Of Lewis And Clark
My Life As a Pioneer (My Place in History)
My Wagon Train Adventure (My Place in History)
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Donner Dinner Party
National Geographic Readers: Sacagawea (Readers Bios)
The Oregon Trail: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History)
Roughing It on the Oregon Trail (The Time-Traveling Twins)Review here
What Was the Lewis and Clark Expedition? (What Was?)
Westward Expansion: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History)
Civil War:
National Geographic Readers: Abraham Lincoln (Readers Bios)
At Battle in the Civil War: An Interactive Battlefield Adventure (You Choose: Battlefields)
Escape North! The Story of Harriet Tubman (Step-Into-Reading, Step 4)
I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 (I Survived 7)
My Journey on the Underground Railroad (My Place in History)
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Big Bad Ironclad!
The Civil War: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History)
The Underground Abductor (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales 5): An Abolitionist Tale about Harriet Tubman
The Underground Railroad: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History)
What Was the Battle of Gettysburg?
What Was the Underground Railroad?
Who Was Abraham Lincoln?
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Civil War Soldier!
Ellis Island:
Ellis Island: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History)
The Memory Coat Review here
The Orphan Of Ellis Island (Time Travel Adventures)Review here
If Your Name Was Changed At Ellis Island
My Journey Through Ellis Island (My Place in History)
National Geographic Readers: Ellis Island
What Was Ellis Island?
Smithsonian:
The Wrong Wrights (Secret Smithsonian Adventures) Review here
Suffragists:
If You Lived When Women Won Their Rights Review here
World War I:
Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales 4): A World War I Tale
Where Poppies Grow: A World War I Companion
World War II:
The Attack on Pearl Harbor: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History)
Across the Blue Pacific: A World War II Story Review here
DK Eyewitness Books: World War II
Secret Agents! Sharks! Ghost Armies!: World War II (Secrets of American History)
I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 (I Survived 4)
Raid of No Return (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales 7): A World War II Tale of the Doolittle Raid
What Was D-Day?
This is a good start. I can add more as time continues. These are popular titles. Look for them at used book sales, yard sales, and other places people sell children's books. You can often find them in near new condition. Good hunting.
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