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America at 250: Picture Books

100 stories spanning 250 years of United States history. Learn more about the people, places, laws, and events that have shaped our history. Recommended for readers ages 0 to 8.

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100 items

  • Abe's Honest Words

    the Life of Abraham Lincoln

    Rappaport, Doreen
    Book, 2008New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2008. — E457.905.R34 2008
  • All the Way to America

    the Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel

    Yaccarino, Dan
    Book, 2011New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2011. — PS3575.A26Z46 2011
  • Book, 2023New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2023. — E441.A5758 2023
  • Book, 2021New York : Random House Studio, [2021] — F128.9.M5M67 2021
  • Around America to Win the Vote

    Two Suffragists, a Kitten, and 10,000 Miles

    Rockliff, Mara,
    Book, 2016Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2016. — JK1898.R63 2016
  • Book, 2019New York, NY : Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2019] — FIC SORELL
  • Bad News for Outlaws

    the Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal

    Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux
    Book, 2009Minneapolis, MN : Carolrhoda Books, c2009. — F697.R44N45 2009
  • Be a King

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream and You

    Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-
    Book, 2018New York : Bloomsbury, 2018. — E185.97.K5W44 2018
  • Bold & Brave

    Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote

    Gillibrand, Kirsten, 1966-
    Book, 2018New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. — JK1898.G55 2018
  • Brave Girl

    Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909

    Markel, Michelle
    Book, 2013New York : Balzer + Bray, c2013. — HD5325.C621909 M37 2013
  • The Camping Trip That Changed America

    Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and Our National Parks

    Rosenstock, Barb
    Book, 2012New York, N.Y. : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2012. — E757.R93 2012
  • Daring Dozen

    the Twelve Who Walked on the Moon

    Slade, Suzanne,
    Book, 2019Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2019] — TL789.8.U6A581824 2019
  • A Day for Rememberin'

    Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day

    Henderson, Leah,
    Book, 2021New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2021. — FIC HENDERSO
  • Book, 2018New York : Neal Porter Books, [2018] — PS3613.O68Z46 2018