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Africville

Africville

by Shauntay Grant
Illustrated by Eva Campbell

Publishers: Groundwood, House of Anansi, 2018
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781773060439

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 6-9

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Grant

An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793

An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793

by Jim Murphy

Publisher: Clarion, 2003
Pages: 165
ISBN: 039577682

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 11 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 614 Murphy

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party

by M. T. Anderson

Publisher: Candlewick, 2006
Pages: 591
ISBN: 0763624020

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 15 and older

CCBC Location: Fiction, Anderson

Balderdash! John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children’s Books

Balderdash! John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children’s Books

by Michelle Markel
Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter

Publisher: Chronicle, 2017
Pages: 36
ISBN: 9780811879224

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 7-10

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 070 Markel

Battlefields and Burial Grounds: The Indian Struggle to Protect Ancestral Graves in the United States

Battlefields and Burial Grounds: The Indian Struggle to Protect Ancestral Graves in the United States

by Roger C. Echo-Hawk, Walter Echo-Hawk

Publisher: Lerner, 1994
Pages: 80
ISBN: 0822526638

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 12 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 393 Echo-Hawk

Becoming Ben Franklin: How a Candle-Maker’s Son Helped Light the Flame of Liberty

Becoming Ben Franklin: How a Candle-Maker’s Son Helped Light the Flame of Liberty

by Russell Freedman

Publisher: Holiday House, 2013
Pages: 86
ISBN: 9780823423743

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 9-13

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Franklin

Ben Franklin's Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman's Life

Ben Franklin's Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman's Life

by Candace Fleming

Publishers: Atheneum, Anne Schwartz Book, 2003
Pages: 120
ISBN: 0689835493

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 10 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Franklin

Brave Jane Austen: Reader, Writer, Author, Rebel

Brave Jane Austen: Reader, Writer, Author, Rebel

by Lisa Pliscou
Illustrated by Jen Corace

Publisher: Henry Holt, 2018
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9781627796439

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 6-10

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 823 Pliscou

Brave Music of a Distant Drum

Brave Music of a Distant Drum

by Manu Herbstein

Publisher: Red Deer, 2012
Pages: 175
ISBN: 9780889954700

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 16 and older

CCBC Location: Fiction, Herbstein

Caroline's Comets: A True Story

Caroline's Comets: A True Story

by Emily Arnold McCully
Illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully

Publisher: Holiday House, 2017
Pages: 31
ISBN: 9780823436644

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-9

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Herschel