Title
Hog Music
Call Number
J P HELLDORFER
J P HELLDORFER
Summary
Travelers along the National Road help make sure that the birthday gift that Lucy's great aunt has sent makes it all the way from Maryland to her family's farm in Illinois.
Travelers along the National Road help make sure that the birthday gift that Lucy's great aunt has sent makes it all the way from Maryland to her family's farm in Illinois.
Title
Apples to Oregon
Call Number
J P HOPKINSON
J P HOPKINSON
Summary
Apples to Oregon : being the (slightly) true narrative of how a brave pioneer father brought apples, peaches, pears, plums, grapes, and cherries (and children) across the plains
Apples to Oregon : being the (slightly) true narrative of how a brave pioneer father brought apples, peaches, pears, plums, grapes, and cherries (and children) across the plains
Title
Swamp Angel
Call Number
J P ISAACS
J P ISAACS
Summary
Along with other amazing feats, Angelica Longrider, also known as Swamp Angel, wrestles a huge bear, known as Thundering Tarnation, to save the winter supplies of the settlers in Tennessee.
Along with other amazing feats, Angelica Longrider, also known as Swamp Angel, wrestles a huge bear, known as Thundering Tarnation, to save the winter supplies of the settlers in Tennessee.
Title
Kindle Me a Riddle
Call Number
J P KARIM
J P KARIM
Summary
The riddles that a pioneer family share explain the origin of such things in their lives as their log cabin, johnnycakes, the broom, a cloak, candles, and more.
The riddles that a pioneer family share explain the origin of such things in their lives as their log cabin, johnnycakes, the broom, a cloak, candles, and more.
Call Number
J P KAY
J P KAY
Summary
Two brothers spend a year attending a one-room schoolhouse on the frontier.
Two brothers spend a year attending a one-room schoolhouse on the frontier.
Title
Follow Me Down to Nicodemus Town: Based on the History of the African American Pioneer Settlement
Call Number
J P LAFAYE
J P LAFAYE
Summary
When Dede sees a notice offering land for black people in Kansas, her family decides to quit sharecropping and become homesteading pioneers.
When Dede sees a notice offering land for black people in Kansas, her family decides to quit sharecropping and become homesteading pioneers.
Call Number
J P LOWELL
J P LOWELL
Summary
Lily Rose and Grandma stitch a quilt that tells the story of their family's journey from Missouri to California by covered wagon in 1859.
Lily Rose and Grandma stitch a quilt that tells the story of their family's journey from Missouri to California by covered wagon in 1859.
Title
Nora's Chicks
Call Number
J P MACLACHLAN
J P MACLACHLAN
Summary
Arriving on the American prairie in the hope of making a new home, Nora, a little girl from Russia, struggles with loneliness until Papa brings her a dozen chicks and two geese who follow Nora everywhere she goes
Arriving on the American prairie in the hope of making a new home, Nora, a little girl from Russia, struggles with loneliness until Papa brings her a dozen chicks and two geese who follow Nora everywhere she goes
Call Number
J P MCCULLY
J P MCCULLY
Summary
In the early 1900s, a wild little girl nicknamed Squirrel meets John Muir, later to become a famous naturalist, when he arrives at her parents' hotel in Yosemite Valley seeking work and knowledge about the natural world.
In the early 1900s, a wild little girl nicknamed Squirrel meets John Muir, later to become a famous naturalist, when he arrives at her parents' hotel in Yosemite Valley seeking work and knowledge about the natural world.
Title
Kisses on the Wind
Call Number
J P MOSER
J P MOSER
Summary
Young Lydia struggles to say goodbye to her grandmother as her parents finish packing their wagon for the long journey to Oregon in the nineteenth century.
Young Lydia struggles to say goodbye to her grandmother as her parents finish packing their wagon for the long journey to Oregon in the nineteenth century.
Title
Prairie Willow
Call Number
J P TROTTIER
J P TROTTIER
Summary
Mama, Papa, Jack, and Emily move out to the prairie, where they farm the land and build a sod house, and Emily buys a small weeping willow tree to plant, which stays rooted in the ground for many generations.
Mama, Papa, Jack, and Emily move out to the prairie, where they farm the land and build a sod house, and Emily buys a small weeping willow tree to plant, which stays rooted in the ground for many generations.
Title
Red Flower Goes West
Call Number
J P TURNER
J P TURNER
Summary
As they journey west, a family nurtures the red geranium they have carried with them from their old home.
As they journey west, a family nurtures the red geranium they have carried with them from their old home.
Call Number
J P VAN LEEUWEN
J P VAN LEEUWEN
Summary
A close-knit pioneer family carves out a new home amidst the densely forested land of Ohio in the early nineteenth century.
A close-knit pioneer family carves out a new home amidst the densely forested land of Ohio in the early nineteenth century.
Call Number
J P WALTON
J P WALTON
Summary
Pioneers and animals join in the dancing and the fun during a journey across the plains.
Pioneers and animals join in the dancing and the fun during a journey across the plains.
Title
Elsie's Bird
Call Number
J P YOLEN
J P YOLEN
Summary
Young Elsie must find a way to adapt to her new home on the Nebraska prairie after she and her father leave their comfortable city life in Boston.
Young Elsie must find a way to adapt to her new home on the Nebraska prairie after she and her father leave their comfortable city life in Boston.