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EASY READERS – HISTORICAL FICTION/NON-FICTION

Alphin, Elaine Marie. DINOSAUR HUNTER. Harper Collins SOFTCOVER 2003. An I Can Read Book, Advanced 4. 006444256x. Fine. $2.

Amsteel, Marsha. SYBIL LUDINGTON’S MIDNIGHT RIDE. Millbrook Press 2000 On My Own History. SOFTCOVER. True story of 16-year-old Sybil and her horse Star, who gallop into the dark, rainy night to warn the American soldiers that the British are coming in the American Revolution. Truthquest Age of Revolution I, grades 1-4. 1575054566. As-New. $3.

Armstrong, Kristin. LANCE ARMSTRONG, THE RACE OF HIS LIFE. Grosset & Dunlap All-Aboard Reading, Level 3. SOFTCOVER. Written by Lance Armstrong’s wife. 044842407x. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $2.50.

Avi. ABIGAIL TAKES THE WHEEL. Harper Collins I Can Read Chapter Book, grades 3-4. Hardcover with dust jacket. In New York Harbor, 1880, Abigail has to guide her father’s freight boat through crowed and dangerous waters to reach Pier 42. Based on a story published in 1881. 0060276630. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.

Avi. FINDING PROVIDENCE, The Story of Roger Williams. Harper Collins 1997. An I Can Read Chapter Book. Hardcover with dust jacket. Truthquest Age of Revolution I, Grades 1-4. 0060251794. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $3.50.

Benchley, Nathaniel. SAM THE MINUTEMAN. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1969, 1972. Good. $2.50.

Benchley, Nathaniel. SMALL WOLF. HarperTrophy SOFTCOVER 1972, 1994. An I Can Read Book, Level 3. Ill. Joan Sandin. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades K-1. NOT ex-lib. 0064441806. Very Good. $2.

Black, Sonia W. FOLLOW THE POLAR BEARS. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2000. Hello Reader Science Level 1. 0439206413. Fine. $1.50.

Bokoske, Sharon. DOLPHINS. Random House 1993 SOFTCOVER. Step Into Reading, Grades 1-3. 0679844376. Fine. $1.

Borden, Louise. THANKSGIVING IS. . .Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1997. Hello Reader! Level 3. 0590331280. Ex-lib. Very Good. $2.

Brenner, Martha. ABE LINCOLN’S HAT. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1994, 1996. Step Into Reading Grades 1-3. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 1-3. 0590621874. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $2.50.

Brill, Marlene Targ. ALLEN JAY AND THE UNDERFROUND RAILROAD. Carolrhoda SOFTCOVER 1997. Based on a true story of courage and history. 0876146051. Fine. $2.50.

Bulla, Angela. JOAN OF ARC. Dorling Kindersley Readers SOFTCOVER 2000. Level 4. 0789457199. Very Good. $2.50.

Clements, Andrew. BRAVE NORMAN, A TRUE STORY. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2001. 0439450721. Very Good. $1.50.

Coerr, Eleanor. THE BIG BALLOON RACE. Harper & Row 1981. SOFTCOVER. Sonlight 1 & 2. Good. $2.

Coerr, Eleanor. THE BIG BALLOON RACE. Harper Collins a981. Hardcover. Good. $2.

Coerr, Eleanor. THE JOSEFINA STORY QUILT. HarperTrophy SOFTCOVER 1986. An I Can Read Book. American pioneer story. 0064441296. Very Good. $2.50.

Corey, Shana. PAUL REVERE’S RIDE. Random House SOFTCOVER 2004. Step Into Reading Step 3. 0375828362. Very Good, marker on title page. $2.50.

Donnelly, Judy. MOONWALK, The First Trip to the Moon. Random House SOFTCOVER 1989. Step Into Reading, Grades 2-4. 0394824571. Fine. $2.50.

Donnelly, Judy. THE TITANIC LOST. . .AND FOUND. Random House SOFTCOVER 1987. Step Into Reading, Step 3. 0375808582. Near-Fine. $2.

Donnelly, Judy. TRUE-LIFE TREASURE HUNTS. Random House SOFTCOVER 1983, 1994. Step Into Reading, Step 4. 67987030x. Very Good. $2.

Donnelly, Judy. TRUE-LIFE TREASURE HUNTS. Random House 1983, 1994. Step Into Reading, Step 4. Hardcover. 0679939806. Ex-lib. Very Good. $3.

Dorling Kindersley Readers. ASTRONAUT LIVING IN SPACE, by Kate hayden. D-K SOFTCOVER 2000. Level 2, Beginning to Read Alone. 0789454211. Very Good. $2.

Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Readers. BERMUDA TRIANGLE, by Andrew Donkin. D-K SOFTCOVER 2000. Reading Alone Level 3. 0751362662. Fine. $2.50.

Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Readers. BUGS! BUGS! BUGS! By Jennifer Dussling. D-K SOFTCOVER 1998. Level l2, Grades 1-3. 0789434385. Fine. $2.

Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Readers. FIRE FIGHTER! By Angela Royston. D-K SOFTCOVER 1998. 0789429608. Very Good. $2.

Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Readers. SPACEBUSTERS, The Race to the Moon. By Philip Wilkinson. D-K SOFTCOVER 1998. Reading Alone, Level 3. 0789429616. Near-Fine. $2.

Dorling Kindersley Readers. SPIDERS’ SECRETS, by Richard Platt. D-K SOFTCOVER 2002. Level 3, Read Alone. 0789483734. Very Good. $2.

Dorling Kindersley Readers. SPIES, by Richard Platt. D-K SOFTCOVER 2000. Reading Alone 3. 078945713x. Very Good. $2.

Dorling Kindersley Readers. TIGER TALES And Big Cat Stories, by Deborah Chancellor. D-K SOFTCOVER 2000. Level 3, Grades 2 & 3. 0789454238. Good. $2.

Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Readers. WHATEVER THE WEATHER, by Karen Wallace. D-K SOFTCOVER 1999. Level 1, Preschool-Grade 1. 0789447517. Near-Fine. $2.

Edwards, Roberta. EMPEROR PENGUINS, All Aboard Science Reader, Level 2. Grosset & Dunlap 2007. SOFTCOVER. 0448446642. Fine. $2.50.

Ferris, Jeri. WALKING THE ROAD TO FREEDOM, A Story About Sojourner Truth. Carolrhoda SOFTCOVER 1988. NOT ex-lib. 0876145055. Fine. $2.50.

Fritz, Jean. GEORGE WASHINGTON’S MOTHER. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2002. All-Aboard Reading. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 1-3. NOT ex-lib. As-New. $2.50.

Fritz, Jean. JUST A FEW WORDS, MR. LINCOLN, The Story of the Gettysburg Address. Grosset & Dunlap SOFTCOVER 1993, 2005. All Aboard Reading Level 3. 0448401703. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $2.50.

Gutelle, Andrew. BASEBALL’S BEST, Five True Stories. Random House 1990 Step-Into-Reading grades 2-4. SOFTCOVER. 03948092831. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $2.50.

Hayward, Linda. THE FIRST THANKSGIVING. Random House Step Into Reading, Grades 1-3. SOFTCOVER. 0679802185. Fine. $2.

Hayward, Linda. NOAH’S ARK. Random House Step-Into-Reading, Prschool-Grade 1. SOFTCOVER. 0394887166. Very Good. $2.

Hooks, William. PIONEER CAT. Random House Stepping Stone Book 1988. SOFTCOVER. Heart of Dakota Curriculum. 039482038x. Fine. $2.50.

Huelin, Jodi. TURTLES. Grosset & Dunlap SOFTCOVER 2003. All Aboard Science Reader, Level 1. 0448431173. Very Good. $1.50.

Hopping, Lorraine. AVALANCHE! Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2000. Hello Reader Science Level 4. 0439205433. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $2.

Hopping, Lorraine Jean. FLOODS! WILD WEATHER. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2000. Hello Reader Science, grades 2 & 3. 0439087570. Ex-lib. Good. $2.

Jackson, Garnet. GEORGE WASHINGTON, Our First President. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2003. Scholastic Reader, Level 2. 043909867x. Fine. $2.

Jensen, Patsy. JOHNNY APPLESEED GOES A’PLANTING. A Troll First-Start Tall Tale. Troll 1994. Hardcover. Ill. Pat Hoggan. 0816731594. NOT ex-lib. As-New. $4.

Jones, Lynda. ABE LINCOLN. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1999. Hello Reader Level 4. 0590875817. Fine. $2.50.

Kessel, Joyce K. VALENTINE’ DAY. Carolrhoda On-My-Own 1981. Hardcover. Tells the history and legends pertaining to Valentine’s Day. 0876141661. New. $3.50.

Krensky, Stephen. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. Random House SOFTCOVER 1991. Step Into Reading, Grades 1-3. Truthquest Grades K-2. 0679803696. Fine. $2.

Krensky, Stephen. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. Random House 1991. Step Into Reading, Grades 1-3. Hardcover. Truthquest Grades K-2. 0679903690. Ex-lib. Very Good. $3.

Kulling, Monica. ALLIGATORS, Life in the Wild. Golden Books Road to Reading 2000. SOFTCOVER. 0307263258. Very Good. $2.

Kulling, Monica. SEA OF ICE, The Wreck of the Endurance. The amazing true story of Ernest Shackleton. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1999. 0439159830. Fine. $2.50.

Kulling, Monica. VANISHED! THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF AMELIA EARHART. Random House 1996. Hardcover. Step Into Reading, Grades 2-4. 0679971246. Ex-lib. Near-Fine. $3.

Kunhardt, Edith. POMPEII. . .BURIED ALIVE! Random House SOFTCOVER 1987. Reading Paragraphs, Step 4. Truthquest Grades 1-3. 0394888669. NOT ex-lib. As-New. $2.50.

Lakin, Patricia. ABIGAIL ADAMS, First Lady of the American Revolution. Stories of Famous Americans Series. Aladdin SOFTCOVER 2006. Ready-to-Read, Level 3. 0689870329. Ex-lib. Good. $1.50.

Levinson, Nancy Smiler. CLARA AND THE BOOKWAGON. Harper & Row 1988, first edition. Hardcover. Sonlight 2. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $2.50.

Levinson, Nancy Smiler. SNOWSHOE THOMPSON. Harper Collins 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Joan Sandin. Based on the true story of John Thompson. Truthquest Age of Revolution II, grades 1-3. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.

Levinson, Nancy Smiler. SNOWSHOE THOMPSON. Harper Collins 1992. Hardcover. Ill. Joan Sandin. Based on the true story of John Thompson. Truthquest Age of Revolution II, grades 1-3. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine, name in crayon on front endpaper. $2.50.

Lewis, Thomas P. CLIPPER SHIP. Harper Trophy SOFTCOVER 1978, 1992. An I Can Read Book. 0064441601. Very Good. $2.50.

Lewis, Thomas P. HILL OF FIRE. Harper & Row 1971. An I Can Read Book. Hardcover with dust jacket. Exciting story of Paricutin, the volcano that erupted in Mexico in 1943. Sonlight 1 & 2. 0060238046. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.

Little, Emily. THE TROJAN HORSE, How the Greeks Won the War. Random House SOFTCOVER 1988. Step Into Reading, Step 5. Truthquest Ancient Greece Grades K-3. 0394896742. Fine. $3.

Magic School Bus. LOST IN THE SNOW. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2004. Scholastic Reader, Level 2. 0439569907. Fine. $2.

Martin, Justin McCory. INCREDIBLE OWLS. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2006. Science Vocabulary Readers. 0439876370. Fine. $1.50.

McMullan, Kate. DINOSAUR HUNTERS. Random House SOFTCOVER 1989. Step Into Reading, Grades 2-4. 039481150x. Very Good. $2.

Milton, Joyce. WILD, WILD WOLVES. Random House SOFTCOVER 1992. Step Into Reading, Grades 1-3. 0679810528. Very Good. $2.

Monjo, F. N. THE DRINKING GOURD, A Story of the Underground Railroad. Harper Trophy SOFTCOVER 1970. An I Can Read Book. 0064440427. Very Good. $2.50.

Murphy, Frank. GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE GENERAL’S DOG. Random House SOFTCOVER 2002. Step Into Reading, Level 3. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 1-2. 0375810153. Fine. $2.50.

Murphy, Frank. THOMAS JEFFERSON’S FEAST. Random House SOFTCOVER 2003. Step Into Reading Step 4. 0375822895. NOT ex-lib. $2.50.

Nichols, Catherine. HARRIET TUBMAN. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2002. Hello Reader! K-Grade 2. NOT ex-lib. 0439321034. Near-Fine. $2.

Nixon, Joan Lowery. WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR? The Good Samaritan for Beginning Readers. Concordia 1976. I Can Read a Bible Story. Hardcover. Very Good. $3.

Ostby, Kristin. A BABY PANDA IS BORN. Grosset & Dunlap SOFTCOVER 2008. All Aboard Science Reader Level 2. 0448447207. Fine. $2.

Otto, Carolyn B. SPIDERS. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2001. Science Readers, Level 1. 043926989x. Very Good. $1.50.

Penner, Lucille Recht. THE STATUE OF LIBERTY. Random House SOFTCOVER 1995. Step Into Reading, Preschool-Grade 1. 067986928x. Very Good. $2.

Phleger, Fred. THE WHALES GO BY. Random House Beginner Books 1959. Hardcover. Very Good. $3.50.

Redmond, Shirley Raye. LEWIS AND CLARK, A Prairie Dog for the President. Random House SOFTCOVER 2003. Reading on Your Own Step 3. 0375811206. Very Good. $2.50.

Retan, Walter. ARMIES OF ANTS. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1994. Hello, Reader, Grades 2 & 3. 0590476165. Very Good. $2.

Roop, Peter and Connie. BUTTONS FOR GENERAL WASHINGTON. Carolrhoda Books 1986. Hardcover with dust jacket. Living Books. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 1-12. 0876142943. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket As-New. $6.

Roop, Peter and Connie. BUTTONS FOR GENERAL WASHINGTON. Carolrhoda Books On-My-Own History 1986. SOFTCOVER. Living Books. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 1-12. 0876144768. NOT ex-lib. Book As-New. $3.

Roop, Peter and Connie. GRACE’S LETTER TO LINCOLN. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1998. NOT ex-lib. 0439168120. Near-Fine. $2.

Roop, Peter and Connie. KEEP THE LIGHTS BURNING, ABBIE. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1993. True story based on Abbie’s own account of the storm along with information from other historical sources. 059045594x. Very Good. $2.50.

Sandin, Joan. THE LONG WAY WESTWARD. HarperTrophy 1989, first edition. An I Can Read Book, Level 3, Grades 2-4. Hardcover with dust jacket. Sonlight 2. 0060252073. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.

Sandin, Joan. THE LONG WAY WESTWARD. HarperTrophy SOFTCOVER 1989, 1992. An I Can Read Book, Level 3, Grades 2-4. Sonlight 2. 0064441989. Ex-lib. Very Good. $2.

Sandin, Joan. THE LONG WAY TO A NEW LAND. HarperTrophy 1981. An I Can Read Book, Level 3, Grades 2-4. Hardcover with dust jacket. Continues the story of Carl Erik and his family coming to America from Sweden. Sonlight 2. 0060251948. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $3.50.

Sandin, Joan. PIONEER BEAR, Based on a True Minnesota Story. Random House 1995. Step Into Reading Grades 1-3. Hardcover. 0679960503. Ex-lib. Near-Fine. $3.50.

Sandin, Joan. PIONEER BEAR, Based on a True Minnesota Story. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1995, 1997. Step Into Reading Grades 1-3. NOT ex-lib. 0590103113. Very Good. $2.50.

Selsam, Millicent. GREG’S MICROSCOPE. HarperCollins SOFTCOVER 1963, 1991. An I Can Read Book. Sonlight 1 & 2. 006444144x. Very Good. $2.50.

Selsam, Millicent E. TERRY AND THE CATERPILLARS. Harper & Row 1962. Hardcover. Science I Can Read Book. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $3.50.

Shea, George. AMAZING RESCUES. Random House SOFTCOVER 1992. Step Into Reading Grades 2-3. 0679811079. Very Good. $2.

Standiford, Natalie. THE TRUE STORY OF BALTO, THE BRAVEST DOG EVER. Random House SOFTCOVER 1989. Step Into Reading, Step 2. Sonlight 1. 0679878920. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine. $2.50.

Stevens, Bryna. DEBORAH SAMPSON GOES TO WAR. Carolrhoda Books. Hardcover with dust jacket. True story of the American Revolution. 0876142544. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 1-4. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good, previous owner’s bookplate. $4.

Walker, Sally M. 18 PENNY GOOSE. HarperTrophy SOFTCOVER 1998. Age of Revolution I, grades K-3. 0064442500. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine. $2.50.

Weinberger, Kimberly. LET’S READ ABOUT. . .CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. Scholastic First Biography SOFTCOVER 2001. 0439295467. Near-Fine. $2.50.

Weinberger, Kimberly. LET’S READ ABOUT. . .GEORGE WASHINGTON. Scholastic First Biography SOFTCOVER 2002. 0439281350. Fine. $2.

Welch, Catherine. CLOUDS OF TERROR. Carolrhoda Books 1994. Carolrhoda On My Own Books. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Laurie K. Johnson. In 1870’s when the grasshoppers destroyed farms in Minnesota and other Midwestern states, two Swedish immigrant children helped their parents save their home on the prairie. 0876147716. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.

Wetterer, Margaret K. KATE SHELLEY AND THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS. Carolrhoda Books 1990. On My Own Books. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill, Karen Ritz. In 1881 when a heavy storm destroyed the bridge over the Des Moines River, 15-year-old Kate rushed out into the storm, saving many lives. 0876144253. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.

Wood, Lily. VOLCANOES. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2001. Scholastic Science Readers, Level 2. 0439295858. Very Good. $2.

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