Alice Dalgliesh
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Books
The Little Wooden Farmer
The riverboat captain helps the little wooden farmer and his wife fill their barnyard with animals.
Adam and the golden cock
When French troops under Rochambeau camp near a young boy's town in Connecticut, the boy makes the acquaintance of a young French soldier and is faced with a questionable relationship with a friend whose father is a Tory.
The Fourth of July story
Tells how the thirteen colonies united in the desire for independence, selected Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence and carried the news of independence across the colonial settlements.
The Columbus story
Events in the life of Columbus, the Admiral, including his efforts to obtain ships and money to sail to the West, his first voyage, and his discovery of the New World.
The courage of Sarah Noble
An eight-year-old girl finds courage to go alone with her father to build a new home in the Connecticut wilderness, and to stay with the Indians when her father goes back to bring the rest of the family.
The Thanksgiving story
A Pilgrim family's struggle to survive in their harsh new homeland culminates in a thanksgiving feast.
The Silver Pencil
From her girlhood in Trinidad, to school in England, to teacher training in New York, Janet cherishes the silver pencil her father gave her, and finally uses it to become a writer
America builds homes
A brief history of the sea exploration important to the discovery of America and her first settlements.
Christmas
Long live the king
Ten-year-old prince of a European monarchy derives fun from foreign intrigue and his cousin's love affair.
Wings around South America
Travel book first published in 1941. Illustrated with beautiful full page color illustrations plus black and whites. Alice Dalgliesh and Katherine Milhous flew from country to county in South America and describe first hand the people and cultures.