Marguerite de Angeli

Retells the events of a special Christmas for a poor family in New York City at the turn of the century.

Although he has his doubts when there are other things he'd rather do, eleven-year-old Dai finally decides the hours he has to spend practicing the violin are worth it.

In the Middle Ages a young boy crippled by the plague has an adventurous journey from London to the castle where he becomes a page. Directions for stage settings and a list of props are included. There are parts for eighteen men and eight women.

A Polish American family lives in a Pennsylvania mining town and keeps the ways of the old country.

About an African American girl during WWII period, and her struggles with being accepted into the local girl scout brownie group

Vikings & Scotland in the 10th century. "Now we shall go a-Viking," Harald Redbeard announced, and so it was that Kan and Brus, Harald's twin sons, found themselves on the dragon-prowed Raven of the Wind, its striped sails set for England. But storms, ancient enemies of the sea-faring Norsemen, swooped down, and in their wake left disaster. Their mother's ship was lost and the Raven was wrecked on the Isle of Skye, stronghold of the giant Scot, Began Mor. Then Jan and Brus met Gavin, the Black Fox of Lorne, and began the long journey that was to take them across half the wild land of Scotland, in search of their mother and their father's murderer. The story is like a panorama of 10th century Scotland. Loyal clansmen at war with marauding Picts and invading Englishmen; staunch crofters and kindly shepherds; arrogant, powerful lairds - and among them the young Norsemen, practicing the clever deception that saved their lives. For no one in this strange land knew that there were two boys, identical in appearance, and by the time the secret was revealed, it had served its purpose, and the long quest was ended.

Lydia tries hard to finish her hooked rug so she can take her first trip to the market with Pop, but so many other things divert her attention: a visit to the cider mill, a visit to a new baby, and a chase after a runaway pig.

In 1750 in Pennsylvania, mischievous young Eli, recently arrived with his Mennonite family from Germany, tries to adjust to his new life and especially to the teaching methods of his schoolteacher, Christopher Dock.

A young boy travels with his father, a railroad engineer, on the first train between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

Nine-year-old Hannah, a Quaker living in Philadelphia just before the Civil War, longs to have some fashionable dresses like other girls but comes to appreciate her heritage and its plain dressing when her family saves the life of a runaway slave.

A little French-Canadian girl who lives on the Gaspé coast meets a tourist lady who takes her to see the famous peninsula rocks, goes hunting for rabbits, and learns to weave in time for Christmas.

An illustrated collection of favorite Mother Goose rhymes and clapping games.

Three stories about a brother and sister, four and six years old: Ted and Nina Go to the Grocery Store, A Summer Day With Ted and Nina, and Ted and Nina Have a Happy Rainy Day.

A little Swedish girl adjusts to her new life in "the New World."

Relates the summer adventures of a young boy living in Michigan in the nineteenth century and how he came to acquire the two things he most wanted--a dog and a pair of copper-toed boots.

A curious Amish boy who lives on the family farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, shares a wonderful secret with his father.