history

Surveys the history and technique of shoemaking in colonial America.

The second Christmas after their mother has died, Josefina and her three sisters find that participating in the traditions of Las Posadas helps keep memories of Mam? alive.

Draws upon photographs, illustrations, and other resources of the Library of Congress to present information on the battles, camp life, speeches, and heroic deeds of the Civil War.

Describes some of the foods prepared in the various areas of what would become the United States during the colonial period. Includes recipes.

Describes the kinds of foods commonly consumed by colonists, including soldiers, during the time of the American Revolutionary War. Includes recipes.

Josefina and her sisters distrust learning to read and write, as well as other changes their T?a Dolores is bringing to the household, because they fear they will lose their memories of their mother.

Presents the background to the contract signed by the Pilgrims, which guaranteed equal rights to citizens under a democratic form of government.

Laura and her family move to Minnesota where they live in a dugout until a new house is built and face misfortunes caused by flood, blizzard, and grasshoppers.

After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an Indian has predicted will be seven months of bad weather.

Addy and her mother forgo their Christmas plans to help the newly freed slaves arriving in Philadelphia during the Civil War.