My Favorite Children's Books

Heather Idoni's personal recommendations for the best children's books ever written.



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By Heather Idoni

Updated Saturday, March 28, 2009

 

  1. Great Days of Whaling by Henry Beetle Hough
  2. Gold in California by Paul I. Wellman
  3. Young Thomas Edison by Sterling North
  4. Sailing the Seven Seas by Mary Ellen Chase
  5. The Trail to Santa Fe by David Lavender
  6. Riders of the Pony Express by Ralph Moody
  7. Washington and the Revolution by Lynn Montross
  8. Thoreau of Walden Pond by Sterling North
  9. Around the World with Nellie Bly by Emily Hahn
  10. Indian Wars and Warriors East by Paul I. Wellman
  11. Indian Wars and Warriors West by Paul I. Wellman
  12. Donald McKay and the Clipper Ships by Mary Ellen Chase
  13. Ticonderoga, the Story of a Fort by Bruce Lancaster
  14. Jenny Lind Sang Here by Bernardine Kielty
  15. Lafayette in America by André Maurois
  16. The Birth of Texas by William Weber Johnson
  17. Down the Colorado with Major Powell by James Ramsey Ullman
  18. Captured by Mowhawks and Other Adventures of Radisson by Sterling North
  19. Washington Irving by Anya Seton
  20. The First Northwest Passage by Walter O' Meara
  21. Robert E. Lee by Jonathan Daniels
  22. Melville in the South Pacific by Henry Beetle Hough
  23. The Battle of Lake Erie by F. Van Wyck Mason
  24. Mark Twain and the River by Sterling North
  25. Muir of the Mountains by William O. Douglas
  26. Wells Fargo by Ralph Moody
  27. Race to the Golden Spike by Paul I. Wellman
  28. Fishing Fleets of New England by Mary Ellen Chase
  29. The Adventures of Lewis and Clark by John Bakeless
  30. The Battles for New Orleans by F. Van Wyck Mason
  31. The First Steamboat on the Mississippi by Sterling North
  32. Jessie Benton Fremont by Marguerite Higgins
  33. The Mayo Brothers by Helen Clapesattle
  34. United States Marines by Lynn Montross and William Marshall Miller
  35. American Horses by Ralph Moody
  36. Thomas Jefferson, the Making of a President by John Dos Passos
  37. The Greatest Cattle Drive by Paul I. Wellman
  38. The Battle for Quebec by F. Van Wyck Mason
  39. Louisa May Alcott by Helen Waite Papashvily
  40. Our National Heritage by Mario Pei

 




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