Dan Andreasen
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company
Pub. Date
1992-
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As her tenth birthday approaches, Felicity is excited by her grandfather's visit, but she is also concerned about the growing tensions between the colonists and the British governor in Williamsburg.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Otis plans a surprise party for his best friend, Sydney, and although he has put the wrong date on the invitations and no one else comes, the two still have a wonderful time together.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
c1986
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In 1904, nine-year-old Samantha, an orphan living with her wealthy grandmother, and her servant friend Nellie have a midnight adventure when they try to find out what has happened to the seamstress who suddenly left her job.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company
Pub. Date
1991-
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Shortly before the Revolutionary War, nine-year-old Felicity, who lives in Williamsburg, is torn between supporting the tariff-induced tea boycott and saving her friendship with Elizabeth, a young loyalist from England.
11) Tattered sails
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and simple rhyming text depict the journey of a family from London to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635.
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Finn O'Finnegan returns home after a year in Dublin and when he finds his village taken over by leprechauns, he must devise a way to get them to leave without making them angry.
13) Nellie's promise
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl/Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
14) Sailor boy jig
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A little sailor stomps and dances.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Publications
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In colonial Williamsburg, nine-year-old Felicity's dancing skills improve when she changes from wearing clumsy shoes to dainty slippers but ultimately she learns that "Gracefulness is in the foot, not the shoe." Includes information on the education of girls in colonial America, focusing on dance, and presents square dance instructions.
20) Pony express!
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the eighteen month history, officially beginning April 3, 1860, of the mail delivery between Saint Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California, known as the Pony Express.
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