Dear America/My Name is America Book Series
Kids will experience firsthand what it was like to grow up in another time and place. The Dear America series and the My Name Is America series follow the adventures of boys and girls from America’s past. Each moving narrative is extensively researched and inspired by real letters and journals of the time. The stories are presented in journal format. Hardcover, 160+ pages, grades 4 and up.
"A wonderful asset to the classroom as well as to home libraries." – Children’s Book Review Service
"Engaging, accessible historical fiction." – School Library Journal
A Group Set has ten books. A Class set has thirty books.
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Colonial Period Set of all 3 books *** NO DATA FOR: 103001 ***
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A Journey to the New World
The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620
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The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce
A Pilgrim Boy, Plymouth, 1620
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Standing in the Light
The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763
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Revolutionary War Set of all 2 books *** NO DATA FOR: 103002 ***
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The Journal of William Thomas Emerson
A Revolutionary War Patriot, Boston, Massachusetts, 1774
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Love Thy Neighbor
The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson,
Green Marsh, Massachusetts, 1774
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Westward Expansion Set of all 12 books *** NO DATA FOR: 103003 ***
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The Journal of Augustus Pelletier
The Lewis & Clark Expedition, 1804
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A Line in the Sand
The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence,
Gonzales, Texas, 1835
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Journal of Jedediah Barstow
An Emigrant on the Oregon Trail, Overland 1845
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The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds
The Donner Party Expedition, 1846
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Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie
The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847
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All the Stars in the Sky
The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack Ryder
The Santa Fe Trail, 1848
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Seeds of Hope
The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory, 1849
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The Journal of Sean Sullivan
A Transcontinental Railroad Worker,
Nebraska and Points West, 1867
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The Great Railroad Race
The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory, 1868
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The Journal of Joshua Loper
A Black Cowboy, The Chisholm Trail, 1871
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My Face to the Wind
The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, A Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska, 1881
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West to a Land of Plenty
The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi,
New York to Idaho Territory, 1883
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Civil War Set of all 6 books *** NO DATA FOR: 103004 ***
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A Picture of Freedom
The Diary of Clotee, A Slave Girl,
Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859
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A Light in the Storm
The Diary of Amelia Martin,
Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861
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The Journal of Rufus Rowe
A Witness to the Battle of Fredricksburg
Bowling Green, Virginia, 1862
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The Journal of James Edmond Pease
A Civil War Union Soldier, Virginia, 1863
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When Will This Cruel War Be Over?
The Diary of Emma Simpson,
Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864
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I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly
Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff,
South Carolina, 1865
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Native American Experience Set of all 3 books *** NO DATA FOR: 103005 ***
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The Journal of Jesse Smoke
A Cherokee Boy on the Trail of Tears, 1838
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The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow
The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl,
New Mexico, 1863
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My Heart is on the Ground
The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847
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Immigration and Migration Set of all 8 books *** NO DATA FOR: 103006 ***
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So Far from Home
The Diary of Mary Driscoll, An Irish Mill Girl,
Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847
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The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung
A Chinese Miner, California, 1852
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A Coal Miners Bride
The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896
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Dreams in the Golden Country
The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, A Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903
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The Journal of Otto Peltonen
A Finnish Immigrant, Hibbing, Minnesota, 1905
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Voyage on the Great Titanic
The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady,
RMS Titanic, 1912
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Color Me Dark
The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, Chicago, Illinois, 1919
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The Journal of Biddy Owens
The Negro Leagues, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948
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World War I Set of both books *** NO DATA FOR: 103007 ***
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A Time for Courage
The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington D.C., 1917
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When Christmas Comes Again
The Diary of Simone Spencer,
New York City to the Western Front, 1917
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WB-439825 Group Set ... 104.00
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The Great Depression Set of all 3 books *** NO DATA FOR: 103008 ***
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Christmas After All
The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, IN, 1932
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
The Diary of Bess Brennan,
The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932
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Survival in the Storm
The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards,
Dalhart, Texas, 1935
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World War II Set of all 5 books *** NO DATA FOR: 103009 ***
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One Eye Laughing, The Other Weeping
The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna,
Austria to New York, 1938
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Early Sunday Morning
The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows,
Hawaii, 1941
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My Secret War
The Diary of Madeline Beck,
Long Island, New York, 1941
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The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins
A World War II Soldier, Normandy, France, 1944
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