Children's books of the year

  1. William Henry Harrison: Young Tippecanoe
    William Henry Harrison: Young Tippecanoe Howard Peckham
  2. Events That Changed the Course of History: The Story of the Attack on Pearl Harbor 75 Years Later
    Events That Changed the Course of History: The Story of the Attack on Pearl Harbor 75 Years Later Kimberly Sarmiento
  3. People That Changed the Course of History: The Story of John F. Kennedy 100 Years After His Birth
    People That Changed the Course of History: The Story of John F. Kennedy 100 Years After His Birth Kimberly Sarmiento
  4. People that Changed the Course of History: The Story of Frank Lloyd Wright 150 Years After His Birth
    People that Changed the Course of History: The Story of Frank Lloyd Wright 150 Years After His Birth Hannah Sandoval
    4
  5. Miles to Go for Freedom: Segregation and Civil Rights in the Jim Crow Years
    Miles to Go for Freedom: Segregation and Civil Rights in the Jim Crow Years Linda Barrett Osborne
  6. Ten Girls from History: Exploring the Lives of Inspiring Women Throughout History
    Ten Girls from History: Exploring the Lives of Inspiring Women Throughout History Kate Dickinson Sweetser
    4
  7. Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille
    Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille Russell Freedman
    4
  8. China’s Long March: 6,000 Miles of Danger
    China’s Long March: 6,000 Miles of Danger Jean Fritz
    4.1
  9. Uncover Exciting History: Revealing America’s Christian Heritage in Short, Easy Nuggets
    Uncover Exciting History: Revealing America’s Christian Heritage in Short, Easy Nuggets Amy Puetz
    4.5
  10. Votes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot
    Votes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot Winifred Conkling
    4.3
  11. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance
    Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance Jennifer Armstrong
    5
  12. Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio
    Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio Peg Kehret
  13. Richard of Jamestown: A Story of the Virginia Colony
    Richard of Jamestown: A Story of the Virginia Colony James Otis
    4
  14. Ten Great Adventurers: Biographies of Ten Amazing Explorers
    Ten Great Adventurers: Biographies of Ten Amazing Explorers Kate Dickinson Sweetser
  15. Lew Wallace: Boy Writer
    Lew Wallace: Boy Writer Martha E. Schaaf
  16. American History Stories: 200 Elementary Stories of American History
    American History Stories: 200 Elementary Stories of American History Mara L. Pratt
    4
  17. Votes of Confidence: A Young Person's Guide to American Elections
    Votes of Confidence: A Young Person's Guide to American Elections Jeff Fleischer
  18. An Eye for an Eye: A Story of the Revolutionary War
    An Eye for an Eye: A Story of the Revolutionary War Peter Roop
  19. Enemy Child: The Story of Norman Mineta, a Boy Imprisoned in a Japanese American Internment Camp During World War II
    Enemy Child: The Story of Norman Mineta, a Boy Imprisoned in a Japanese American Internment Camp During World War II Andrea Warren
    2
  20. Major Battles in U.S. History: All About the Battle of Gettysburg, Little Bighorn, Normandy and more
    Major Battles in U.S. History: All About the Battle of Gettysburg, Little Bighorn, Normandy and more Various
    1
  21. Victoria: Portrait of a Queen
    Victoria: Portrait of a Queen Catherine Reef
    4.2
  22. Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man
    Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man Tonya Bolden
    5
  23. The Emancipation Proclamation
    The Emancipation Proclamation Abraham Lincoln
    4.6
  24. The Declaration of Independence
    The Declaration of Independence Peter Roop
  25. Susan B. Anthony
    Susan B. Anthony Teri Kanefield
    4.3
  26. Ten Days in a Mad-House
    Ten Days in a Mad-House Nellie Bly
    4.1
  27. O Captain, My Captain: Walt Whitman, Abraham Lincoln, and the Civil War
    O Captain, My Captain: Walt Whitman, Abraham Lincoln, and the Civil War Robert Burleigh
  28. I, Columbus: My Journal 1492-1493
    I, Columbus: My Journal 1492-1493 Peter Roop
    3.3
  29. Terrible Typhoid Mary
    Terrible Typhoid Mary Susan Campbell Bartoletti
    4.4
  30. Four Great Americans: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Webster, and Abraham Lincoln
    Four Great Americans: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Webster, and Abraham Lincoln James Baldwin
    3
  31. The Action Bible: God's Redemptive Story
    The Action Bible: God's Redemptive Story
    3
  32. American Gothic
    American Gothic Susan Wood
  33. Red Cloud: A Lakota Story of War and Surrender
    Red Cloud: A Lakota Story of War and Surrender S. D. Nelson
    5
  34. Words That Built a Nation
    Words That Built a Nation Marilyn Miller
  35. Ten Boys from History
    Ten Boys from History Kate Dickinson Sweetser
  36. Castles / Castillos
    Castles / Castillos Xist Publishing
    5
  37. Raid of No Return (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #7): A World War II Tale of the Doolittle Raid
    Raid of No Return (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #7): A World War II Tale of the Doolittle Raid Nathan Hale
    5
  38. The Story of Michael Collins for Children
    The Story of Michael Collins for Children Iosold Dheirg
  39. Alexander Hamilton
    Alexander Hamilton Teri Kanefield
    3
  40. Michael Collins
    Michael Collins Vincent McDonnell
  41. A Century of Immigration: 1820-1924: 1820–1924
    A Century of Immigration: 1820-1924: 1820–1924 James Lincoln Collier
    4
  42. Orphan Train Rider: One Boy’s True Story
    Orphan Train Rider: One Boy’s True Story Andrea Warren
    4.1
  43. Clash of Cultures: Prehistory–1638
    Clash of Cultures: Prehistory–1638 James Lincoln Collier
    3.7
  44. Creating the Constitution: 1787
    Creating the Constitution: 1787 James Lincoln Collier
    4.3
  45. The United States in World War II: 1941–1945
    The United States in World War II: 1941–1945 James Lincoln Collier
    3.5
  46. The American Revolution: 1763–1783
    The American Revolution: 1763–1783 James Lincoln Collier
    3.8
  47. The French and Indian War: 1660–1763
    The French and Indian War: 1660–1763 James Lincoln Collier
    3.9
  48. The Changing Face of American Society: 1945–2000
    The Changing Face of American Society: 1945–2000 James Lincoln Collier
    4.4
  49. The Middle Road: American Politics, 1945–2000
    The Middle Road: American Politics, 1945–2000 James Lincoln Collier
    3.8
  50. The United States Enters the World Stage: From the Alaska Purchase through World War I, 1867–1919
    The United States Enters the World Stage: From the Alaska Purchase through World War I, 1867–1919 James Lincoln Collier
    3.6