This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Eclectic Elementary Geography by American Book Company (1883), an elementary geography textbook including maps, information about areas and people of the United...

This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Beasts and Birds of Africa by American Tract Society (1884), an illustrated, nonfiction book about the birds and animals in Africa.

This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book The Sports and Pastimes of American Boys by Henry Chadwick (1884), a book of rules of play for games and exercises.

A scanned copy of the 1897 publication The American Indestructible Primer, an alphabet book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of American Historical Tales for Youth by Francis Lister Hawks, a nonfiction for children.

A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Young Americans Abroad by John Overton Choules, a fiction book for children.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Little Ones' Welcome by Favorite American Authors (1886), featuring illustrated stories and poem.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Sunnyside Homes by American Tract Society (1892). This is an illustrated children's novel.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's Second Book of 100 Pictures by American Sunday-School Union (1886) collection of illustrated short passages.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Book of One Hundred Pictures by The American Sunday-School Union (c1884), features 100 pictures with a passage explaining each.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Young Americans in Tokio by Edward Greey (1892). This is an illustrated novel from the Roundabout Books series about the adventures of the Jewett family in Toyko.

This page from Carol Hurst's Children's Literature offers book reviews and planning help for an upper elementary unit on the Civil War. Includes information on books for teachers, books for students, easy-purchase links, and links to...

A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of Four-footed Americans and Their Kin by Mabel Osgood Wright, a fiction book for children.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book American Boy's Book of Sports and Games: A Repository of In-and-Out-Door Amusements for Boys and Youth by White (1864), an illustrated collection of indoor and...

This site features a guide to Jean Craighead George's book "Julie and the Wolves." This project is designed specifically for advanced English Language learners to learn about the Eskimos and Native American population.

A Native American Tewa legend about a little rabbit tricking a big bear. With links to other Native American legends, artwork, photographs, articles, and more.

American National Biography offers a biography of John Steinbeck including links to more information about Steinbeck.

This site provides eleven short stories based on different Native American stories. Stories from different tribes such as Navajo and Lakota.

Although he was not, strictly speaking, a combatant in the American Revolution, Philip Freneau (1752-1832 CE) nevertheless spent time on a prison ship in New York Harbor. Some of the poems in this volume speak to that experience.

This unit delves into American modernist literature which introduced itself between World War I and World War II, including authors Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Explore the site for a video on demand,...

This lesson focuses on the use of technology to assist students with historical background to a piece of literature; it can help to understand the literature and how people felt about the historical event. It features links to the short...

This scholarly essay looks at the underlying notions of unity and perfection in the universe as common characteristics of Romantic literature in America.

This lesson focuses on Native American myths including the creation myth "The Earth on Turtle's Back." It includes links to the above myth, a self-assessment quiz, and an assignment for a mini-report over a Native American tribe.

This international journal covers film, literature, and visual art. Click on current issue to see what's available. Back issues are not hyperlinked to text. The journal is indexed in the American Humanities Index, Literary Criticism...