| Applegate, Katherine |
The Buffalo Storm |
J PB Applegate |
| When Hallie and her parents join a wagon train to Oregon and leave her grandmother behind, Hallie must learn to face the storms that frighten her so, as well as other, newer fears, with just her grandmother's quilt to comfort her. |
| Brenner, Barbara |
The Magic Box |
J FOUNTAS K Bank Street |
| A town cut off from modern civilization and technology is drastically changed by a magic box that shows pictures. |
| Brill, Marlene Tarq |
Bronco Charlie and the Pony Express |
J ER Brill |
| Relates how, in 1861, a boy named Charlie Miller became the youngest rider for the Pony Express, a mail service that linked the east and west coasts of the United States |
| Brown, Craig |
Barn Raising |
J PB Brown |
| An Amish community gathers to erect a barn in one day, and finishes in time for the owner's cows to be milked there that very evening. |
| Bulla, Clyde Robert |
Daniel’s duck |
J FOUNTAS K Bulla |
| A novice wood carver is momentarily defeated when people laugh at the result of a winter of work. |
| Coerr, Eleanor |
The Big Balloon Race |
J FOUNTAS K Coerr |
| Ariel almost causes her famous mother to lose a balloon race and then helps her to win it. |
| Figley, Marty Rhodes |
The Schoolchildren's Blizzard |
J ER Figley |
| In 1888, Sarah, her younger sister Annie, and their classmates survive a sudden Nebraska blizzard because of the actions of their schoolteacher. Based on the true story of schoolteacher Minnie Freeman |
| Hopkinson, Deborah |
Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek |
J PB Hopkinson |
| In Knob Creek, Kentucky, in 1816, seven-year-old Abe Lincoln falls into a creek and is rescued by his best friend, Austin Gollaher |
| Hurst, Carol Otis |
Terrible Storm |
J PB Hurst |
| A child's two grandfathers relate their boyhood experiences of the "terrible blizzard of 1888," during which each was stuck for three days doing what he disliked the most |
| Johnston, Tony |
The Quilt Story |
J PB Johnston |
| A pioneer mother lovingly stitches a beautiful quilt which warms and comforts her daughter Abigail; many years later another mother mends and patches it for her little girl |
| Monjo, F.N. |
The Drinking Gourd : a Story of the Underground Railroad |
J ER Monjo |
| Sent home alone for misbehaving in church, Tommy discovers that his house is a station on the underground railroad |
| Turner, Ann Warren |
Dust for Dinner |
J ER Turner |
| Jake narrates the story of his family's life in the Oklahoma dust bowl and the journey from their farm to California during the Great Depression |
| Woodson, Jacqueline |
Coming on Home Soon |
J PB Woodson |
| After Mama takes a job in Chicago during World War II, Ada Ruth stays with Grandma but misses her mother who loves her more than rain and snow. |