Reading Lists

The Good Old Days: Books about the 1800s

• The Story of the Pony Express by Conrad Stein- A history of the pony express. (J383.143Ste)
• Gold Rush of 1849 by Arthur Blake and Pamela Daily- Spot light on American history. (J979.404 Blake)
• The Bootmaker and the Elves by Susan Lowell- A retelling set in the old west. (J398.2 Lowell)
• The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken- The adventures of two cousins who were left in the care of a wicked governess. (Juv. Fic. Aik)
• West to the Land of Plenty by Jim Murphy- Dear America series. The diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi. (Juv. Fic. Murphy)
• The Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder: Pioneer Girl by Megan Stine (Juv. Bio. Wilder)
• Bad Guys by Andrew Glass- Outlaws in frontier America. (J920 Glass)
• Home Crafts by Bobbie Kalmar- Handcrafts of frontier and pioneer life. (J745.5 Kal)
• Daily Life in a Covered Wagon by Paul Erickson- Frontier and pioneer life. (J917.804 Eri)
• Wild West Days by David King- Discover the past with fun projects, games, activities, and recipes. (Juv 978 King)
• Meet Josefina: An American Girl by Valerie Tripp- American Girls collection (Juv Fic Tripp)
• If you Traveled West in a Covered Wagon by Ellen Levine- Overland journeys to the Pacific. (J978 Lev)
• West by Covered Wagon: Retracing the Pioneer Trails by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent- History 1848-1860. (J978 Pat)
• Gold Rush Adventures by Edith McCall- California Gold Rush for grades 4-6 (J979.4 McC)
• They're off: The Story of the Pony Express by Cheryl Harness (J383.143 Harness)

Books for Young Whipper Snappers

• Wagon Train by Sydelle Kramer- Follows a wagon trail to California in 1848. (JE Read Kramer)
• My Little House A.B.C. by Laura Ingalls- An alphabet book illustrating various aspects of pioneer life. (JE Wilder)
• Christmas in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder- My First Little House books. (JE Wilder)
• My Little House 1,2,3 by Laura Ingalls Wilder- A counting book. (JE Read Wilder)
• Nine for California by Sonia Levitin- Amanda travels by stagecoach with four siblings and her mother from Missouri to California. (JE Levitin)

Videos

• Grandpa Worked on the Railroad by Pete Shoemaker (625.1 Grandpa)
• Little House on the Prairie (Juv. Little)
• Johnny Appleseed (J634.11 Johnny)