Elementary Level Recommended Reading List:
The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 – by Kristiana Gregory (Interest Level: Grades 3-7, Reading Level Equivalent 2.8)
George Washington’s Teeth – by Deborah Chandra and Madeleine Comora (Interest Level: Grades K-2, Reading Level: Grade Level Equivalent 3.3)
Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin – by Gene Barretta (Interest Level: Grades 3-5, Grade Level Equivalent 4.2)
So You Want to Be President? – by Judith St. George, illustrated by David Small (Interest Level: Grades 3-5, Reading Level: Grade Level Equivalent: 4.2)
Can’t You Make Them Behave, King George? -by Jean Fritz, illustrated by Tomie dePaola (Interest Level: Grades 3-5, Reading Level: Grade Level Equivalent 4.6)
You Wouldn’t Want to Be an American Colonist!: A Settlement You’d Rather Not Start – by Jacqueline Morley, illustrated by David Antram (Interest Level: Grades 3-5, Reading Level: Grade Level Equivalent: 4.8)
The Lost Colony of Roanoke – by Jean Fritz and Thomas Preston, illustrated by Hudson Talbott (Interest Level: Grades 3-5, Reading Level: Grade Level Equivalent 5.2)
Why Not, Lafayette? – by Jean Fritz (Interest Level: Grades 3-5, Reading Level: Grade Level Equivalent 5.3)
You Wouldn’t Want to Be at the Boston Tea Party!: Wharf Water Tea You’d Rather Not Drink – by Peter Cook, illustrated by David Antram (Interest Level: Grades 3-5, Reading Level: Grade Level Equivalent: 6.8)
One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote, You Vote – by Bonnie Worth, illustrated by Aristides Ruiz and Joe Mathieu (Interest Level: Grades K-3, Age 5-8)
This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States – by Henrietta E. Marshall
The Prison-Ship Adventure of James Forten, Revolutionary War Captive (History’s Kid Heroes) : Grade Level 2-5
Answering the Cry for Freedom: Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution: Grade level 4-7
Black Heroes of the American Revolution (Odyssey Books): Grades 5-7
Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763 (Dear America Series): Grades 4-6
Crispus Attucks: Black Leader of Colonial Patriots (Childhood of Famous Americans) Grades: 4-6
