• Boys' Toys of the Fifties and Sixties : Memorable Catalog Pages from the Legendary Sears Christmas Wishbooks 1950-1969 -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : If you were a boy growing up in the Fifties or Sixties, you'll surely remember these wonderful old Sears, Roebuck & Co. Christmas catalog pages from 1950-1969. Organized by year, these full-sized authorized page reprints are jammed with classic toys like G.I. Joe, Lionel trains, Marx playsets, 007 spy gadgetry, Erector sets, slot cars, Roy Rogers and Davy Crockett cowboy toys and more, with their original prices! Thousands of illustrations. This book may also be available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links to check for availability.

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• Climbing Your Family Tree: Online and Off-Line Genealogy for Kids - (Book - Buy.com) : Completely revised, updated, and filled with detailed guidance on utilizing the Internet, Climbing Your Family Tree -- still The Official Ellis Island Handbook -- is the comprehensive, kid-friendly genealogical primer for the 21 st century. It teaches kids to track down important family documents, including ships' manifests, naturalization papers, and birth, marriage, and death certificates; create oral histories; make scrapbooks of photos, sayings, and legends; and compile a family tree. -

• Dig Up Your Roots and Find Your Branches -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : Dig Up Your Roots and Find Your Branches is a fun guidebook for children hoping to uncover facts about their family history. Includes simple, yet thorough instructions, puzzles, charts, and ideas for Internet searches! Also available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada)

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• Early American Crafts and Occupations Coloring Book -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : Forty illustrations of textile dyers, herdsman, potter, furniture makers, cannon founders, ship carver, and more. Captions. This book is also available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links for details.

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• Early American Trades Coloring Book -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : Wigmakers, glassblowers, hatters, 19 other colonial craftsmen, with their tools and products on facing pages. 44 illustrations and 22 descriptive captions. This book is also available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links for details.

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• Everyday Dress of the American Colonial Period Coloring Book -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : Authentically detailed drawings depict typical figures from revolutionary war period — broom seller, farmer, wagoner, Indian chief, cooper, doctor, wigmaker, lady, gentleman, town watchman, and many more. Delightful sourcebook for learning social history. 46 lively drawings — 15 figures depicted in color on covers. This book is also available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links for details.

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• Exploration of North America Coloring Book -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : Exciting, detailed glimpses of key moments in western exploration, depicted in 39 meticulously researched, realistically rendered illustrations: Vikings in Vinland (ca. 1000 AD), Columbus' ship Nina (1492), Ponce de León in Florida (1513), Verrazano exploring middle Atlantic coast (1524), 35 others. Captions. This book is also available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links for details.

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• Famous African-American Women Coloring Book -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : The contributions of African-American women to education, civil rights, literature, the performing arts, athletics, and other areas are documented in this carefully rendered coloring book. Forty-five illustrations highlight achievements of such notable women as Coretta Scott King, Maya Angelou, Hattie McDaniel, Toni Morrison, Ella Fitzgerald, Leontyne Price, and Shirley Chisholm. Captions. This book is also available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links for details.

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• Famous American Women Coloring Book -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : Carefully researched coloring book spotlights the achievements of 45 prominent American women — from social reformer and suffragist leader Susan B. Anthony to Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Portraits of Harriet Tubman, Barbara Walters, Amelia Earhart, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Mead, and other noted figures are featured. Includes biographical captions. This book is also available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links for details.

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• Famous Women of the Civil War Coloring Book -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : Thirty carefully rendered illustrations depict women from the North and South in a variety of settings, with informative captions. Includes Belle Boyd, a Confederate spy; Dorothea Dix, Union Superintendent of Nurses; Harriet Tubman, African-American abolitionist; Varine Howell Davis, wife of the Confederate President; and Mary Walker, doctor and Union spy. This book is also available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links for details.

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• Girls' Toys of the Fifties and Sixties : Memorable Catalog Pages from the Legendary Sears Christmas Wishbooks 1950-1969 -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : Destined to bring back happy childhood memories. This exciting book includes authorized full-sized page reproductions of the best original catalog pages from the Sears Christmas "Wishbook" pages from 1950-1969. Organized by year, this fun book is packed with such classic toys as Barbie and Ken, the Easy Bake Oven, luxurious Marx dollhouses and kitchen sets, Twister, Mystery Date, Mouse Trap, Chatty Cathy and more, with the original prices too!

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• Irish Girl and Boy Paper Dolls -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : Charming collection takes paper doll enthusiasts back through centuries of Irish history with 2 engaging youngsters who model authentic attire worn by a Celtic princess and an Irish monk, a medieval entertainer, a professional soldier in Gaelic Ireland, a modern Aran Islander, and more. 32 costumes. This book is also available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links for details.

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• Italian Girl and Boy Paper Dolls -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : 2 dolls, 32 costumes from Calabria, Lombardy, Sardinia, Piedmont, Trentino-Alto Adige, Emilia-Romagna, Valle d'Aosta, more. Map. 8 plates. This book is also available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links for details.

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• Kings and Queens of England Coloring Book -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : More than 1,200 years of ruling British monarchs — from Alfred the Great (871-899), the noble promoter of English education; to Elizabeth II with her husband Prince Phillip, seen on the grounds of Windsor Castle. Background scenes in each illustration evoke highlights of the era. Identifying captions. 30 illustrations. This book is also available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links for details.

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• Lewis and Clark Expedition Coloring Book -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : Forty-five accurate, precisely rendered illustrations recapture highpoints of expedition. Captions identify action and provide background information. This book is also available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links for details.

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• Life in Colonial America Coloring Book -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : Forty-four detailed, ready-to-color illustrations depict the stirring drama of American life before the Revolution. Images include arrival from Europe, encounters with Native Americans, the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, the deck of a slave ship, a frontier fort, a colonial kitchen, and much more. This book is also available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links for details.

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• Lucy's Family Tree - (Book - Amazon.com) : When Lucy comes home from school with a family tree assignment, she asks her parents to write her a note to excuse her from the task. Lucy's adoption from Mexico makes her feel as though her family is too "different," but her parents gently and wisely challenge Lucy to think some more about it and to find three families that are the "same." Lucy wins her bet with her parents in a surprising way and ends up creating a family tree that celebrates both her past and present. This is a wonderful book for exploring family diversity and what constitutes a family.
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• Native American Masks Coloring Book -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : An authentic array of traditional Native American masks appear in this fun-filled coloring book. Well-researched and accurately rendered, they derive from ritual and recreational traditions of American Indians across the continent, from the eastern Iroquois to the western Hopi and the northwestern Kwakiutl and Tlingit. 30 full-page black-and-white illustrations. This book is also available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links for details.

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• Old-Time Children's Fashions Coloring Book -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : What did boys and girls wear 100 years ago? How about lacy party dresses for the young ladies and knee-high pants for the young men? Thirty pages of colorable illustrations — based on authentic merchandise in Sears catalogs from 1901 through 1921 — provide answers. This book is also available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links for details.

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• Roots for Kids : A Genealogy Guide for Young People - (Book - Genealogical.com) : Roots for Kids will teach youngsters how to create a simple family tree and give them both the tools and appetite to learn more about their roots and to uncover the stories and events that make them and their families unique. -

• Scandinavian Girl and Boy Paper Dolls -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : 2 dolls, 32 traditional, accurately detailed folk costumes. Full-color renderings of a Norwegian bridal ensemble, Finnish Lapp outfits with colorful "four winds" hats, Swedish Lapp summer garments, Danish bridal apparel with a floral crown, an Icelandic folk-dancing costume, and more. Includes map showing countries and regions represented. This book is also available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links for details.

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• State Birds and Flowers Coloring Book -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : Fifty-one accurately detailed, royalty-free renderings include national bird (eagle) and flower (rose) plus 50 state birds and flowers — among them the mockingbird and apple blossom (Arkansas), cardinal and goldenrod (Kentucky), California gull and sego lily (Utah), and 47 others. Identifying captions. This book is also available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links for details.

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• Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Coloring Book -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : Educational coloring book details Liberty's rich and stirring history; also immigration at Ellis Island. 45 illustrations. Captions. Introduction. This book is also available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links for details.

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• Story of the American Revolution Coloring Book -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : Excitement, drama of a fateful era captured in 40 finely drawn scenes: Boston Massacre, Paul Revere's ride, battle of Lexington, execution of Nathan Hale, George Washington at the Delaware, signing of the Treaty of Paris, more. Royalty-free illustrations, fact-filled introduction, captions. This book is also available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links for details.

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• Story of the Civil War Coloring Book -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : Forty ready-to-color illustrations dramatically and accurately depict historic moments, social issues and important figures in this epic conflict, including an 1860 slave auction, black leaders Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, the bombardment of Ft. Sumter, Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Lincoln's assassination and more. Descriptive captions. This book is also available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links for details.

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• Story of World War II Coloring Book -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : Graphic overview of historic conflict in 45 dramatic illustrations. Scenes from the battle of Britain, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, battle of Stalingrad, Allied invasion of France, dropping of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima, the battles of Iwo Jima and Nagasaki, the fall of Berlin, and more. Informative captions. This book is also available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links for details.

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• The Amistad Coloring Book -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : Features 28 meticulously rendered, ready-to-color illustrations, among them the capture of Africans in their homeland, their revolt aboard ship in Havana, imprisonment in a New Haven jail, and their successful defense before the Supreme Court by former U.S. President John Quincy Adams. Captions. This book is also available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links for details.

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• The Great Ancestor Hunt : The Fun of Finding Out Who You Are -

  Reading level: Ages 9-12. Includes details on how to create your own direct-ancestry chart. Also available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada)

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• The Story of the Pilgrims Coloring Book -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : Thirty easy-to-color pictures, with captions, show how the Pilgrims made their way to the New World in a small boat, landed on the rocky shores of New England, and established a settlement at Plymouth. Join them as they clear their fields, build homes, and celebrate their first year in Massachusetts. This book is also available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links for details.

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