Children's
Books
America's Prairies and Grasslands: Guide to Plants and Animals, by Marianne D. Wallace.
$16.95/$15.25 members (paper)
Learn about the prairie and grassland regions
and their habitats. (Ages 8-13)
Going North, by Janice N. Harrington,
pictures by Jerome Lagarrigue.
$16/$14.40 members (cloth)
Lyrical text and picture book of the story
of an African American family moving from Alabama to Nebraska
in the 1960s. (Ages 5-8)
Native American Doctor: The Story of Susan LaFlesche Picotte, by Jeri Ferris.
$8.95/$8.05 members (paper)
This book is a biography of Susan LaFlesche
Picotte. (Reading level: Grade 6)
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Historic
Communities Series (Ages 6-14)
$7.95 each/$7.15 members (paper)
Classroom Games, by Bobbie
Kalman & Heather Levigne.
Description of classroom games for different
subjects.
Games From Long Ago, by Bobbie Kalman.
Twelve old-time games, ranging from parlor
games to classroom games.
Old-Time Toys, by Bobbie Kalman & David Schimpky.
Good resource of early toys.
Pioneer Projects, by Bobbie Kalman.
Create your own crafts.
Schoolyard Games, by Bobbie Kalman & Heather Levigne.
Outdoor schoolyard games in early pioneer
days.
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Take-Along
Guides, which include activities.
(Ages 7-10)
$7.95 each/$7.15 members (paper)
Berries, Nuts and Seeds, by
Diane L. Burns
Rocks, Fossils and Arrowheads,
by Laura Evert
Trees, Leaves and Bark, by
Diane L. Burns
Wildflowers, Blooms and Blossoms,
by Diane L. Burns
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Black Frontiers: A History of African American Heroes in the
Old West, by Lillian Schlissel
$7.99/ $7.19 members (paper)
The lives and times of African American men and women settlers
from 1865 to the early 1900s. Ages 8-12.
C is for Cornhusker: A Nebraska Alphabet, by Rajean Luebs Shepherd, illustrated by Sandy
Appleoff.
$17.95/$16.15 members (cloth)
Traveling from A to Z, with short rhymes
and informative text, discover fascinating facts about Nebraska.
Husker Numbers: A Nebraska Number Book, by Rajean Luebs
Shepherd, illustrated by Sandy Appleoff.
$17.95/$16.15 members (cloth)
Discover more fascinating facts about Nebraska
as each number topic has a short rhyme and informative text.
If You Were a Pioneer on the Prairie,
by Anne Kamma.
$5.99/$5.39 members (paper)
In a question-and-answer format, the book
explains what it was like to be a pioneer on the prairie in the
late 1800s.
(Ages 7-10)
The Kewpie Primer, with illustrations
by Rose O'Neill, text and music by Elisabeth V. Quinn
$10/ $9 members (paper)
A book that teaches merriment, kindness,
and everything you wanted to know about a Kewpie.
Love Flute, by Paul Goble
$6.99/ $6.29 members (paper)
Winner of the Aesop Prize from the Children's Folklore Section,
American Folklore Society.
Mystic Horse, by Paul Goble
$16.99/ $15.29 members (cloth)
A children's book based on an old Pawnee story.
Pioneer Crafts, by Barbara
Greenwood
$6.95/ $6.26 members (paper)
Step-by-step instructions for making pioneer crafts.
Stories of Young Pioneers: In Their Own Words, by Violet T. Kimball
$14/ $12.60 members (paper)
The story of over-land emigration in the mid-nineteenth century,
drawn from accounts by young people who went west along the Oregon,
California, and Mormon trails.
Thunder on the Plains: The Story of the American Buffalo, by Ken Robbins.
$16.99/$15.29 members (cloth)
The history of buffalo/bison and their
relationship with Native Americans.
World War II for Kids: A History with 21 Activities, by Richard Panchyk
$14.95/ $13.45 members (paper)
Activities show children how it felt to live through this period
of history.
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Cobblestone -- the history magazine for young people
$5.95/ $5.35 members (paper)
"The Oregon
Trail"
"Willa Cather, 1873-1947: America's Novelist, Nebraska's
Pioneer"
"The Sioux"
"Buffalo Soldiers"
"The Pony Express, 1860-1861"
"Orphan Trains: Traveling West to a New Life"
Family
History
Climbing Your Family Tree: Online and Off-line Genealogy for
Kids, The Official Ellis Island Handbook, by Ira Wolfman
$13.95/ $12.55 members (paper)
A book to inspire young people to learn more about their family's
history.
The Family Tree Chart
(18 x 24), by Great Oak Products
$5.00/ $4.50 members
The Oral History Manual, by Barbara W. Sommer and Mary Kay Quinlan
$24.95/ $22.45 members (paper)
Step-by-step instructions and information
on how to conduct oral history research.
Through the Eyes of Your Ancestors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Uncovering
Your Family's History, by Maureen
Taylor
$8.95/ $8.05 members (paper)
A practical, illustrated guide to sources and techniques for
compiling a history of your family.
Your Story: A Guided Interview Through Your Personal and Family
History,
$18.95/ $17.05 members (paper)
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Native
Americans
Autobiography
of Red Cloud: War Leader of the Oglalas, edited by R. Eli Paul
$15.95/ $14.36 members (paper)
As Red Cloud told his story to a white
friend in the 1890s, this manuscript brings us closer than ever
before to understanding the life of the Lakota's greatest war
leader until the rise of Crazy Horse.
Black Elk Speaks, by John G.
Neihardt
$14.95/ $13.45 members (paper)
The story of Black Elk and his vision.
Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas, by Mari Sandoz
$15.95/ $14.35 members (paper)
Being both imaginative and factual, Sandoz
writes of Crazy Horse, his people, and his times.
The
Crazy Horse Surrender Ledger,
edited by Thomas R. Buecker and R. Eli Paul
$44.95/ $40.45 members (cloth)
Reproduction of a ledger containing an
1877 census of Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians at Red Cloud
Agency, including Crazy Horse's band.
The Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge, A Lakota Odyssey, by Joe Starita
$17.95/ $16.15 members (paper)
True story of the Dull Knife family.
From Fort Laramie to Wounded Knee: In the West That Was, by Charles W. Allen, edited by Richard E. Jensen
$22.00/ $19.80 members (paper)
The varied and colorful career of Charles Wesley Allen (1851-1942)
took him throughout the northern Plains during an exceptionally
turbulent era in its history.
Iron
Eye's Family: The Children of Joseph LaFlesche, by Norma
Kidd Green
$2.00/ $1.80 members (cloth)
The story of the famous offspring of an Omaha Indian chief, whose
children included Indian rights advocate Susette LaFlesche Tibbles,
physician Susan LaFlesche Picotte, and ethnologist Francis LaFlesche.
Mystic Horse, by Paul Goble
$16.99/ $15.29 members (cloth)
A children's book based on an old Pawnee story.
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