Our CC Cycle 3 Booklist

Here’s our compiled booklist for CC Cycle 3 (with an American History focus). This is a “book buffet,” a place to pick and choose books that you think will be best for your family. The links will take you to descriptions of each book on Amazon. (We use affiliate links to cover the rising costs associated with maintaining and improving this website. We receive a commission off of purchases made through these links, which also ensures the continuation of this website; for our disclosure, please click here. Thank you for your support!)

Because I consider picture books and books with pictures two separate categories (in that many books with pictures are usually reference guides intended for upper elementary students), these books are loosely sorted by age group. Please keep in mind that I have not reviewed all the books listed but have researched reviews on-line and in catalogs in helping with these selections.

For a list of our personal favorites, visit our Cycle 3 read alouds and favorite Cycle 3 picture books.

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Cycle 3 with Faith Focus

For a reading/curriculum plan that overlaps much of the memory work studied during Cycle 3 with an emphasis on America’s foundations of faith along with an integrated study of U.S. history, geography, and fine arts (along with science studies from a Christian worldview), check out our Mission: Lasting Liberty Curriculum Plan.

Note: Although Mission: Lasting Liberty is not directly correlated to the memory work, it includes a more complete study of anatomy, chemistry, and U.S. History. The books selected for this reading plan were chosen as long-term resources for students to use when they embark on research and world geography memorization in grades 7+. This study has been designed to be used independently of Classical Conversations®. For families who use Classical Conversations®, the readings assigned in the Mission: Lasting Liberty study overlap much of the memory work studied during Cycle 3 but are not correlated week by week. This provides an opportunity for ongoing review and integration of the memory work throughout the year.

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A formatted pdf of this booklist is available in our Cycle 3 Planning Resource Packet.

For a list of our favorite picture books for American History & Geography (CC Cycle 3) be sure to visit our updated Cycle 3 Picture Book List!

Cycle 3 Book List: Picture Books, Readers, and Read Alouds American History

Wk	History Topic	Picture Books & Readers (Grade K-3)	Longer Picture Books/Readers & Read Alouds (Grade 3 and Up)
all	America	Hand in Hand: An American History Through Poetry Everything You Need to Know about American History Homework Draw Write Now, Book 2: Christopher Columbus, Autumn Harvest, Weather (Draw-Write-Now) Draw Write Now, Book 3: Native Americans, North America, Pilgrims (Draw-Write-Now) Draw and Write Through History, Pilgrims, Pirates, and Patriots (A.D. 1492 – A.D. 1781) DVD: Liberty’s Kids – The Complete Series The President’s Stuck in the Bathtub: Poems About the Presidents Interactive 3-D Maps: American History: Easy-to-Assemble 3-D Maps Have Fun with the Presidents: Activities, Projects, and Fascinating Facts Wee Sing America Audio CD Yo Millard Fillmore!: (And all those other Presidents you don’t know) So You Want to Be President?	Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child, Volume 3: Early Modern Times The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child, Volume 4: The Modern Age: From Victoria’s Empire to the End of the USSR A Child’s History of the World This Country of Ours U.S. History Bites U.S. Presidential History Bites The Light and the Glory for Children : Discovering God’s Plan for America from Christopher Columbus to George Washington American History Drive Thru History The Children’s Book of America
1	Columbus	The Story of Christopher Columbus (DK Reader Level 2: Beginning to Read Alone) Explorers of North America (True Books: American History) You Wouldn’t Want to Sail With Christopher Columbus!: Uncharted Waters You’d Rather Not Cross Columbus by Demi Christopher Columbus (Step into Reading, Step 2, Grades 1-3) COLUMBUS (Dell Picture Yearling Special) by Ingri D’Aulaire Follow the Dream: The Story of Christopher Columbus My First Biography: Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus (Rookie Biographies) Christopher Columbus: Famous Explorer (Graphic Biographies) Christopher Columbus (Step into Reading)	First Voyage to America: From the Log of the “Santa Maria” Who Was Christopher Columbus? Pedro’s Journal Christopher Columbus: Adventurer of Faith and Courage (Sowers) Exploring the New World: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History) Meet Christopher Columbus (Landmark Books) Christopher Columbus and the Age of Exploration for Kids: With 21 Activities (For Kids series) History Pockets: Explorers of North America, Grades 4-6+ Exploration and Conquest: The Americas After Columbus: 1500-1620 (American Story) Explorers Who Got Lost
2	Pilgrims & Colonial Times	The New Americans: Colonial Times: 1620-1689 (The American Story) The Voyage of the Mayflower (Graphic History) Three Young Pilgrims N.C. Wyeth’s Pilgrims The Thanksgiving Story The Pilgrims and the First Thanksgiving (Graphic History) Pilgrims Of Plymouth The Pilgrims’ First Thanksgiving Samuel Eaton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy Sarah Morton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl Squanto’s Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving M Is For Mayflower: A Massachusetts Alphabet Across the Wide Dark Sea: The Mayflower Journey History Pockets: Life in Plymouth Colony, Grades 1-3 Colonial Kids: An Activity Guide to Life in the New World (Hands-On History)	Almost Home: A Story Based on the Life of the Mayflower’s Mary Chilton (Daughters of the Faith Series) Colonial Living by Tunis The Witch of Blackbird Pond Colonial America: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: Historical Eras) Squanto, Friend Of The Pilgrims The Mayflower and the Pilgrims’ New World Mayflower 1620: A New Look at a Pilgrim Voyage 1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving (I Am American) The Adventurous Life of Myles Standish and the Amazing-but-True Survival Story of Plymouth Colony The Pilgrims at Plymouth (Landmark Books) American Documents: The Mayflower Compact The Mayflower Compact (Documenting U.S. History) Dear America: A Journey to the New World The Mayflower Secret (Trailblazer Books) The Mighty Mastiff of the Mayflower Cut & Assemble the “Mayflower” Stories of the Pilgrims History Pockets: Colonial America, Grades 4-6+ Problems in Plymouth (AIO Imagination Station Books) You Wouldn’t Want to Sail on the Mayflower!: A Trip That Took Entirely Too Long If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #13: Pilgrims: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #27: Thanksgiving on Thursday (A Stepping Stone Book(TM)) Magic Tree House #27: Thanksgiving on Thursday
3	Boston Tea Party (and American Revolution)	Francis Marion and the Legend of the Swamp Fox Paul Revere’s Ride by Longfellow/Rand Can’t You Make Them Behave, King George? The Boston Tea Party (Graphic History) Paul Revere’s Ride (Graphic History) Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May? The Boston Tea Party by Russell Freedman Boston Tea Party by Pamela Edwards Sam the Minuteman (I Can Read Book 3) George the Drummer Boy (I Can Read Book 3) Magic Tree House #22: Revolutionary War on Wednesday American Revolution: A Nonfiction Companion to Revolutionary War on Wednesday John Adams Speaks for Freedom Paul Revere’s Ride (Step into Reading) Paul Revere and the Bell Ringers	America’s Paul Revere Arrow over the Door (Puffin Chapters) And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? (Paperstar) Boys and Girls of Colonial Days A History of US: From Colonies to Country: 1735-1791 A History of US Book Three Who Was Paul Revere? Mr. Revere and I Paul Revere: Boston Patriot (Childhood of Famous Americans) Johnny Tremain What Was the Boston Tea Party? We Were There at the Boston Tea Party Let It Begin Here!: Lexington & Concord: First Battles of the American Revolution History Pockets: The American Revolution Blackthorn Winter (Veritas Maritime) The Redcoats Are Coming! (AIO Imagination Station Books) You Wouldn’t Want to Be at the Boston Tea Party!: Wharf Water Tea You’d Rather Not Drink
4	Declaration of Independence	The Fourth of July Story by Dalgliesh The Declaration of Independence from A to Z The Journey of the One and Only Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence in Translation: What It Really Means (Kids’ Translations) The American Revolution for Kids: A History with 21 Activities (For Kids series) The Declaration Of Independence by Sam Fink The Declaration of Independence (True Books: American History) Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos Benjamin Franklin by D’aulaire Sam the Minuteman (I Can Read Book 3) Thomas Jefferson’s Feast (Step into Reading) (Step #4) Thomas Jefferson and the Ghostriders	Aaron and the Green Mountain Boys by Gauch The Minute Boys of Lexington The Minute Boys of Bunker Hill (w/glossary) Calico Bush The Declaration of Independence (We the People: Revolution and the New Nation) Liberty!: How the Revolutionary War Began (Landmark Books) American Documents: The Declaration of Independence DK Biography: Thomas Jefferson Who Was Thomas Jefferson? The Revolutionary War: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History) The Declaration Of Independence Thomas Jefferson: Third President of the United States (Childhood of Famous Americans) The Declaration of Independence (We the People: Revolution and the New Nation) Give Me Liberty: The Story of the Declaration of Independence Meet Thomas Jefferson (Landmark Books) Revolutionary War Days: Discover the Past with Exciting Projects, Games, Activities, and Recipes
5	George Washington	A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution George vs. George: The American Revolution As Seen from Both Sides George Washington and the General’s Dog (Step-Into-Reading, Step 3) George Washington — Soldier, Hero, President (DK Readers, Level 3) National Geographic Readers: George Washington (Readers Bios) George Washington by Ingri D’Aulaire A Picture Book of George Washington (Picture Book Biography) Meet George Washington (Landmark Books) So You Want to Be President? George Washington’s Teeth George, Thomas, and Abe!: The Step into Reading Presidents Story Collection George Washington And The General’s Dog George Washington’s First Victory	Who Was George Washington? George Washington’s Socks (Time Travel Adventures) George Washington’s Spy (Time Travel Adventure) George Washington: Young Leader (Childhood of Famous Americans) George Washington: Man of Prayer and Courage (The Sowers) George Washington’s World A History of US: The New Nation: 1789-1850 A History of US Book Four Phoebe the Spy The Cabin Faced West Guns for General Washington: A Story of the American Revolution A New Nation: The United States: 1783-1815 (American Story)
6	Lousiana Purchase	Seaman’s Journal: On the Trail With Lewis and Clark The Lewis and Clark Expedition (True Books: Westward Expansion) You Wouldn’t Want to Explore With Lewis and Clark!: An Epic Journey You’d Rather Not Make The Lewis and Clark Expedition (Graphic History) Explorers of North America (True Books: American History) Louisiana Purchase (Ready-for-Chapters) A Picture Book of Davy Crockett David Crockett Creating a Legend Davy Crockett: A Life on the Frontier (Ready-to-read SOFA) Lewis and Clark: A Prairie Dog for the President (Step into Reading, Step 3) The Louisiana Purchase: Would You Close the Deal? (What Would You Do? (Enslow))	Lewis and Clark: The Story of Our Nation from Coast to Coast, from 1801 to 1850 Of Courage Undaunted Who Was Sacagawea? Who Was Davy Crockett? What Was the Lewis and Clark Expedition? The Captain’s Dog: My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe Seaman: The Dog Who Explored the West With Lewis and Clark How We Crossed The West: The Adventures Of Lewis And Clark Lewis and Clark for Kids: Their Journey of Discovery with 21 Activities (For Kids series) Sacagawea: American Pathfinder (Childhood Of Famous Americans) Meriwether Lewis: Boy Explorer (Childhood of Famous Americans) Davy Crockett: Young Rifleman (Childhood of Famous Americans) Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West Diary of an Early American Boy: Noah Blake 1805 (Dover Books on Americana) The Louisiana Purchase (Expansion of America II) The Lewis & Clark Expedition: Join the Corps of Discovery to Explore Uncharted Territory     The Louisiana Purchase (We the People)
7	War of 1812	Francis Scott Key’s Star-Spangled Banner (Step into Reading) By the Dawn’s Early Light: The Story of the Star-spangled Banner The Star-Spangled Banner by Peter Spier The Star Spangled Banner in Translation: What It Really Means (Kids’ Translations) The Story of “the Star-Spangled Banner” The Town that Fooled the British: A War of 1812 Story (Tales of Young Americans) Francis Scott Key and “The Star Spangled Banner”	Francis Scott Key (Sower Series) Battles of the War of 1812 (Americans at War) Famous People of the War of 1812 (Documenting the War of 1812) What Caused the War of 1812? (Documenting the War of 1812) The Story of the Star-Spangled Banner (Graphic History) The War of 1812: Expanding & Preserving the Union Once on This Island
8	Missouri Compromise	**SEE WEEK 9	Henry Clay: The Great Compromiser (Our People) The Missouri Compromise (We the People) What Was the Missouri Compromise?: And Other Questions About the Struggle over Slavery (Six Questions of American History) A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-32 **SEE WEEK 9
9	Compromise of 1850	Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (Caldecott Honor Book) Freedom Song: The Story of Henry “Box” Brown Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride Escape North! The Story of Harriet Tubman (Step-Into-Reading, Step 3) The Drinking Gourd: A Story of the Underground Railroad (I Can Read Book 3) Follow the Drinking Gourd (Dragonfly Books) Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #28: Heroes for All Times: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #51: High Time for Heroes (A Stepping Stone Book(TM)) Magic Tree House #51: High Time for Heroes Harriet Tubman and the Freedom Train	Who Was Harriet Tubman? What Was the Underground Railroad? Amos Fortune, Free Man (Newbery Library, Puffin) Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Young Folks’ Edition Up from Slavery Dred and Harriett Scott: A Family’s Struggle For Freedom If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad
10	President Polk	The Mexican-American War (Living Through. . .) DK Readers: Journey of a Pioneer Daily Life in a Covered Wagon Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (and Children) Across the Plains Westward Ho!: An Activity Guide to the Wild West (Hands-On History) If You Traveled West In A Covered Wagon Wagon Wheels (I Can Read Book) Prairie School (I Can Read Book 4) I Have Heard of a Land (Trophy Picture Books) Wagon Train (Penguin Young Readers, L3) Voices from the Oregon Trail A Little Prairie House (Little House)	California Ranchos (We the People: Expansion and Reform) Bound for Oregon Tucket’s Travels: Francis Tucket’s Adventures in the West, 1847-1849 (Books 1-5) The Oregon Trail: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History) The California Gold Rush: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History) Westward Expansion: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History) Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail Which Way to the Wild West?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn’t Tell You About Westward Expansion History Pockets: Moving West, Grades 4-6+ Westward Expansion (True Books) GREAT PIONEER PROJECTS: YOU CAN BUILD YOURSELF (Build It Yourself) Rachel’s Journal: The Story of a Pioneer Girl The Mormon Trail The Oregon Trail A Pioneer Sampler: The Daily Life of a Pioneer Family in 1840 Little House Nine-Book Box Set My Little House Crafts Book: 18 Projects from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House Stories Life on the Oregon Trail (Picture the Past) What Was the Gold Rush?
11	Civil War	I am Abraham Lincoln (Ordinary People Change World) National Geographic Readers: Abraham Lincoln (Readers Bios) Abe Lincoln’s Hat (Step into Reading) Looking at Lincoln DK Readers: Abraham Lincoln: Lawyer, Leader, Legend The Battle of Gettysburg (Graphic History) Abraham Lincoln by Ingri D’Aulaire Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale The Last Brother: A Civil War Tale (Tales of Young Americans) B is for Battle Cry: A Civil War Alphabet The Civil War for Kids: A History with 21 Activities (For Kids series) Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln (Penguin Young Readers, L4) Time For Kids: Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield (Time for Kids Biographies) Civil War Days: Discover the Past with Exciting Projects, Games, Activities, and Recipes	Abraham Lincoln: The Story of Our Nation from Coast to Coast, from 1815 to 1869 Who Was Abraham Lincoln? What Was the Battle of Gettysburg? The War Wages On by Cecelia Schmidt The War Within by Cecelia Schmidt Abe’s Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln The Civil War: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History) Abraham Lincoln: The Great Emancipator (Childhood of Famous Americans) Abraham Lincoln -God’s Leader for a Nation (The Sowers Series) Across Five Aprils Divided in Two: The Road to Civil War, 1861 (Civil War) Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship History Pockets: The American Civil War Great Civil War Projects: You Can Build Yourself Fields of Fury: The American Civil War Civil War On Sunday (Magic Tree House #21) With Lee in Virginia A Story of the American Civil War Nurse, Soldier, Spy: The Story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War Hero Letters for Freedom: The Civil War I Survived #7: I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 Sarah Emma Edmonds Was a Great Pretender: The True Story of a Civil War Spy (Carolrhoda Picture Books) Silent Thunder: A Civil War Story Two Miserable Presidents: The Amazing, Terrible, and Totally True Story of the Civil War Behind the Blue and Gray: The Soldier’s Life in the Civil War (Young Reader’s Hist- Civil War) Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule Abraham Lincoln’s World, Expanded Edition
11	Civil War (ct’d)	Magic Tree House Fact Tracker: Abraham Lincoln: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #47: Abe Lincoln at Last! Magic Tree House #47: Abe Lincoln at Last! Civil War On Sunday Robert Henry Hendershot: True Stories from America’s Past Abe Lincoln and the Muddy Pig Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation From Slave to Soldier: Based on a True Civil War Story (Ready-to-Reads)
12	General Robert E. Lee	A Picture Book of Robert E. Lee (Picture Book Biographies) The Story of Ulysses S. Grant	Robert E. Lee: Young Confederate (Childhood of Famous Americans) Who Was Ulysses S. Grant? Who Was Robert E. Lee? Robert E Lee -Gallant Christian Soldier (Sowers) Gray Fox: Robert E. Lee and the Civil War Audio CD Grant vs. Lee: The Graphic History of the Civil War’s Greatest Rivals During the Last Year of the War (Zenith Graphic Histories) Eyewitness Civil War (DK Eyewitness Books)
13	14th Amendment	I Have a Dream (Book & CD) My First Biography: Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Geographic Readers: Martin Luther King, Jr. (Readers Bios) A Lesson for Martin Luther King Jr. **SEE WEEK 20	Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? Who Was Rosa Parks? DK Biography: Martin Luther King, Jr. The Civil Rights Movement: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History) **SEE WEEK 20
14	Tycoons		A History of US: An Age of Extremes: 1880-1917 A History of US Book Eight Andrew Carnegie: Builder of Libraries (Community Builders) All About America: The Industrial Revolution Smokestacks and Spinning Jennys: Industrial Revolution (American History Through Primary Sources) The Industrial Revolution (Cornerstones of Freedom) The Early American Industrial Revolution, 1793-1850 (Let Freedom Ring) Spotlight on America: Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution (Cornerstones of Freedom) Cornelius Vanderbilt and the Railroad Industry (American Tycoons) The Industrial Revolution for Kids: The People and Technology That Changed the World, with 21 Activities (For Kids series) The Early American Industrial Revolution, 1793-1850 (Let Freedom Ring)
15	Theodore Roosevelt	To Dare Mighty Things: The Life of Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt (Rookie Biographies) The Camping Trip that Changed America The Legend of the Teddy Bear (Myths, Legends, Fairy and Folktales) Teedie: The Story of Young Teddy Roosevelt Teddy Roosevelt: The People’s President	Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt! Who Was Theodore Roosevelt? Theodore Roosevelt for Kids: His Life and Times, 21 Activities (For Kids series) The Great Adventure: Theodore Roosevelt and the Rise of Modern America Roosevelt’s Rough Riders (We the People: Industrial America) Young Teddy Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt: An American Original (Heroes of History) You’re On Your Way, Teddy Roosevelt (Turning Point Books) Time For Kids: Theodore Roosevelt: The Adventurous President (Time for Kids Biographies)
16	Immigrants	When Jessie Came Across the Sea The Memory Coat The Long Way to a New Land (I Can Read Book 3) The Matchbox Diary Coming to America: The Story of Immigration The Arrival Dreaming Of America: An Ellis Island Story Landed by Milly Lee At Home in a New Land (I Can Read Book 3) The Gift by Marcia Freeman	What Was Ellis Island? Ellis Island: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History) The Orphan Of Ellis Island (Time Travel Adventures) Hannah’s Journal: The Story of an Immigrant Girl If Your Name Was Changed At Ellis Island Ellis Island (Cornerstones of Freedom) Ellis Island: Coming to the Land of Liberty At Ellis Island: A History in Many Voices Forgotten Ellis Island: The Extraordinary Story of America’s Immigrant Hospital
17	President Wilson	Christmas in the Trenches DK Readers: D-Day Landings: The Story of the Allied Invasion DK Readers: Disasters at Sea (Level 3: Reading Alone) War Game: Village Green to No-Man’s-Land	The Sinking of the Lusitania: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History) Where Poppies Grow: A World War I Companion
18	Pearl Harbor	The Attack on Pearl Harbor: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History) Pearl Harbor National Geographic [Collector’s Edition] Pearl Harbor : Ready To Read Level 3 Pigeon Hero! (Ready-to-Reads)	Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The Story of Our Nation from Coast to Coast, from 1929 to 1948 Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Freedman Jacob DeShazer: Forgive Your Enemies (Christian Heroes : Then & Now) 26 Fairmount Avenue (Newbery Honor Book, 2000) The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey Going Solo (Age 12 and up)
19	NATO (Soviet Communism)	The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain (Caldecott Honor Book) Spying and the Cold War (On the Front Line) The Cold War (20th Century Perspectives)	The Collapse of Communism (Witness to History)
20	Brown v Board of Education	Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story (Scholastic Reader, Level 2) Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins Freedom Summer Remember: The Journey to School Integration **SEE WEEK 13	A Dream Of Freedom (Booklist Editor’s Choice. Books for Youth (Awards)) Cracking the Wall: The Struggles of the Little Rock Nine (On My Own History) Martin Luther King Jr.: The Story of Our Nation from Coast to Coast, from 1948 to 1976 The Civil Rights Movement for Kids: A History with 21 Activities (For Kids series) Linda Brown, You Are Not Alone: The Brown V. Board of Education Decision The Story Of Ruby Bridges: Special Anniversary Edition Through My Eyes Little Rock Girl 1957: How a Photograph Changed the Fight for Integration (Captured History) Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? What’s the Supreme Court? **SEE WEEK 13
21	U.S. Astronauts	DK Readers: Spacebusters: The Race to the Moon The First Moon Landing (Graphic History) Neil Armstrong (Rookie Biographies) Look to the Stars by Edwin Aldrin One Giant Leap Space Heroes: Amazing Astronauts (DK Readers)	Who Was Neil Armstrong? The Race to the Moon: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History) Neil Armstrong: Young Flyer (Childhood of Famous Americans) Reaching for the Moon Moonwalk: The First Trip to the Moon (Step-Into-Reading, Step 5) Mission Control, This is Apollo: The Story of the First Voyages to the Moon
22	September 11, 2001	The Little Chapel that Stood	America Is Under Attack: September 11, 2001: The Day the Towers Fell (Actual Times) September 11, 2001: Then and Now (True Books) I Survived the Attacks of September 11th, 2001 September 11 (We the People: Modern America) September 11, 2001 (Cornerstones of Freedom: Second)
23	Preamble	The Creation of the U.S. Constitution (Graphic History) If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution We the People: The Story of Our Constitution	American Documents: The Constitution Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution Our Living Constitution, Grades 5 – 8: Then and Now (American History)
24	Bill of Rights		American Documents: The Bill of Rights
	Other	Ox-Cart Man Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express (I Can Read Book 3) Johnny Appleseed The Trail Of Tears (Step Into Reading, Step 5)	Sign of the Beaver The Matchlock Gun The Courage of Sarah Noble Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers The Witch of Blackbird Pond My Side of the Mountain (Puffin Modern Classics) Calico Bush Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Surviving Jamestown: The Adventures of Young Sam Collier A Lion to Guard Us Alone Yet Not Alone: Their faith became their freedom The Story of Jamestown (Graphic History) Johnny Appleseed: God’s Faithful Planter, John Chapman (The Sowers) The Great Depression (We the People: Modern America) The Great Depression: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: Historical Eras) The Railway Children What’s the Supreme Court? Sitting Bull: The Story of Our Nation from Coast to Coast, from 1840 to 1890 Little Women Robert Fulton Boy Craftsman Caddie Woodlawn

Cycle 3 Reading List:  Picture Books, Readers, and Read Alouds
U.S. Geography, Anatomy, Chemistry (Elements), Fine Arts