18 books like Skylark
Sarah, plain and tall
Sarah, Plain and Tall Saga
Shares: Stepmothers, Frontier and pioneer life, Children's fiction
Prairie school
It's the worst blizzard in fifty years! Delores is very ill, but there's no way to get through the snow. How long will she be stranded at school?
Out on the South Dakota prairie, the winters are fierce. This storm is the worst one yet: It's below freezing outside, and the winds are howling. All of the other kids have gone home, but Delores's family can't get to her, so she has to stay at the…
Shares: Prairies, Children's fiction
The Prairie
Deep in the heart of the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase, five hundred miles beyond the Mississippi River, a group of travelers in the year 1805 pushes yet farther westward over the prairie. Called "squatters" and equipped with covered wagons, livestock, farming implements, and household furnishings, they give every appearance of being ordinary settlers except for the fact they have bypassed…
Shares: Prairies, Frontier and pioneer life, Adventure, Children's fiction
The Long Winter
After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an Indian has predicted will be seven months of bad weather.
Shares: Frontier and pioneer life, Spanish language materials, Children's fiction
The little bookroom
Collects twenty-seven of Eleanor Farjeon's stories, which include kings, princesses, servants, a mysterious flower, orphans, enchanted woods, an organ-grinder, giants, a little dressmaker, fairies, and a kindly farmer.
Shares: Short Stories, Children's fiction
Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances
The reminiscences of a young girl growing up in early nineteenth-century England.
Shares: Short Stories, Children's fiction
Outcasts of Poker Flat
Upon waking from their overnight camp in the mountains, four exiles from Poker Flat and a young couple traveling to the town face a snowstorm with limited provisions.
Shares: Frontier and pioneer life, Short Stories, Children's fiction
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
A story-poem about the activities of such unusual animals as the Nook, Wump, Yink, Yop, Gack, and the Zeds.
Shares: Spanish language materials, Classics, Children's fiction
Kiowa Trail
Kate Lundy, owner of the Tumbling B, and Conn Dury, her foreman, told Tom the rules: men from the cattle drives are forbidden on the north side of town. People appreciated the money the cowboys spent but thought them too coarse to be near their homes. Enticed to come calling by Linda McDonald, daughter of one of the leading citizens, Tom Lundy broke the law and crossed the line. Later that night,…
Shares: Frontier and pioneer life, Children's fiction
Farmer Boy
The first in the 'Little House' books. Describes Almanzo Wilder as a child growing up on a farm in rural New York from the time he is around 8 years old. Introduces all of Almanzo's family - parents, brothers and sisters.
Shares: Frontier and pioneer life, Spanish language materials, Children's fiction
Call Me Frances Tucket
This is a first class [youth western fiction][1] with lots of adventure and great feats of survival. The book shows courage in the worst of times and teach valuable lessons that you can achieve anything you put your mind to! A fantastic book to read for boys and girls.
[1]: http://www.zachsbookclub.com/2013/07/call-me-francis-tucket/
Shares: Frontier and pioneer life, Adventure, Children's fiction
The Mystery of the Strange Messages
Mr. Goon, the policeman, can't understand it. Messages keep coming to him, popping up all over the place. But who is sending them? He thinks it is Fatty, playing tricks on him but this is the first the Five Find-Outers have heard about the messages. It all becomes a remarkable mystery, and one which the Five just have to solve.
Shares: Adventure, Children's fiction
Zia
A young Indian girl, Zia, caught between the traditional world of her mother and the present world of the Mission, is helped by her aunt Karana whose story was told in the Island of the Blue Dolphins.
Shares: Spanish language materials, Classics, Adventure, Children's fiction
How to train your dragon
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever lived. But it wasn't always like that.
In fact, in the beginning, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was the most put upon Viking you'd ever seen. Not loud enough to make himself heard at dinner with his father, Stoick the Vast; not hard enough to beat his chief rival, Snotlout, at…
Shares: Spanish language materials, Short Stories, Adventure, Children's fiction
The Golly Sisters Go West
May-May and Rose, the singing, dancing Golly sisters, travel west by covered wagon, entertaining people along the way.
Shares: Frontier and pioneer life, Children's fiction
The Story of Ferdinand
A gentle bull who likes to sit quietly and smell flowers is entered in a bullfight.
Shares: Spanish language materials, Classics, Children's fiction
9 From the Nine Worlds
Beloved characters from the Magnus Chase series star in these short stories, each set in a different one of the Nine Worlds from Norse mythology.
The Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard trilogy may have concluded, but we haven't heard the last of our favorite peeps from the Nine Worlds.
Join Hearthstone, Blitzen, Samirah, Alex, Jack, T.J., Mallory, Halfborn, and more on a hilarious and…
Shares: Short Stories, Children's fiction
Old Yeller
At first, Travis couldn't stand the sight of Old Yeller. The stray dog was ugly, and a thieving rascal, too. But he sure was clever, and a smart dog could be a big help on the wild Texas frontier, especially with Papa away on a long cattle drive up to Abilene.
Strong and courageous, Old Yeller proved that he could protect Travis's family from any sort of danger. But can Travis do the same for…
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