Folks didn't believe that a canal connecting the Hudson River with the Great Lakes could ever be built. But a young Politician, De Witt Clinton, had vision. He knew "Clinton's Ditch" was more than possible: It was a necessary way to link East Coast ports to the frontier. Join Cheryl Harness on an animated journey into history, beginning with the Erie Canal's groundbreaking ceremony on the Fourth of July, 1817. Celebrating the mood of post-war America, she uses an engaging text and distinctive panoramic watercolors, including detailed maps of the route, to describe a massive engineering feat and make the pageantry of the Erie Canal's grand opening come alive. It was America's first superhighway.

The Amazing Impossible Erie Canal

Children's Books

Harness, Cheryl

History

Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers

Three Young Pilgrims

In these richly detailed pages, you'll meet three of the young Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower, Bartholomew, Remember, and Mary Allerton. When Bartholemew, Remember, and Mary Allerton and their parents first step down from the Mayflower after sixty days at sea, they never dream that life in the New World will be so hard. Many in their Plymouth colony won't make it through the winter, and the colony's first harvest is possible only with the help of two friends, Samoset and Squanto. Richly detailed paintings show how the pilgrims lived after landing at Plymouth, through the dark winter and into the busy days of spring, summer, and fall. Culminating with the excitement of the original Thanksgiving feast, Three Young Pilgrims makes history come alive.

Literature & Fiction

The events of the American Revolution are seen through the eyes of young John Quincy Adams as he copes with separation from his father, finds courage in the strength of his remarkable mother, and enjoys Boston's celebration over the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Young John Quincy

Biographies

Simon&Schuster

As her family noisily slurps root beers at a drive-in stop, Carmen longs to be invisible -- especially when Clark and Larry shout out the news about Mama. Can it get any worse than this? Carmen imagines she's been kidnapped -- how else did she wind up as one of the Cathcarts. . . . At almost thirteen she's the oldest, with five noisy little brothers, a dreamy mom, and a sometimes reckless dad. 
When she's a famous artist, she'll get away from them all!
This wonderfully honest and bighearted first novel mirrors life. Carmen Cathcart becomes a friend as, with a voice that is deeply moving yet often funny, she shares the importance of holding on to your dreams and what it means to be a family.

Just for You to Know

HarperColl

Living in a family of five noisy brothers, a dreamy mother, and a reckless dad who all have limited manners and poise, Carmen knows that she must have been kidnapped by this crazy family and so can't wait for the day when she can break free and become the famous artist she knows she is destined to be.

Harpercollins

Self-Help

Death & Grief

HarperCollins, Publishers

In a 1776 letter cautioning her husband to "remember the ladies," Abigail Adams made one of the earliest pleas for women's rights in America. How could she have known, in the years to follow, just how many strong and independent women would step forward to forge new paths in their fight for equality?
From Clara Barton and Harriet Tubman to the less well-known but equally important Belva Lockwood and Maya Ying Lin, Remember the Ladies spans the centuries to provide an engaging look at one hundred outstanding women who have helped shape our great nation.

Remember the Ladies: 100 Great American Women

An illustrated collection of fifteen nursery rhymes. Includes a fold-out poster with luminous portions.

The Night-Light Mother Goose (Learning Ladders)

Random House Books for Young Readers

Cheryl Harness uses her wonderfully vibrant art and down-to-earth writing style to "chip away the marble" and present George Washington as more than a monument. We see George the adventurous boy, tromping through the woods with his dog and his hunting rifle; George the courageous military leader fighting alongside his men; George the cunning military strategist, outfoxing the British and forcing their surrender at Yorktown; George the brilliant statesman presiding over the Constitutional Convention; and George the President, wisely protecting our country from enemies foreign and domestic so it could grow strong. But through it all, we see George as happiest living as an experimental farmer at Mount Vernon with his wife, Martha. He could have been Emperor of America, but he chose to spend his last years "looking after things that needed doing" at home.From the Trade Paperback edition.

George Washington

Scholastic. Inc.

In a 1776 letter cautioning her husband to "remember the ladies," Abigail Adams made one of the earliest pleas for women's rights in America. How could she have known, in the years to follow, just how many strong and independent women would step forward to forge new paths in their fight for equality?

Remember the ladies: 100 great American women

scholastic

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The Amazing Impossible Erie Canal

Three Young Pilgrims

Young John Quincy

Just for You to Know

Just for You to Know

Just for You to Know

Remember the Ladies: 100 Great American Women

The Night-Light Mother Goose (Learning Ladders)

George Washington

Remember the ladies: 100 great American women