Books

A Picture Book of Anne Frankby David A. AdlerIllustrated by: Karen RitzPaperback32 PagesAge Range: 6 and upGrade Level: 1 and up A chronicle of the life of Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl, who kept a diary during her family's attempts to hide from the...

Alice on the Island: A Pearl Harbor Survival StoryBy: Mayumi Shimose Poe (Author) and Matt Forsyth (Illustrator)Paperback112 Pages2019Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.5 x 7.5 inchesAge Range: 8-12 YearsGrade Level: 3-7 In 1941, thirteen-year-old Alice's days...

  AlliesBy: Alan Gratz HardcoverOctober 2019Grade Level: 4-7 336 PagesReading Level: 9-12 years A New York Times bestseller!Alan Gratz, bestselling author of Refugee, weaves a stunning array of voices and stories into an epic tale...

  Catherine's War By: Julia Billet (Author), Claire Fauvel (Illustrtor), Ivanka Hahnenberger (Translator)Paperback176 Pages2020Grade Level: 3-7Reading Level: 8-12 Years This middle grade graphic novel is an excellent choice for tween readers in...

Chester Nimitz and the Seaby Jane Sutcliffe (Author) Craig Kodera (Illustrator)Hardcover32 pagesAges: 7-10yearsGrade: K-3September, 2013 Celebrate the exciting life of a World War II naval hero! When Pearl Harbor was bombed, Pres. Franklin D...

Children in the Holocaust (Focus Readers: Children in History: Voyager Level)By: Samantha S. BellPaperback48 Pages2018 Age Range: 9-14 YearsGrade Level: 5-6 Presents true accounts of children who lived during the Holocaust. Personal narratives,...

D-Day Landings: The Story of the Allied Invasion By: Richard Platt Paperback 32 Pages Recommended Age Group: 8 and up How did the Allies plan and execute the most massive and daring invasion in military history? Read all about it in the DK Reader...

Day of Infamy: The Story of the Attack on Pearl Harbor (Tangled History)By: Steven Otfinoski (Author)Paperback112 Pages2015Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5.2 x 0.3 inchesAge Range: 8 - 14 yearsGrade Level: 3 - 4 The quiet Sunday morning was shattered as...

Don't Know Much About American Historyby Kenneth C. Davis (Author) and Matt Faulkner (Illustrator)Paperback224 Pages2003Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.56 x 9 inchesReading Age: 8-12 yearsGrade Level: 3-7 Was Columbus the first European in the Americas? What...

Fight for Survival: The Story of the Holocaust (Tangled History)by Jessica FreeburgPaperback112 Pages2016Age Range: 8 - 14Grade Level: 3 - 4 In an immersive, exciting narrative nonfiction format, this powerful book follows a selection of people who...

Fighting to Survive World War II: Terrifying True StoriesBy: Nancy DickmannPaperback64 Pages2019Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.4 x 9.1 inchesAges Range: 10-14 YearsGrade Level: 4-9 World War II was filled with deadly battles. And people caught in the...

Fly Girls: The Daring American Women Pilots Who Helped Win WWIIby P. O'Connell PearsonHardcover224 PagesProduct Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.6 x 9 inchesAge Range: 10 and UpGrade Level: 5-6 “A truly inspiring read.” —Booklist (starred...

  Great Escape #1: Nazi Prison Camp Escape By: Michael Burgan (Author) and James Bernardin (Illustrator) Paperback128 Pages2020 Reading Level: 8-12 Years Grade Level: 3-7   Are you ready for some of the most exciting, death-defying escape...

Great World War II Projects: You Can Build Yourself by Sheri Bell-RehwoldtPaperback128 Pages9-12 yearsGrades 3-7 From spy maps and victory banners to spotter planes and ration cakes, Great World War II Projects You Can Build Yourself brings one...

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Lynn Peppas Paperback 48 Pages 2013 Age Range: 11 - 14 Grade Level: 2 - 3 This fascinating title chronicles the U.S. bombing of these Japanese cities during World War II. Topics include the development of the atomic bomb,...

Home Front Girl: A Diary of Love, Literature, and Growing Up in Wartime America by Joan Wehlen MorrisonHardcover272 PagesReading Age: 12 Years and UpGrade Levels: 7-9November, 2012 Literary Classics Gold Medal in Historical Young AdultLiterary...

I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 By: Lauren Tarshis (Author) and Scott Dawson (Illustrator) Paperback 118 pages 2011 Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 5.2 x 7.8 inches Age Range: 7-10 years Grade Level: 2-5 70 years later, the bombing of...

Japanese American Internment: Prisoners in Their Own Land (Tangled History)By: Steven OtfinoskiPaperback112 Pages2019Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.3 x 8.1 inchesAge Range: 9-12 yearsGrade Level: 3-9 Vivid storytelling brings World War II history to life...

  Letters from CubaBy: Ruth Behar Hardcover252 Pages 2020   Pura Belpré Award Winner Ruth Behar's inspiring story of a young Jewish girl who escapes Poland to make a new life in Cuba, while she works to rescue the rest of her...

Mare's War By: Tanita S. Davis Paperback 354 Pages Age Range: 12 and up Grade Level: 7 and up 2011 Meet Mare, a World War II veteran and a grandmother like no other. She was once a willful teenager who escaped her less than perfect life in the...

Navajo Code Talkers of WWIIBy: Blake Hoena (Author), Marcel P. Massegu (Illustrator) Paperback32 pages2019Product Dimensions: 6.88 x 0.13 x 9 inchesAge Range: 8 - 14 yearsGrade Level: 3-9 During World War II U.S. forces had to keep battle plans...

Never to Forget: The Jews of the Holocaustby Milton MeltzerPaperback240 PagesSeptember 1991Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inchesAge Range: 8-12 yearsGrade Level: 8-9 Six million-- a number impossible to visualize. Six million Jews were killed in Europe...

Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II  By: Alan GratzHardcover October 2016 Grade Level: 4-7 320 PagesReading Level: 9-12 Infiltrate. Befriend. Sabotage.World War II is raging. Michael O'Shaunessey, originally from Ireland, now lives in Nazi...

  Rip to the RescueBy: Miriam HalahmyHardcover208 Pages2020   It's 1940 and Nazi bombs are raining down on London, but 13-year-old bike messenger Jack has just discovered something unbelievable: a stray dog with a surprising talent.Jack...

Rosie The Riveter: The Legacy of An American Icon by Sarah DvojackHardcoverOctober 202140 PagesThis gorgeous picture book highlights how an iconic image of a working woman evolved into an inspirational symbol of hope and strength for all girls and women...

Ruth and the Night of Broken Glass: A World War II Survival StoryBy: Emma Carlson Berne (Author) and Matt Forsyth (Illustrator) Paperback112 Pages2019Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.5 x 7.5Age Range: 8-12 yearsGrade Level: 3-7 In the late summer and...

Surprise Attack!: Nickolas Flux and the Attack on Pearl Harbor (Nickolas Flux History Chronicles) Terry Collins, author Amerigo Pinelli, illustrator Paperback 40 Pages 2014 Age Range: 8 - 14 Grade Level: 3 - 4 When a spontaneous time leap sends...

Sophie Scholl Fights Hitlers Regime (Taking a Stand)By: Clara MacCaraldPaperback48 Pages2019 Age Range: 8-12 YearsGrade Level: 4-6  Explores the history, events, and aftermath of Sophie Scholl's fight against Hitler's regime. Through insightful...

The Battle of Midway: Turning the Tide of World War IIBy: Wil MaraPaperback32 pages2017Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 0.2 x 8.7 inchesAge Range: 9 - 13 yearsGrade Level: 4 - 8 Explores the Battle of Midway of World War II. Authoritative text, colorful...

The Cat with the Yellow Star: Coming Of Age In Terezin By: Susan Goldman Rubin and Ela Weissberger Paperback 40 Pages Age Range: 8 and up Grade Level: 3 and up Ela Stein was eleven years old in February of 1942 when she was sent to the Terezin...

The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust By: Karen Gray Ruelle and Deborah Durland Desaix Hardcover 40 Pages Age Range: 8 and up Grade Level: 3 and up When the Nazis occupied Paris, no Jew was safe from...

The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History: The Story of the Monuments MenBy Robert M. Edsel Hardcover368 pages2019Age Range: 9 - 12Grade Level: 4 - 7 Robert M. Edsel, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Monuments Men, brings this story to young...

The Holocaust (Uncovering the Past: Analyzing Primary Sources)by Lynn PeppasPaperback48 Pages20157¼ x 9¼ inchesAge Range: 11 - 14Grade Level: 6 - 9 The Holocaust was the deliberate extermination of Jews and other people deemed undesirable...

The Invasion of Normandy: Epic Battle of World War IIBy: Moira Rose DonohuePaperback32 pages2017Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 0.4 x 8.8 inchesAge Range: 9 - 13 yearsGrade Level: 4 - 8 Explores the Invasion of Normandy of World War II. Authoritative text,...

The Life of Anne FrankBy: Kay WoodwardHardback48 PagesAges: 9-14Grade: 4-122020 Produced in association with the Anne Frank House. A compelling visual account of how a Jewish family tried to escape Nazism. In August 1944, Anne Frank and her family were...

The Split History of the Attack on Pearl HarborBy: Steven OtfinoskiPaperback64 pages2018Age Range: 10 - 14Grade Level: 5 - 6 Every battle has two sides, and the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II is no different. Experience the event from...

The Tuskegee Airmen Story By: Lynn Homan and Thomas ReillyIllustrated by: Rosalie M. ShepherdHardcover32 PagesAge Range: 5-8Grade Level: Kindergarten-32002 The Tuskegee Airmen not only flew 1,500 successful missions in World War II, but also laid the...

The Tuskegee Airmen's Mission to Berlin: A Fly on the Wall of HistoryBy: Thomas Kingsley Troupe (Author) and Jamike Tejida (Illustrator)Paperback32 Pages2018Product Dimensions: 9 x 0.2 x 10 inchesAge Range: 6 - 8 yearsGrade Level: 1-3 Through clouds and...

Torpedoed!: A World War II Story of a Sinking Passenger Ship and Two Children's Survival at SeaBy: Cheryl MullenbachHardcover176 pages2017Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.5 inchesAge Range: 10 and upGrade Level: 5 and up When 14-year-old Florence Kelly...

Turning Point: The Story of the D-Day LandingsBy: Micheal BurganPaperback112 Pages2017Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.5 x 7.8 inchesAge Range: 9-12 YearsGrade Level: 3-9 In an immersive, exciting narrative nonfiction format, this powerful book follows a...

U.S. Ghost Army PBBy: Nel Yomtov (Author) and Alessandro Valdrighi (Illustrator)Paperback32 PagesProduct Dimensions: 6.8 by 0.1 x 9 inchesAge Range: 8 - 14 yearsGrade Level: 3 - 9 When you need to mislead the enemy, who are you going to call? The...

Under the Blood-Red Sun By: Graham Salisbury Paperback 256 Pages Age Range: 8 and up Grade Level: 3-7 Fiction Tomi was born in Hawaii. His grandfather and parents were born in Japan, and came to America to escape poverty. World War II seems...

Understanding the Articles of Confederation By: Sally Senzell Isaacs Paperback 32 pages 2009 Reading Level: Gr. 3 Interest Level: Gr. 3-5 Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 0.2 x 10.6 inches The Articles of Confederation legally brought the United States...

Understanding the Declaration of Independence By: Sally Senzell Isaacs Paperback 32 pages 2008 Reading Level: Gr. 1 Interest Level: Gr. 1-4 Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 0.2 x 10.6 inches When the founding fathers signed the Declaration of...

Virgina Hall Clever Spy of WWII PB by Rebecca George Paperback37 PagesAugust 2023An action-packed graphic novel about Virginia Hall, known as one of the most courageous spies of World War II.In the early 1940s, during World War II, Germany’s...

Voices of Pearl Harbor By: Sherry GarlandIllustrated by: Layne JohnsonHardcover40 PagesAge Range: 8 and upGrade Level: 3 and up2013 Japan’s surprise attack on December 7, 1941, devastated the American Naval Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and forced...

What Was D-Day? By: Patricia Brennan Demuth Paperback 112 pages 2015 Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.3 x 7.6 inches Age Range: 8 - 12 Grade Level: 3 - 7 In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, an armada of 7,000 ships carrying 160,000 Allied...

What Was Pearl Harbor? By: Patricia Brennan Demuth Paperback 112 pages 2013 Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.3 x 7.6 inches Age Range: 8 - 12 Grade Level: 3 - 7 On December 7, 1941, Japanese war planes appeared out of nowhere to bomb the American...

What Was the Holocaust? By: Gail Herman Paperback 32 pages 2018 Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.3 x 7.7 inches Age Range: 8 - 12 years Grade Level: 3 - 7 The Holocaust was a genocide on a scale never before seen, with as many as twelve million...

Who's Who in WWII (Crabtree Connections) By: Alison Hawes (Author) Paperback 32 pages 2010 Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 7 x 9 inches Age Range: 8 and up Grade Level: 3 and up Leader, soldier, prisoner, spy—do you know who is who in WWII? • Who...

Women Heros of World War II: 32 Stories of Espionage, Sabatoge, Resistance, and Rescue (Women of Action) By: Kathryn J. Atwood (Author) Hardcover 352 pages 2019 Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.1 x 8.5 inches Age Range: 12 and up Grade Level:...

World War II for Kids By: Richard Panchyk Paperback 176 Pages Age Range: 9 and up Grade Level: 4 and up Now more than ever, kids want to know about our country's great struggles during World War II. This book is packed with information that...