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Teaches children about life in nineteenth-century New York.

Presents nearly thirty projects related to each of the four seasons, during the years of the Revolutionary War; examples include New England Indian Pudding and Ben Franklin's Glass Harmonica.

Discusses the social and economic climate of the industrial revolution as it pertained to the life and daily activities of children.

Text and photographs examine the everyday life of children growing up in the early twentieth century.

A selection of letters written to United States presidents by young people is accompanied by information providing historical context for the writers' concerns and ideas.

Provides excerpts from letters, books, newspaper articles, speeches, and diaries which express various thoughts about the experiences of women and the families left behind during the Civil War.

Collection of stories, poems, and letters describing growing up in America.

Contains a collection of essays and memoirs that explore what it is like to grow up in America.

Experts debate what school policies would help children, how to protect children from abuse, the effects of working parents on children, and if children are disproportionately poor in the United States.

Contains twenty stories about kids who lived through historical periods and events of the United States, including the Revolutionary War, the Industrial Revolution, Pearl Harbor, and September 11, 2001.

Follows a day in the lives of two children and their families in the United States, providing insights into the lifestyles, family interactions, foods, celebrations, schools, and other aspects of American culture.

Contains archival photographs with informative captions that provide insights into what it was like to be an immigrant child arriving in America from Europe through Ellis Island in the early twentieth century.

Provides an inside look at the role children played in the American Revolution.

Recounts the role of children in the making of America until 1815 through the eyes and voices of ordinary people.

Relates the stories of twelve heroes of the Confederacy who had not reached full adulthood when their brave acts as soldiers, spies, and other players in the Civil War earned them a place in history.