CHILDREN'S BOOKS

     A Boy's Will by Erik Christian Haugaard
    
Paperback
Published by Houghton Mifflin Co (Juv)
Publication date: December 1990
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Description: Patrick defies his unloving grandfather, 
a smuggler of the Irish island of Valentia, by warning 
John Paul Jones of the American fleet about an 
English ambush.

     A Journey to the New World : The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple (Dear America 3)
    
by Kathryn Lasky
Hardcover, 173 pages
Published by Scholastic Trade
Publication date: September 1, 2025
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A young Pilgrim girl's diary account of the trip she 
and her family made on the Mayflower in 1620 and 
their first year in the New World. Mem shares her 
thoughts about her new friends, her contact with 
Native Americans, and her love for her new land.
Ages 9 to 12

     John Paul Jones : America's Sailor (Naval Institute Book for Young Readers)
    
by Clara Ann Simmons
Hardcover - Published by United States Naval Inst.
Publication date: January 1997
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Description: The life of the Revolutionary War hero, from his birth to
his burial at the United States Naval Academy.

     Moby Dick
    
by Herman Melville
Paperback, 32 pages
Published by Raintree/Steck-Vaughn
Publication date: October 1, 2025
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Description:  Moby-Dick is generally regarded as its author's 
masterpiece and one of the greatest American novels. The 
basic plot of Moby-Dick is simple. The narrator (who asks 
to be called "Ishmael") tells of the last voyage of the ship 
Pequod out of New Bedford, Mass. Captain Ahab is 
obsessed with the pursuit of the white whale Moby-Dick, 
which finally kills him.

     The Little Ships : The Heroic Rescue at Dunkirk
in World War II
    
by Louise Borden, Michael Foreman (Illustrator)
1st Edition School & Library Binding
Published by Margaret McElderry
Publication date: April 1, 2026
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A girl and her father cross the English 
Channel to help rescue hundreds of 
thousands of Allies stranded on the 
beaches of Dunkirk. A child's vision 
of war's pangs and fears, wonderfully 
free of patriotic preaching or moralizing. 
Her account gives a personal, memorable 
character to what might otherwise be an 
abstract chapter of history. (Age 9 and older) 

     Old Ironsides: Americans Build a Fighting Ship
    
by David Weitzman
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published by Houghton Mifflin Co (Juv)
Publication date: April 1, 2026
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A fictionalized account of the design and 
construction of the U.S.S. Constitution, 
told through the eyes of a boy whose 
father is one of the ship's carpenters. 
The book combines historic facts and 
captivating black-and-white line drawings 
to tell the story of the first frigate in the 
American Navy, the U.S.S.Constitution, 
nicknamed ``Old Ironsides.''
Ages 8 to 12