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Take a trip around New York, from Niagara Falls, to the Adirondack Mountains, the capital at Albany, down to New York City, plus history and fun facts about the Empire State. Colorful illustrations, like a scrapbook. (Picture book)
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Super retelling of the ultimate ghost story, the headless horseman who rides through Sleepy Hollow, and the midnight ride of Ichabod Crane … Fabulously illustrated, in the style of a graphic novel, with humor and suspense. (Chapter book)
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Humorous tall tale of a canal boat captain, set upon by fierce pirates on the Erie Canal. Captain Flynn, aided by his mule Old Frank, eludes the brigands and steers up Niagara Falls. Lively, swashbuckling illustrations. (Picture book)
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Join a parade of boats on the Erie Canal the day it opened, October 26, 1825, beginning in Buffalo, going down the five locks at Lockport, continuing east over the aqueducts, under bridges, all the way to New York City, and the Atlantic Ocean. Panoramic watercolors and maps. (Picture book)
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All about the history, people and places of Niagara Falls – first explorers, native peoples and legends, fun facts about the falls, engineering marvels, daredevils and more. (Picture book)
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Exciting retelling of an Iroquois legend of Niagara Falls, Lelawala sets off in her canoe to meet Hina, the thunder god who lives behind the falls, and save her Seneca village from the giant serpent who is poisoning the river. (Picture book)
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Follow the history of the Hudson River, from the first explorations by Henry Hudson, early settlers, natural resources, and preserving its environment. Luminous landscape paintings capture the beauty of the Hudson River over time. (Picture book)
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Start
with New York City and step back in time on this spot, 400
years ago it was a great forest, 15,000 years ago wooly mammoths
roamed the rocky hills, 20,000 years ago it was covered in ice,
190 million years ago dinosaurs munched on plants, 370 million years
ago, New York was under a tropical ocean. (Picture book)
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Illustrated history of New York City, from the 17th century when it was called New Amsterdam, down through the Revolutionary War to present day, artists, writers, painters, transformation of the city into the Metropolis of America. (Picture book)
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(More children's books on other New York pages) |