Read Across Morris County 250
Read Across Morris County 250
A subject bibliography for grades K-9 curated by Sarah Neibart, Chair of Morris County’s 250th Celebrations, and Library staff at Morris County Library
Note: These books can be found in the Morris County Library, your local library, or your favorite bookseller. The easiest way to search for them is to enter the ISBN number into the search box.
Lower Elementary (Grades K–3)
George Washington’s Teeth - Deborah Chandra & Madeleine Comora
First edition hardcover-2003 (ISBN: 9780374325343)
Paperback reprint-2015 (ISBN: 9780312376048)
Dolley Madison Saves George Washington - Don Brown
First edition hardcover-2007 (ISBN: 9780618411993)
Paperback reprint-2015 (ISBN: 9780544582446)
George Washington’s Birthday: A Mostly True Tale - Margaret McNamara
First edition hardcover-2012 (ISBN: 9780375844997)
Paperback reprint-2016 (ISBN: 9781338032437)
Eliza: The Story of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton - Margaret McNamara
First edition hardcover-2018 (ISBN: 9781524765880)
Paperback reprint-2024 (ISBN: 9780593808672)
George: George Washington, Our Founding Father - Frank Keating
First edition hardcover-2012 (ISBN: 9781416954828)
A Spy Called James: The True Story of James Lafayette - Anne Rockwell
First edition hardcover-2016 (ISBN: 9781467749336)
George Washington’s Spectacular Spectacles: The Glasses that Saved America – Selene Castrovilla
First edition hardcover-2025 (ISBN: 9781662680434)
Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library - Barb Rosenstock
First edition hardcover-2013 (ISBN: 9781590789322)
Paperback reprint-2023 (ISBN: 9781635928310)
Independent Dames: What You Never Knew About the Women and Girls of the American Revolution - Laurie Halse Anderson
First edition hardcover-2008 (ISBN: 9780689858086)
Revolutionary Mary: The True Story of One Woman, the Declaration of Independence, and America’s Fight for Freedom - Karen Blumenthal and Jen McCartney
First edition hardcover-2025 (ISBN: 9781626723115)
The Leather Apron Club: Benjamin Franklin, His Son Billy, and America’s First Circulating Library - Jane Yolen
First edition hardcover-2021 (ISBN: 9781580897198)
The American Revolution from A to Z - Laura Crawford
First edition hardcover-2009 (ISBN: 9781589805156)
The Founding Fathers Were Spies: Revolutionary War - Patricia Lakin
First edition hardcover-2017 (ISBN: 9781481499705)
First edition paperback-2024 (ISBN: 9781481499699)
John, Paul, George & Ben - Lane Smith
First edition hardcover-2006 (ISBN: 9780786848935)
Paperback reprint-2009 (ISBN: 9780545238311)
The Ride: The Legend of Betsy Dowdy - Kitty Griffin
First edition hardcover-2010 (ISBN: 9781416928164)
Gingerbread for Liberty- How a German Baker Helped Win the American Revolution – Mara Rockliff
First edition hardcover-2015 (ISBN: 9780544130012)
Paperback reprint-June 2026 (ISBN: 9780063566651)
Upper Elementary / Middle School (Grades 4-6)
The Notorious Benedict Arnold - Steve Sheinkin
First edition hardcover-2010 (ISBN: 9781596434868)
Paperback reprint-2013 (ISBN: 9781250024602)
George vs. George - Rosalyn Schanzer
First edition hardcover-2004 (ISBN: 0792273494)
Paperback reprint-2007 (ISBN: 9781426300424)
Hardcover reprint-May 5, 2026 (ISBN: 9780792273493)
Anna Strong and the Revolutionary War Culper Spy Ring - Enigma Alberti
First edition hardcover-2019 (ISBN: 9781523507948)
First edition paperback-2019 (ISBN: 9781523502165)
Guns for General Washington - Seymour Reit
First edition hardcover-1990 (ISBN: 9780152004668)
Paperback reprint-2001 (ISBN: 9780152164355)
I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 - Lauren Tarshis
First edition paperback-2017 (ISBN: 9780545919739)
First edition graphic novel-2023 (ISBN: 9781338825183)
Johnny Tremain - Esther Forbes
First edition hardcover-1998 (ISBN: 9780395900116)
Paperback reprint-2011 (ISBN: 9780547614328)
Love Thy Neighbor - Ann Turner
First edition hardcover-2003 (ISBN: 9780439153089)
Rush Revere and the First Patriots - Rush Limbaugh
First edition hardcover-2014 (ISBN: 9781476755885)
The Winter of Red Snow - Kristiana Gregory
First edition hardcover-1996 (ISBN: 9780590226530)
American Revolution - Stuart Murray
First edition hardcover-2005 (ISBN: 9780756610593)
Paperback reprint-2015 (ISBN: 9781465438584)
The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 (The Revolution Trilogy, 1) - Rick Atkinson
First edition hardcover-2019 (ISBN: 9781627790437)
Paperback reprint-2020 (ISBN: 9781250231321)
The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 (Revolution Trilogy, 2) - Rick Atkinson
First edition hardcover-2025 (ISBN: 9780593799185)
Rebel with a Cause: The Daring Adventure of Dicey Langston, Girl Spy of the American Revolution - Kathleen V Kudlinski
First edition paperback-2016 (ISBN: 9781491465585)
What was the Boston Tea Party? - Kathleen Krull
First edition paperback-2013 (ISBN: 9780448462882)
Who was Abigail Adams? - True Kelley
First edition paperback-2014 (ISBN: 9780448478906)
Who was Paul Revere? - Roberta Edwards
First edition paperback-2011 (ISBN: 9780448457154)
Middle School / Young Adult (Grades 7–9)
Chains (The Seeds of America Trilogy, Vol. 1) - Laurie Halse Anderson
First edition hardcover-2008 (ISBN: 9781416905851)
Paperback reprint-2010 (ISBN: 9781416905868)
Forge (The Seeds of America Trilogy, Vol. 2) - Laurie Halse Anderson
First edition hardcover-2010 (ISBN: 9781416961444)
First edition paperback-2010 (ISBN: 9781416961451)
Ashes (The Seeds of America Trilogy, Vol. 3) - Laurie Halse Anderson
First edition hardcover-2016 (ISBN: 9781416961468)
First edition paperback-2017 (ISBN: 9781416961475)
Rebellion 1776 - Laurie Halse Anderson
First edition hardcover-2025 (ISBN: 9781416968269)
Paperback reprint-May 2026 (ISBN: 9781665931960)
My Brother Sam Is Dead — James Lincoln Collier & Christopher Collier
Hardcover reprint-1984 (ISBN: 9780027229806)
History Smashers: The American Revolution – Kate Messner
First edition paperback-2021 (ISBN: 9780593120460)
Hero of the High Seas: John Paul Jones and the American Revolution – Michael L Cooper
First edition hardcover-2006 (ISBN: 9780792255475)
First edition paperback-2006 (ISBN: 9781426300486)
Thomas Jefferson: Architect of Democracy – John B. Severance
First edition hardcover-1998 (ISBN: 9780395845134)
Will you sign here, John Hancock? – Jean Fritz
First edition hardcover-1976 (ISBN: 9780399233067)
Paperback reprint-1997 (ISBN: 9780698114401)
Alexander Hamilton: the Outsider – Jean Fritz
First edition hardcover-2011 (ISBN: 9780399255465)
Paperback reprint-2012 (ISBN: 9780142419861)
Lafayette and the American Revolution – Russell Freedman
First edition hardcover-2010 (ISBN: 9780823421824)
Paperback reprint-2021 (ISBN: 9780823449460)
Give Me Liberty! The Story of the Declaration of Independence – Russell Freedman
First edition hardcover-2000 (ISBN: 9780823414482)
Paperback reprint-2002 (ISBN: 9780823417537)
The Signers: The 56 Stories Behind the Declaration of Independence – Dennis B. Fradin
First edition hardcover-2003 (ISBN: 9780802788498)
First edition paperback-2003 (ISBN: 9780439512060)
Who Was Ben Franklin? - Dennis B Fradin
First edition paperback-2002 (ISBN: 9780448424958)
Who Was Thomas Jefferson? - Dennis B Fradin
First edition paperback-2003 (ISBN: 9780448431451)
Significant Battles of the American Revolution – Gordon Clarke
First edition paperback-2013 (ISBN: 9780778708179)
Black Heroes of the American Revolution – Burke Davis
First edition paperback-1992 (ISBN: 9780152085612)
America’s Tea Parties: Not One But Four! Boston, Charleston, New York, Philadelphia – Marissa Moss
First edition hardcover-2016 (ISBN: 9781419718748)
Ben’s Revolution: Benjamin Rusell and the Battle of Bunker Hill – Nathaniel Philbrick
First edition hardcover-2017 (ISBN: 9780399166747)
A Young Patriot: The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy – Jim Murphy
First edition hardcover-1996 (ISBN: 9780395605233)
Paperback reprint-1998 (ISBN: 9780395900192)
Everybody’s Revolution: A New Look at the People Who Won America’s Freedom – Thomas J. Fleming
First edition hardcover-2006 (ISBN: 9780439634045)
Paperback reprint-2023 (ISBN: 9781899694105)
1776: A New Look at Revolutionary Williamsburg – K. M. Kostyal
First edition hardcover-2009 (ISBN: 9781426305177)
Media
Just the Facts - Declaration of Independence
Cerebellum Corporation (DVD 013245) – 2004
Liberty's Kids: Complete Series (6 DVDs)
Shout! Factory (SF 10918 set) - 2002
Disc 1: The Boston Tea Party -- The Intolerable Acts -- United we stand -- Liberty or death -- Midnight ride -- The shot heard round the world -- Green Mountain Boys
Disc 2: The Second Continental Congress -- Bunker Hill -- Washington takes command -- Postmaster General Franklin -- Common sense -- The first Fourth of July -- New York, New York
Disc 3: The turtle -- One life to lose -- Captain Molly -- American crisis -- Across the Delaware -- An American in Paris
Disc 4: Sybil Ludington -- Lafayette arrives -- The Hessians are coming -- Valley Forge -- Allies at last -- Honor and compromise -- The new frontier
Disc 5: Not yet begun to fight -- The great Galvez -- In praise of Ben -- Bostonians -- Benedict Arnold -- Conflict in the South -- Deborah Samson: soldier of the Revolution
Disc 6: James Armistead -- Yorktown -- Born free and equal -- The man who wouldn't be king -- Going home -- We the people.