Best children american history of 1800s books according to redditors

Encouraging a love of reading about the stories of black girls and women is a great start. Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison is excellent.

https://www.amazon.com/Little-Leaders-Women-Black-History/dp/0316475114

For a 20 month old, I would also recommend Whose Toes Are Those and Whose Knees Are These (one is about a little girl, one is about a little boy). They are being re-released in March, so looks like right now you have to either buy them used or pre-order the new version, but your library might have them as well. I also love I Know A Lot (and others in that series), as well as the Lola at the Library series. And there are a couple new board books that came out last year that look great as well, such as Dream Big Little One, a celebration of African American women who changed the world, and ABC What Can She Be?, which introduces girls doing lots of different jobs.

How about something like Davey Crockett and/or Daniel Boone if you're looking for more story-like books about hunting?

This is the one I'm aware of (I grew up in Charleston, so it was a big deal when it was published). Might not be the one you're thinking of, but thought I'd give it a shot.

https://www.amazon.com/Story-H-Hunley-Queenies-Coin/dp/1585362182

Oh, I <3 looking for books for my kids!! They are 14, 13, 12, 11, and 5. Our son is the youngest, and he loves all the books that his older sisters loved when they were younger. :D

Oh my gosh...Get those kids some books!

• This is my favorite children's book.
  
  
• The Story of Ferdinand.
  
  
• This is one of my son's favorites...IronMan!.
  
  
• The Day My Mommy Quit.
  
  
• Dragons Love Tacos.
  
  
• If You Give A Mouse A Cookie.
  
  
• I'd Know You Anywhere, My Love.
  
  
• The Day The Crayons Quit.
  
  
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.
  
  
• Boom Chicka Rock.
  
  
• Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Mama Hook Knows Best: A Pirate Parent's Favorite Fables with CD.
  
  
• Are You My Mother?.
  
  
• Love You Forever.
  
  
• I Love You, Stinky Face.
  
  
• The Runaway Bunny.
  
  
• Oh, The Places You'll Go. Cool idea I saw on Pinterest with this book: Buy a copy and have each of your kids' teachers write a little note somewhere in it at the end of every year. Give the book to your kid as a graduation gift. I am doing this with our son now, I saw the idea too late to start it for our girls.
  
  
• Ten Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed.
  
  
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
  
  
• The Velveteen Rabbit. -- A HUGE FAVORITE!!
  
  
• Locomotive.
  
  
• Sleep Like A Tiger.
  
  
• The Lion And The Mouse.
  
  
• Blueberries for Sal.
  
  
• David Gets In Trouble.
  
  
• Press Here. This is a very fun book!
  
  
• The One and Only Ivan.
  
  
• The Polar Express.
  
  
• Flotsam.
  
  
• Only One You.
  
  
• Beautiful Oops!.
  
  I would love this book for our oldest daughter if I win, please.
  
  /u/DrUsual...can you think of any?
  
  Thank you for the contest!

Hey, infants and toddlers need books too!

Yummy Yucky was a favourite in our house. So were Dinosaur vs Bedtime and Goodnight Gorilla.

Getting a little bit older, my kids loved all the Arnold Lobel books and so did I. They were/are among the very few of my kids' books that I never ever got tired of reading over and over again, night after night.

Personally I loved the Madeline books and the Babar books, my daughter liked them but I could never get my son into them.

This was a huge favourite for both my kids in the toddler/preschool years. I can still recite some of those stories from memory (and do).

The original Thomas the Tank Engine stories are really charming. If your nephew ends up taking an interest in trains and that sort of thing, this is a gorgeous book.

eta: almost forgot: Maurice Sendak is essential. My kids can both recite Chicken Soup with Rice from beginning to end.

To this end, we got our little boy a bunch of similar books. Notables:

Baby Feminists
Dream Big Little One

Not feminist but honorable mention as it is too much fun with some of the double entendre:

Woke Baby

Because not everyone has room for a 1400-lb wheel of cheddar.

I knew the girl from picture number 30 looked very familiar- http://www.amazon.com/Coal-Miners-Bride-Kaminski-America/dp/0439053862

Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York, 1880-1924?

There's also the similarly-titled, but much older How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, written and photographed by the photographer of the image you provided.

Chasing Lincoln's Killer, by James Swanson
http://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Lincolns-Killer-James-Swanson/dp/0439903548

I'll list some atypical ones from junior high.

Durango Street

Izzy Willy Nilly

True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

The Story of Harriet Tubman

1 cent plus 3.99 shipping for a cool looking coloring book! http://www.amazon.com/Old-Fashioned-Farm-Life-Coloring-Book/dp/0486261484/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=ITPV52B41KA8&coliid=I148YBO0MHG7UO

Can somebody please give this book to Trump...

https://www.amazon.com/Trail-Tears-Step-Into-Reading-Step-5/dp/0679890521/

There's a lovely children's book about this incident; it's called Mailing May, by Michael O. Tunnell, and it was published in 1997.

http://www.amazon.com/Mailing-May-Michael-O-Tunnell/dp/0064437248

There's actually a cute kids book based on this called "Mailing May" http://www.amazon.com/Mailing-May-Michael-O-Tunnell/dp/0064437248/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334270657&sr=8-1