Revealing stories from America's past
Calkins Creek Books introduces children to the many people, places, and events that shaped our country's history. Our picture books, chapter books, and novels—nonfiction and historical fiction for ages eight and up—combine original and extensive research with creative, energetic writing. History is key at Calkins Creek-front and center. Our authors transport their readers back in time to recognizable places with living and breathing people.
Reviewer Charlotte Decker writes a review of Robert H. Jackson in the December 2008 issue of Library Media Connection:
“The author interweaves primary sources with narrative to profile Jackson's dedication to the law and his country. With clear and easy-to-understand writing, the author highlights Jackson's achievements so that the reader comes to appreciate the contributions he made. Recommended.”
Joyce Moyer Hostetter's Healing Water receives a starred review from Library Media Connection in the August/September 2008 issue:
“This interesting and compelling read on an infrequently written-about topic will find an appropriate audience in a middle or a high school setting. Highly Recommended."
Booklist features a review of Norman Finkelstein's Three Across in its September 1, 2008 issue:
“Framing the story in a way that should enthrall any sports fan, Finkelstein traces the rise of aviation from Kitty Hawk to the 1927 Orteig Prize, a $25,000 award for the first person to fly nonstop across the Atlantic. This book focuses on the first three flights to pull it off: the Spirit of St. Louis, piloted by an unknown Charles Lindbergh; the Columbia, led by ambitious shyster Charles A. Levine; and the America, boasting Artic explorer Richard E. Byrd at the controls."
