In COLONIAL CRAFTS your young readers will take a journey into the 18th century & meet the craftspeople who created useful works of art with handmade tools. They will visit the workshops of the wheelwright, cooper, founder, peruker, shoemaker, milliner, gunsmith, & many more. They will find out how the artisans learned their trades through many years of apprenticeship. They will gain an appreciation for the goods made two hundred years ago that are...

Explores the words, phrases, and sayings that were used by settlers in North America and looks at their modern meanings.

Looks at the many different games children played in the nineteenth century, and describes the rules and play in detail.

Describes the plantations that existed in the southern United States into the nineteenth century, examining what life was like for the owners of these large farming communities, their children, and the slaves.

Describes mission life during the Spanish colonial period in the southwestern United States, the plight of Native Americans and Roman Catholic missionaries, and Spanish missions today.