Entering Grade Three
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HISTORY & HISTORICAL FICTION

Choosing Brave
Angela Joy
A Caldecott-honor winning picture book biography of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son's death into a call to action for the civil rights movement.
Chinese Menu
Grace Lin
Separated into courses like a Chinese menu, these tales—based in real history and folklore—are filled with squabbling dragons, magical fruits, and hungry monks. This book will bring you to far-off times and marvelous  places, all while making your mouth water. And, along the way, you might just discover a deeper understanding of the resilience and triumph behind this food, and what makes it undeniably American. 
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: One Dead Spy
Nathan Hale
When Nathan Hale utters his famous last words, he suddenly gains knowledge of all of American history. He stalls his execution by telling the story of the lead up and early days of the Revolutionary War in the first of this series of graphic novels about the most incredible, grisly and strange true stories of US history. (series/graphic novel)
Kapaemahu
Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu 
Four individuals of dual male and female spirit bring their healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaii, where they are beloved for their gentle ways and miraculous cures and where they imbue four giant boulders with their powers.
What Was The Harlem Renaissance?
Sherri L. Smith
Learn about how the New York neighborhood of Harlem was host to an amazing surge of some of the greatest African-American writers, artists and musicians of all time. (nonfiction)
Ranger in Time: Rescue on the Oregon Trail 
Kate Messner
Ranger, a golden retriever trained as a search and rescue dog, finds himself suddenly transported to 1850 and tries to aid the Abbott family as they make the dangerous journey on the Oregon Trail! (series)
The Legend of Auntie Po
Shing Yin Kor
Mei reinvents the legend of Paul Bunyan as Auntie Po as she copes with life in a logging camp in 1885, growing tensions towards Chinese people like her in the community and trying to hold onto her culture while finding her place in America. (graphic novel)
Breaking the Ice: The True Story of the First Woman to Play In the National Hockey League
Angie Bullaro
Manon Rheaume loved hockey since she was 5 years old and was never deterred by the fact that hockey was a “boys sport.” Learn how she worked hard to be recognized as a player and at 20 years old, was the first woman to play in an NHL game. (nonfiction)
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