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)

  • George Washington’s Birthday: A Mostly True Tale - Margaret McNamara

    First edition hardcover-2012 (ISBN: 9780375844997)
    Paperback reprint-2016 (ISBN: 9781338032437)

  • George: George Washington, Our Founding Father - Frank Keating

    First edition hardcover-2012 (ISBN: 9781416954828)

  • George Washington’s Spectacular Spectacles: The Glasses that Saved America – Selene Castrovilla

    First edition hardcover-2025 (ISBN: 9781662680434)

  • Independent Dames: What You Never Knew About the Women and Girls of the American Revolution - Laurie Halse Anderson

    First edition hardcover-2008 (ISBN: 9780689858086)

  • The Leather Apron Club: Benjamin Franklin, His Son Billy, and America’s First Circulating Library - Jane Yolen

    First edition hardcover-2021 (ISBN: 9781580897198)

  • The Founding Fathers Were Spies: Revolutionary War - Patricia Lakin

    First edition hardcover-2017 (ISBN: 9781481499705)
    First edition paperback-2024 (ISBN: 9781481499699)

  • The Ride: The Legend of Betsy Dowdy - Kitty Griffin

    First edition hardcover-2010 (ISBN: 9781416928164)

  • Section

  • Dolley Madison Saves George Washington - Don Brown

    First edition hardcover-2007 (ISBN: 9780618411993)
    Paperback reprint-2015 (ISBN: 9780544582446)

  • Eliza: The Story of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton - Margaret McNamara

    First edition hardcover-2018 (ISBN: 9781524765880)
    Paperback reprint-2024 (ISBN: 9780593808672)

  • A Spy Called James: The True Story of James Lafayette - Anne Rockwell

    First edition hardcover-2016 (ISBN: 9781467749336)

  • Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library - Barb Rosenstock

    First edition hardcover-2013 (ISBN: 9781590789322)
    Paperback reprint-2023 (ISBN: 9781635928310)

  • 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 American Revolution from A to Z - Laura Crawford

    First edition hardcover-2009 (ISBN: 9781589805156)

  • John, Paul, George & Ben - Lane Smith

    First edition hardcover-2006 (ISBN: 9780786848935)
    Paperback reprint-2009 (ISBN: 9780545238311)

  • 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)

  • Anna Strong and the Revolutionary War Culper Spy Ring - Enigma Alberti

    First edition hardcover-2019 (ISBN: 9781523507948)
    First edition paperback-2019 (ISBN: 9781523502165)

  • I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 - Lauren Tarshis

    First edition paperback-2017 (ISBN: 9780545919739)
    First edition graphic novel-2023 (ISBN: 9781338825183)

  • Love Thy Neighbor - Ann Turner

    First edition hardcover-2003 (ISBN: 9780439153089)

  • The Winter of Red Snow - Kristiana Gregory

    First edition hardcover-1996 (ISBN: 9780590226530)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • Who was Abigail Adams? - True Kelley

    First edition paperback-2014 (ISBN: 9780448478906)

  • George vs. George - Rosalyn Schanzer

    First edition hardcover-2004 (ISBN: 0792273494)
    Paperback reprint-2007 (ISBN: 9781426300424)
    Hardcover reprint-May 5, 2026 (ISBN: 9780792273493)

  • Guns for General Washington - Seymour Reit

    First edition hardcover-1990 (ISBN: 9780152004668)
    Paperback reprint-2001 (ISBN: 9780152164355)

  • Johnny Tremain - Esther Forbes

    First edition hardcover-1998 (ISBN: 9780395900116)
    Paperback reprint-2011 (ISBN: ‎ 9780547614328)

  • Rush Revere and the First Patriots - Rush Limbaugh

    First edition hardcover-2014 (ISBN: 9781476755885)

  • American Revolution - Stuart Murray

    First edition hardcover-2005 (ISBN: 9780756610593)
    Paperback reprint-2015 (ISBN: ‎9781465438584)

  • 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)

  • What was the Boston Tea Party? - Kathleen Krull

    First edition paperback-2013 (ISBN: 9780448462882)

  • 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)

  • Ashes (The Seeds of America Trilogy, Vol. 3) - Laurie Halse Anderson

    First edition hardcover-2016 (ISBN: 9781416961468)
    First edition paperback-2017 (ISBN: 9781416961475)

  • My Brother Sam Is Dead — James Lincoln Collier & Christopher Collier

    Hardcover reprint-1984 (ISBN: 9780027229806)

  • 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)

  • Will you sign here, John Hancock? – Jean Fritz

    First edition hardcover-1976 (ISBN: 9780399233067)
    Paperback reprint-1997 (ISBN: 9780698114401)

  • Lafayette and the American Revolution – Russell Freedman

    First edition hardcover-2010 (ISBN: 9780823421824)
    Paperback reprint-2021 (ISBN: 9780823449460)

  • 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 Thomas Jefferson? - Dennis B Fradin

    First edition paperback-2003 (ISBN: 9780448431451)

  • Black Heroes of the American Revolution – Burke Davis

    First edition paperback-1992 (ISBN: 9780152085612)

  • Ben’s Revolution: Benjamin Rusell and the Battle of Bunker Hill – Nathaniel Philbrick

    First edition hardcover-2017 (ISBN: 9780399166747)

  • 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)

  • Forge (The Seeds of America Trilogy, Vol. 2) - Laurie Halse Anderson

    First edition hardcover-2010 (ISBN: 9781416961444)
    First edition paperback-2010 (ISBN: 9781416961451)

  • Rebellion 1776 - Laurie Halse Anderson

    First edition hardcover-2025 (ISBN: 9781416968269)
    Paperback reprint-May 2026 (ISBN: ‎9781665931960)

  • History Smashers: The American Revolution – Kate Messner

    First edition paperback-2021 (ISBN: 9780593120460)

  • Thomas Jefferson: Architect of Democracy – John B. Severance

    First edition hardcover-1998 (ISBN: 9780395845134)

  • Alexander Hamilton: the Outsider – Jean Fritz

    First edition hardcover-2011 (ISBN: 9780399255465)
    Paperback reprint-2012 (ISBN: 9780142419861)

  • Give Me Liberty! The Story of the Declaration of Independence – Russell Freedman

    First edition hardcover-2000 (ISBN: 9780823414482)
    Paperback reprint-2002 (ISBN: 9780823417537)

  • Who Was Ben Franklin? - Dennis B Fradin

    First edition paperback-2002 (ISBN: 9780448424958)

  • Significant Battles of the American Revolution – Gordon Clarke

    First edition paperback-2013 (ISBN: 9780778708179)

  • America’s Tea Parties: Not One But Four! Boston, Charleston, New York, Philadelphia – Marissa Moss

    First edition hardcover-2016 (ISBN: 9781419718748)

  • A Young Patriot: The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy – Jim Murphy

    First edition hardcover-1996 (ISBN: 9780395605233)
    Paperback reprint-1998 (ISBN: 9780395900192)

  • 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.

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