Revolutionary War Book List

This book list covers the American Revolutionary War he book list of is divided into three categories picture books, early reader, and middle grade children’s books. I would Like to note that the picture books are mostly for older readers and not toddlers


Picture Books ( read aloud)

This Time, Tempe Wick?
Patrica Lee Gauch and Margot Tomes

From the Product Description
Depicts the indomitable spirit of a young girl, Tempe Wick, as she saves her beloved horse from the mutinous soldiers of Jockey Hollow during the American Revolution.

Katie’s Trunk
Ann Turner and Ronald Himler

From the Product Description
An acclaimed author gives young readers a new perspective on the American Revolution in this thoughtful picture book. Katie, a child of Loyalists, is frightened by all the talk of independence that is igniting passions in her New England town. Then one day, when Patriot neighbors ransack her home, Katie finds that her very survival rests in the hands of the "enemies".

Phoebe the Spy
Judith Griffen and Margot Tomes

From the Product Description
Someone is planning to kill George Washington, and young Phoebe Fraunces is trying to save his life. Phoebe gets a job as George Washington's housekeeper, but her real job is to work as a spy. She listens and watches very carefully, and she meets her father every day to tell him what she has learned. One day Phoebe's father tells her that Washington is planning to leave town in a few days, and the person plotting against him will act before then. Phoebe is very frightened, but she is determined to figure out who is after Washington before it's too late. . . .


Early Readers ( ages 6-9)

Revolutionary War on Wednesday (Magic tree house book 22)
Mary Pope Osborne and Sal Murdocca

From the Product Description
The Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie back to Colonial America. They arrive just as General George Washington is planning the crossing of the Delaware. Before they know it, Jack and Annie are in a boat with the Father of Our Country as history is made!

George the Drummer Boy
Nathaniel Benchley and Don Bolognese

From the Product Description
More than two hundred years ago, Boston belonged to the British. George was a drummer boy with the King's soldiers there. He wanted to be friends with the people of Boston. But they did not like the soldiers. They shouted and threw things at them.
One night, George and the other soldiers were sent on a secret mission. They crossed the river and headed toward Concord. George had no idea that this was the start of the American Revolution.

Sam the Minute Man
Nathaniel Benchley and Arnold Lobel

From the Product Description
Get your gun!" Sam's father said. "The British soldiers are coming this way!" Sam's father was a Minuteman. Sam was ready in a minute.
Father and son rushed to the village green. Other Minutemen were already there. Through the long night they waited and waited. Then, at dawn, the soldiers came!

George Washington and the General’s Dog
Frank Murphy and Richard Waltz

From the Product Description
Boom! Bang! Guns fire! Cannons roar! George Washington is fighting in the American Revolution. He
sees a dog lost on the battlefield. Whose dog is it? How will it find its master? Early readers will be surprised to find out what happens in this little-known true story about America’s first president.



Middle Grade Children’s books (ages 9-12)

Ben and me the Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by his Good Mouse Amos
Robert Lawson

From the Product Description
The true story of Ben Franklin, as told by his closest friend and advisor, Amos the mouse. According to Amos, it was really he who was responsible for Ben Franklin's inventions and discoveries. Written and illustrated with great wit and charm.

Toliver’s Secret
Ester Wood Brady
From the Product Description

When her grandfather is injured, 10-year-old Ellen Toliver replaces him on a

top-secret patriotic mission. Disguised as a boy, she manages to smuggle a

message to General George Washington.

War Comes to Willey Freeman
James Collier and, Christopher Collier

From the Product Description

A free thirteen-year-old black girl in Connecticut is caught up in the horror of the Revolutionary War and the danger of being returned to slavery when her patriot father is killed by the British and her mother disappears

Early Thunder
Jean Fritz

From the Product Description

"Events rapidly transpiring in Salem, Massachusetts in 1774-1775 force 14-year-old Daniel West to re-examine his loyalties, and finally, to change from Tory to Whig."--School Library Journal 15 black-and-white halftone illustrations.

Guns for General Washington: A Story of the American Revolution
Seymour Reit

From the Product Description

Seymour Reit re-creates the true story of Will Knox, a nineteen-year-old boy who undertook the daring and dangerous task of transporting 183 cannons from New York’s Fort Ticonderoga to Boston--in the dead of winter--to help George Washington win an important battle

Johnny Tremain
Esther Forbes

From the Product Description

A story filled with danger and excitement, Johnny Tremain tells of the turbulent, passionate times in Boston just before the Revolutionary War. Johnny, a young apprentice silversmith, is caught up in a dramatic involvement with James Otis, John Hancock, and John and Samuel Adams in the exciting currents and undercurrents that were to lead to the Boston Tea Party and the Battle of Lexington -- and finally, a touching resolution of Johnny's personal life.

Johnny Tremain is a historical fiction at its best, portraying Revolutionary Boston as a living drama, through the shrewd eyes of an observant boy.
(This book is part of many home school lesson plans)