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Language Arts

Strengthen literacy skills with high-quality books that complement the Core Knowledge Language Arts curriculum. From beautifully written picture books to engaging chapter books, titles support vocabulary development, reading comprehension, writing, and discussion. This collection is perfect for parents and educators looking to enrich CKLA lessons with exceptional literature.

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Abraham Lincoln

Voices in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

Abraham Lincoln 🎧

Defender of a Nation

Abraham Lincoln grew up to become the 16th president of the United States. He was born into a humble background, and as a boy had...

By Kathryn Erskine

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Alexander Hamilton

Voices in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

Alexander Hamilton

Building a Nation

You might know Alexander Hamilton as a Founding Father of America. But did you know he was born on a tropical island? Did you know...

By Anne Marie Pace

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Anne Hutchinson

Voices in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

Anne Hutchinson

Banished

Anne Hutchinson and her family sailed across a vast ocean in search of a new life in the English Colonies of North America. Their life...

By Anne Marie Pace

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Benjamin Franklin

Voices in History

History & Geography, Language Arts, Science

Benjamin Franklin

Let the Experiment Be Made

Ben Franklin’s extraordinary life still inspires us today. As a young man he sought adventure, became a skilled and successful printer, an inventor, an author,...

By Fran Cannon Slayton

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The Carlisle School

Adventures in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

The Carlisle School

The Tearing Away

Eleven-year-old Alice Folsom must be brave. She has no choice. Not only for her grandmother’s sake, but now for the sake of her newly adopted...

By E. A. Hale

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Chief Standing Bear

Voices in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

Chief Standing Bear

Fight for His Homeland

Standing Bear grew up where the Niobrara and Missouri rivers meet. He and his Ponca tribe members fished and hunted, sang and danced, and watched...

By Patricia Morris Buckley

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Cleopatra

Voices in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

Cleopatra

The Goddess Queen

Cleopatra was born into the Greek ruling family of Ancient Egypt. Her world was one of strength, war, and men—and Cleopatra was eager to leave...

By Beth Kephart

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Collection of Tales from Latin America and the Caribbean

Collection of Tales

History & Geography, Language Arts

Collection of Tales from Latin America and the Caribbean

Thousands of years before the first ships carrying Europeans appeared on the horizon, South and Central America, as well as the Caribbean, were lands already...

By Silvia López

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Dolores Huerta

Voices in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

Dolores Huerta

Songs of Justice

As a child, Dolores Huerta loved to sing. As an adult, she continued to raise her voice—speaking, chanting, and singing—for the rights of farm workers...

By Beth Kephart

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Eleanor of Aquitaine

Voices in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Fearless Queen

In Medieval Europe, shortly after the death of her beloved father, Eleanor of Aquitaine found herself betrothed for one reason: protection. At the time, the...

By Sara Holdren

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Elizabeth Freeman

Voices in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

Elizabeth Freeman

Fighting for Freedom

Born into slavery, the girl who grew up to become Elizabeth Freeman had little control over her life. As a young woman, “Bett” worked as...

By Nancy Churnin

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Elizabethan England

Adventures in History

History & Geography, Language Arts

Elizabethan England 🎧

Many Parts to Play

Cordelia and Oliver’s comfortable life in a quiet rural English village is shattered when their father dies, and a cruel uncle arrives to take charge....

By Beau Lee Gambold

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