Renee Graef

Kirsten and her family celebrate their first Christmas in their new home on Uncle Olav's farm in mid-nineteenth-century Minnesota.

While her father is away fighting in World War II, Molly finds her life full of change as she eats terrible vegetables from the victory garden and plans revenge on her brother for ruining her Halloween.

"In 1945, against the backdrop of WWII, a soon-to-be-mama duck builds a nest in a precarious spot in the city of Milwaukee. Soon, news outlets around the world are carrying the hopeful story of the plucky duck"-- Provided by publisher. "In 1945, the attention of the United States, along with the rest of the world, was focused on World War II. After more than five years of fighting, downcast, war-weary people were looking for signs of hope of a better...

A young pioneer girl and her family attend a wintertime party at her grandparents' house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin.

A pioneer father tells his two small daughters why he was unable to shoot a deer for their dinner.

Molly befriends a war refugee named Emily Bennett, who struggles to overcome shyness.

A pioneer father tells his two small daughters why he was unable to shoot a deer for their dinner.

A young pioneer girl and her family prepare to leave the big woods of Wisconsin and travel west in their covered wagon.

In the year 1864, young Addy & her mother try to escape slavery by fleeing to the North after her father is sold again & they are separated. After their escape from North Carolina to Philadelphia in the summer of 1864, Addy and her mother begin their new life as free people as her mother gets a paying job and Addy goes to school and learns a lesson in true friendship. Addy Walker is a proud, courageous girl growing up in 1864, during the midst of...