This page lists recommendations from our Barbara K. Lipman Children's History Library collection (fiction and nonfiction picture books for children under 8) and from our Reading into History family book club (fiction and nonfiction chapter books for children 9 - 12).
For the picture books, click here.
For the middle reader books, click here.

Recommended Reading Available in the Barbara K. Lipman Children’s History Library

Through the Children’s History Book Prize, the New-York Historical Society honors the best children’s historical literature in the United States and encourages authors to continue to create engaging and challenging narratives that provide a window into the past for middle readers and their families. The winning author is awarded $10,000. The jury comprises librarians, educators, historians, and families with middle-grade readers.

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