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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes the elaborate Yuletide customs of the period between 1837 and 1901, when Queen Victoria ruled Britain, and discusses how these customs were adopted and sometimes changed in the United States during the same period.
5) The kitchen
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1990-1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses kitchen utensils and activities including cooking over a fire, baking bread, making butter, and preserving food.
10) Pioneer recipes
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Book Presents information on pioneer cookery and instructions for recipes prepared in the spirit of the pioneers, including multicultural dishes, historical methods, and current adaptions.
11) Pioneer projects
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents instructions for handicrafts and activities in the spirit of the pioneers, including decoupage, hooked rugs, corn-husk dolls, block and sponge printing, and making a Jacob's ladder.
16) Old-time toys
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Examines the many different toys with which children played in the nineteenth century.
17) Settler sayings
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Explains the source of various sayings and expressions from the American frontier, as well as how they are used today. Includes such sayings as "cut and dried" and "apple of one's eye."
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes various aspects of the lives of women and girls during the nineteenth century, including their lack of educational opportunities, restrictive clothing, pastimes, courtship and marriage, and limited employment prospects.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Takes a look at the various rooms in a grand Victorian house, explaining the design and purpose of each and describing the furniture, lighting, and decorations used in the context of daily life during the second half of the nineteenth century.