Oldham County Public Library
Children's Book Suggestions
Each week we will be providing book suggestions to help you select great books your children will love! This week we are featuring Historical Picture Books and Historical Juvenile Fiction Novels!
Books can be placed on hold and staff will gather them and you can pick them up at our drive-thru at the Main branch in LaGrange or curbside at South Oldham and Mahan M-Thur 1-7 PM, Fridays 1-5 PM and Satrudays 10-2 PM.
Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop : the Sanitation Strike of 1968
Island Born
Gittel's Journey: an Ellis Island Story
Brings to life a not too distant history of immigration to Ellis Island. When it's time for nine-year-old Gittel and her mother to leave their homeland behind and go to America for the promise of a new life, a health inspection stops any chance of Gittel's mother joining her daughter on the voyage. Knowing she may never see her mother again, Gittel must find the courage within herself to leave her family behind.
All Different Now : Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom
Elephant Quilt: Stitch By Stitch to California
Brush of the Gods
Freedom Soup
Nile Crossing
Mary and Her Little Lamb: the True Story of the Famous Nursery Rhyme
The Village that Vanished
Overground Railroad
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down
Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building
This is the Rope: a Story from the Great Migration
Freedom in Congo Square
Blue Sky White Stars
The Sandman: the Story of Sanderson Mansnoozie
William's House
The Scrambled States of America Talent Show
The Turtle Ship
John, Paul, George, and Ben
Sarah, Plain and Tall
A Single Shard
The Green Glass Sea
The Birchbark House
Ahimsa
Other Words for Home
Queen of the Sea
White Bird: A Wonder Story
One Crazy Summer
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Esperanza Rising
The War that Saved My Life
Finding Langston
The Inquisitor's Tale
Number the Stars
Chains
Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Al Capone Does My Shirts
Countdown
A Long Way from Chicago
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
Oldham County Public Library
Email: shannonk@oldhampl.org
Website: oldhampl.org
Location: 308 Yager Avenue, La Grange, KY, USA
Phone: 502-222-9713