Vermont History Explorer

The Abenaki by Colin G. Calloway (1989)

110 pages, grades 6-12

The history of the Abenaki through the late 20th century.

Available in the VHS lending library.  Look for it in your library or used book store.

Alexander Twilight, Vermont's African-American Pioneer by Michael T. Hahn (1998)

65 pages, grades 5-8

The biography of Alexander Twilight, a minister and educator in northeastern Vermont in the 1830s and 1840s.

$10.95

Available in the VHS lending library.

Ann Story, Vermont's Heroine of Independence by Michael T. Hahn (1996)

52 pages, grades 4-8

The biography of Ann Story who settled in Vermont with her family in the 1770s.

$9.95

Available in the VHS lending library.

Jackson and Bud's Bumpy Ride by Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff (2009)

36 pages, grades K-3

In 1903, Burlington doctor Horatio Jackson and his dog Bud race to be the first to drive across the country in their car named Vermont.

$16.95

A Little Girl's Diary, Life on a Farm in Rural Vermont by Alice Bushnell, ed. by Sarah Rooker & Kim King Zea (1998)

165 pages, grades 3-8

Alice Bushnell was seven years old and living in Strafford when she wrote her diary in 1911.  The book includes copies of her diary pages and a printed copy of the text.

$12.00

Available in the VHS lending library.

Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science by John Fleischman (2002)

80 pages, grades 4-8

Phineas Gage was working to build the railroad through Cavendish in 1848 when a large tamping iron blasted through his head.  Read about his survival and his life with a brain injury.

$9.95

Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin (1998)

30 pages, grades K-4

The biography of Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley, a Vermonter who figured out how to photograph snowflakes in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

$7.99

Vermont, the State with the Storybook Past by Cora Cheney (1976, revised 1999)

256 pages, grades 4-8

A narrative history of the state of Vermont.  Although full of action and adventure, educators may want to discuss the portrayal of Abenaki history in this book.

$22.95

What Makes Vermont Special by Greg Carpenter (2012)

94 pages

An in-depth look at the story behind Vermont's state symbols.

$20.00