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Apprentice Shop Books produces award-winning high-interest historical fiction and non-fiction books for children, teens and young adults. We focus on books that open doors to American History for young readers. Our books complement many existing curriculum units and programs in a variety of settings and classrooms.

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When Rivers Burned:
The Earth Day Story

By Linda Crotta Brennan
Illustrations by Lisa Greenleaf

Once, in America
chemicals killed plants and animals. Cars and factories filled the air with toxic fumes. Oil spills destroyed ocean life. The sewage floating along America’s rivers was so thick it sometimes caught fire. The Earth was dying.

Senator Gaylord Nelson believed that attitudes about ecology could change if people understood what was happening. He charged student organizer, Denis Hayes, with setting a plan for a national Earth Day in motion. What these men began on April 22, 1970, would change the world for the better. (80 pages)

ISBN 978-0-9842549-9-6. . . . . . . . $24.95

Women of the Ocean State:
25 Rhode Island Women You Should Know

By Linda Crotta Brennan and Others
Illustrated by Lisa Greenleaf

Rhode Island’s women have given this small state a huge historical footprint. Accomplishments in business, activism, sports, and the arts make the Ocean State a model for women’s achievements. (136 pages)

ISBN 978-0-9842549-7-2. . . . . . . . $16.00

Featuring 25 Rhode Island Women

Christiana Bannister
Elizabeth Beisel
Alva Vanderbilt Belmont
Ruth Buzzi
Elizabeth Buffum Chace
Prudence Crandall
Jill Craybas
Sarah Elizabeth Doyle
Elleanor Eldridge Ann Smith Franklin
Julia Ward Howe
Anne Hutchinson
Joyce Jillson
Matilda Joyner Jones
Ida Lewis
Frances H. McDougall
Martha McSally Jennifer Murray
Jackie Kennedy Onassis
Annie Smith Peck
Nancy Elizabeth Prophet
Claudine Schneider
Janet Moreau Stone
Ojetta Rogeriee Thompson
Princess Red Wing

Women of the Constitution State:
25 Connecticut Women You Should Know

By Diane Mayr and the Write Sisters
Illustrated by Lisa Greenleaf

Introduce students to incredible Connecticut women -- from the Revolutionary War through today -- who influenced the arts, science, and society. (136 pages)

ISBN 978-0-9842549-1-0. . . . . . . . $16.00

Featuring 25 Connecticut Women

Ruth Hughes Aarons
Mary Jobe Akeley
Anni Albers
Emma Fielding Baker
Evelyn L. Batchelder
Lucia Chase
Jewel Plummer Cobb
Martha Minerva Franklin
Alice Hamilton Dr. Jane Hamilton-Merritt
Ellen Dorrit Hoffleit
Mary Goodrich Jenson
Emeline Roberts Jones
Sarah Kemble Knight
Madeleine L'Engle
Donna Lopiano
Constance B. Motley Rosa Melba Ponselle
Sarah Porter
Edith C. Roosevelt
Margaret Fogarty Rudkin
Abby Hadassah Smith
Ida Tarbell
Hannah Bunce Watson
Mabel Osgood Wright

Women of the Prairie State:
25 Illinois Women You Should Know

By Marty Darragh, Jo Pitkin and Others
Illustrated by Lisa Greenleaf

These pioneers, torchbearers, and trendsetters of the Prairie State were everyday women who accomplished both personal and professional goals through their strength and determination.

ISBN 978-0-9842549-2-7. . . . . . . . $16.00

Featuring 25 Illinois Women

Mary Ann Bickerdyke
Willa Beatrice Brown
Jane Byrne
Mary Chase
Loië Fuller
Aida Giachello
Jennie Hodgers
Irene Hunt
Janet Jagan Mary Harris Jones
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Annie Turnbo Malone
Geraldine McCullough
Michelle Obama
Elizabeth P.W. Packard
Jeannette Ridlon Piccard
Florence Price Kathy Reichs
Edith Spurlock Sampson
Hannah Solomon
Mary Harris Thompson
Christiana Holmes Tilson
Jennie Ward
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Willye B. White

New! Book Trailer
Women of the Prairie State: 25 Illinois Women You Should Know
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nza_NemPA1o
Introducing the Women of the Prairie State! Meet 25 dynamic women of Illinois who achieved their dreams and left their mark in American history.