Apprentice Shop Books produces high interest history books for children. Our list contains new titles and reprints of older, popular titles. We focus on books that will help young readers open doors to past eras. Teachers, librarians, and museum guides will find books that complement existing programs and educational units.


Women of Granite
25 New Hampshire Women You Should Know

Featuring profiles of 25 prominent New Hampshire women, Women of Granite is an easy way to introduce children to the study of biography.  Each chapter features a short biography,  historically accurate illustrations, a timeline, glossary of new words, and suggestions for further research.  Fascinating additional facts called “Tidbits” complete each woman’s life story.

Featuring:

  • Amias Thompson
  • Bernice Blake Perry
  • Elizabeth Yates
  • Lucy Howe Crawford
  • Elizabeth Orton Jones
  • Betsey Chamberlain
  • “Granny D” Haddock
  • Harriet E. Adams Wilson
  • May Sidore Gruber
  • Margaret (Mattie) Knight
  • Annalee Thorndike
  • Marilla Ricker
  • Penny Pitou
  • Marian MacDowell
  • Jeanne Shaheen
  • Mary Bradish Titcomb
  • Christa McAuliffe
  • Caroline Gardner Bartlett
  • Linda Stewart Dalianis
  • Persis Foster Eames Albee
  • Lynn Jennings
  • Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
  • Jenny Thompson
  • Lotte Jacobi

ISBN 0-9723410-4-8 
By Janet Buell and The Write Sisters
Illustrated by Lisa Greenleaf
Apprentice Shop Books, LLC
Bedford, NH 603.472.8741