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.
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)
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)
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)
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.