Children's Books set in Ohio

B IS FOR BUCKEYE : AN OHIO ALPHABET / WRITTEN BY MARCIA SCHONBERG AND ILLUSTRATED BY BRUCE LANGTON.

Schonberg, Marcia.

BELLS OF CHRISTMAS / VIRGINIA HAMILTON ; ILLUSTRATIONS BY LAMBERT DAVIS.

Hamilton, Virginia.

Twelve-year-old Jason describes the wonderful Christmas of 1890 that he and his family celebrate in the their home in Springfield, Ohio.

HOG MUSIC / BY M.C. HELLDORFER ; ILLUSTRATED BY S.D. SCHINDLER.

Helldorfer, Mary-Claire, 1954-

Travelers along the National Road help make sure that the birthday gift that Lucy's great aunt has sent makes it all the way from Maryland to her family's farm in Illinois.

HOW I BECAME AN AMERICAN / BY KARIN GÈUNDISCH ; TRANSLATED FROM GERMAN BY JAMES SKOFIELD.

Gündisch, Karin, 1948-

In 1902, ten-year-old Johann and his family, Germans who had been living in Austria-Hungary, board a ship to immigrate to Youngstown, Ohio, where they make a new life as Americans.

JOHNNY APPLESEED / ROSEMARY AND STEPHEN VINCENT BENÂET ; ILLUSTRATED BY S.D. SCHINDLER ; WITH A NOTE FROM THOMAS C. BENÂET.

Benét, Rosemary, 1900-

MEET KIT, AN AMERICAN GIRL / BY VALERIE TRIPP ; ILLUSTRATIONS [BY] WALTER RANE ; VIGNETTES [BY] SUSAN MCALILEY.

Tripp, Valerie, 1951-

When her father's business closes because of the Great Depression forcing Kit to make changes in her life, the nine-year-old responds with resourcefulness. Set in Cincinnati.

NOTHING HERE BUT TREES / JEAN VAN LEEUWEN ; PICTURES BY PHIL BOATWRIGHT.

Van Leeuwen, Jean.

A close-knit pioneer family carves out a new home amidst the densely forested land of Ohio in the early nineteenth century.

SHOOTING STAR : A NOVEL ABOUT ANNIE OAKLEY / SHEILA SOLOMON KLASS.

Klass, Sheila Solomon.

As one who prefers hunting over sewing, Annie Oakley breaks free from conventional behavior for girls and goes on to develop her talent as a sharpshooter and entertainer.

WARM AS WOOL / BY SCOTT RUSSELL SANDERS ; ILLUSTRATED BY HELEN COGANCHERRY.

Sanders, Scott R. 1945-

When Betsy Ward's family moves to Ohio from Connecticut in 1803, she brings along a sockful of coins to buy sheep so that she can gather wool, spin cloth, and make clothes to keep her children warm.

WEASEL / CYNTHIA DEFELICE.

DeFelice, Cynthia C.

Alone in the frontier wilderness in the winter of 1839 while his father is recovering from an injury, eleven-year-old Nathan runs afoul of the renegade killer known as Weasel and makes a surprising discovery about the concept of revenge.

PROMISES IN THE ATTIC.

Friermood, Elisabeth Hamilton.

Set in 1913, Ginger and her GrandFather watch the city of Dayton Flood.

SHOE TREE OF CHAGRIN / BY J. PATRICK LEWIS ; ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHRIS SHEBAN.

Lewis, J. Patrick.

The barn-tall old plainswoman Susannah DeClare braves deep snow and icy weather to fulfill her promise to deliver a load of handmade shoes to Chagrin Falls, Ohio, by Christmas.

BEADED MOCCASINS : THE STORY OF MARY CAMPBELL / BY LYNDA DURRANT.

Durrant, Lynda, 1956-

After being captured by a group of Delaware Indians and given to their leader as a replacement for his dead granddaughter, twelve-year-old Mary Campbell is forced to travel west with them to Ohio.

DANGER ALONG THE OHIO / BY PATRICIA WILLIS

Willis, Patricia.

Lost in the Ohio River Valley in May 1793, twelve-year-old Clare and her two brothers struggle to survive in the wilderness and to avoid capture by the Shawnee Indians.