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  • Bibliography:
    15 Books
  • First Book:
    October 1988
  • Latest Book:
    April 2012
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Book List in Order: 15 titles






  • Beautiful full-color illustrations based on Renaissance paintings complement the whimsical story of the foolish Queen Ruby, whose vanity and love for getting dressed up to go for her carriage ride almost bring her country to ruin....



  • Folks didn't believe that a canal connecting the Hudson River with the Great Lakes could ever be built. But a young Politician, De Witt Clinton, had vision. He knew "Clinton's Ditch" was more than possible: It was a necessary way to link East Coast p...



  • In these richly detailed pages, you'll meet three of the young Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower, Bartholomew, Remember, and Mary Allerton.When Bartholemew, Remember, and Mary Allerton and their parents first step down from the Mayflower after six...



  • A tour of Christmas around the world begins with Clement Clarke Moore's 1822 reading of A Visit From Saint Nicholas and takes readers to such locales as an early American trapper campsite and a pilgrim gathering in Bethlehem....






  • In 1860, with North and South about to be divided by war, East and West were united through an extraordinary venture -- the Pony Express. Over the course of ten days in April, eighty riders and five hundred horses delivered mail between California an...






  • FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Relates the history of the Pony Express from when it began to carry messages across the American West in April 1860 until the telegraph replaced it in October 1861....



  • Lindsey thinks the Civil War is just another dull moment in our nation's history -- until she meets the ghost of Willie Lincoln. He takes her back in time to witness the war firsthand. Lindsey watches in awe as the Yankee and the Rebels battle at For...



  • In Colonial America there were no big grocery stores. No microwaves to serve up dinner piping hot. And no dishwashers for cleaning up. So what chores did colonial children do? From quilting bees and maple sugaring in winter, to tilling the ...



  • How did a day-dreamy girl, who loved to read and draw, end up getting born into a messy, restless family with FIVE little brothers? That's what 12-year-old Carmen Cathcart wanted to know. Somewhere up in heaven before she was born, she must have gott...



  • Having written and/or illustrated more than forty books, including "Three Young Pilgrims," her popular "Ghosts of the White House," and "Remember the Ladies, 100 Great American Women," Cheryl Harness has made a name for herself in the field of histor...



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Cheryl Harness has published 15 books.

Cheryl Harness does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Something Great: The Adventure of Harriet Quimby, was published in April 2012.

The first book by Cheryl Harness, The Night-Light Mother Goose, was published in October 1988.

No. Cheryl Harness does not write books in series.