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You might be asking if there are 100 history books that will delight your kindergartner? It might be hard for you to imagine history as delightful if your primary introduction was through textbooks.  Let’s face it, it’s pretty hard to get excited about historical events when they are reduced to a paragraph of dry facts.

We all want to make learning engaging and FUN for our children. We want to spark their imaginations, engage their emotions, and inspire them to explore and learn from the events and lives of the men and women who shaped our world.  What better way to make that happen than through captivating picture books?

What I love about picture books is that history comes alive through their engaging storylines and beautiful illustrations. Picture books spark wonder and encourage your children to imagine themselves participating in actual events.  You feel the bitter cold of Valley Forge, your mouth waters at the smell of the first thanksgiving, you hear the urgency of the Gettysburg Address, and your body aches as you travel the nation for women’s right to vote.

Your entire family, no matter their age, can learn something new and get inspired to dig deeper into events that shaped history.  Picture books can be the gateway to new worlds. 

Here is a list of 100 History books that will delight your kindergartner. I hope that you will enjoy diving down rabbit holes and experiencing the amazing lives of men and women throughout history.

100 History Books

6. I Am Amelia Earhart 

7. Dangerous Jane

8. The Iridescence Of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisse

9. Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglas   

10. If You Spent a Day with Thoreau at Walden Pond  

16. I Am Albert Einstein

17. I Am Jane Goodall

18. Around America to Win the Vote-Two Suffragists, A Kitten, and 10,000 Miles

19. Mesmerized! How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery

20. The Girl Who Thought in Pictures- The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin  

26. Thank You Sarah The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving  

27. A Turkey for Thanksgiving

28. Lewis and Clark  A Prairie Dog for the President

29.  Stealing Home-Jackie Robinson Against the Odds

30. I am Sacagawea 

36. Nadia The Girl Who Couldn’t Sit Still

37. The Wildest Race Ever-The Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon 

38. Margaret and the Moon

39. I am George Washington

40. Virginia Wolf

46. All That Trash-The Story of the 1987 Garbage Barge 

47. I am Abraham Lincoln

48.  Knit your Bit-A World War 1 Story

49. Maya Lin-Artist-Architect of Light and Lines 

50. Independence Cake

56. Julia, Child 

57. Bloom-The story of Elsa Schiaparelli   

58. Sky Boys- Built the Empire State Building

59.  Becoming Bach 

60. Who Says Women Can’t be Doctors?   

66.  The Hatmaker’s Sign-A Story about Benjamin Franklin

67. Queen Victoria’s Bathing Machine 

68. Miss Lady Bird’s Wildflowers

69. Miss Todd and Her Wonderful Flying Machine

70. The Hole Story of the Doughnut

76.  Mae Among the Stars 

77. Irving Berlin-The Immigrant Boy Who made America Sing

78. Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor-The Woman Who Loved Reptiles  

79. Noah Webster and His Words

80.  The Man Who Loved Libraries- Andrew Carnegie 

86. Librarian on the Roof!-A True Story 

87.  Counting on Katherine-How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13

88. Alexander Graham Bell Answers the Call

89. The Girl with a Mind for Math 

90. Paul Revere’s Ride

96. Monet Paints a Day

97. Marie In Fourth Position-Degas Little Dancer

98. Young Mozart

99. George Washington’s Birthday

100. To The Stars! The First American Woman to Walk in Space 

For more amazing ideas, check out this 100 Things: A Treasure Trove of Ideas round-up post compiled by fellow blogger, Eva at Kid Minds. 

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