5 must-read history books like The Wright Brothers for Kids: How They Invented the Airplane, 21 Activities Exploring the Science and History of Flight (1) (For Kids series) by Mary Kay Carson

Cover of The Wright Brothers for Kids: How They Invented the Airplane, 21 Activities Exploring the Science and History of Flight (1) (For Kids series) by Mary Kay Carson

The Wright Brothers for Kids: How They Invented the Airplane, 21 Activities Exploring the Science and History of Flight (1) (For Kids series)

By: Mary Kay Carson

4.33

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Intended for ages 9+, this activity book tells the amazing true story of how two bicycle-making bro…

If you liked the history plot in The Wright Brothers for Kids: How They Invented the Airplane, 21 Activities Exploring the Science and History of Flight (1) (For Kids series) by Mary Kay Carson , here is a list of 5 books like this:

1. Pasteur's Fight Against Microbes

By: Christian Birmingham , Beverley Birch

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

n 1856, when Louis Pasteur first began studying microbes in rotten sugarbeet juice, he put into mot… read more

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Cover of A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan

2. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

By: Timothy Egan

4.38

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the rivetin… read more

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  • history
"When hate was on the ballot, especially in the guise of virtue, a majority of voters knew exactly what to do."

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

"Stephenson had succeeded with an unusual formula for a mass movement: men were the muscle, women spread the poison, and ministers sanctified it all."

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

"The governor of Georgia, Clifford Walker, told a Klan rally in 1924 that the United States should 'build a wall of steel, a wall as high as heaven' against immigrants."

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

"There are millions who have never joined, but who think and feel and, when called on, will fight with us," Evans wrote. "This is our real strength, and no one who ignores it can hope to understand Am…"

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

Cover of The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1) by Claudia Gray

3. The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)

By: Claudia Gray

3.69

Format: 386 pages, Paperback

A summer house party turns into a whodunit when Mr. Wickham, one of literature’s most notorious vil… read more

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"What I believed Willoughby to be, you truly are."

-Claudia Gray, The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)

"What a relief - he was referring only to the murder."

-Claudia Gray, The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)

"How unfortunate for public morals that being unladylike feels so... exciting."

-Claudia Gray, The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)

"Doing what is right may be painful to us," she said, "but doing what is painful to others is rarely right."

-Claudia Gray, The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)

Cover of Along Came Galileo by Jeanne Bendick

4. Along Came Galileo

By: Jeanne Bendick

3.73

Format: 95 pages, Paperback

A terrific book to introduce children to a great scientist, some of his scientific forebears, and h… read more

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  • history of science
  • history
  • science
Cover of Marie Curie's Search for Radium by Beverley Birch

5. Marie Curie's Search for Radium

By: Beverley Birch

3.85

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

This is the story of Marie Curie whose extraordinary persistence and determination proved the exist… read more

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  • history
  • science
Cover of Ordinary Genius: The Story of Albert Einstein (Trailblazer Biographies) by Stephanie Sammartino McPherson

6. Ordinary Genius: The Story of Albert Einstein (Trailblazer Biographies)

By: Stephanie Sammartino McPherson

3.89

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

What do you think of when you hear the name Albert Einstein? Perhaps you picture an old man with ru… read more

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  • history of science
  • history
  • science
Cover of The Wright Brothers for Kids: How They Invented the Airplane, 21 Activities Exploring the Science and History of Flight (1) (For Kids series) by Mary Kay Carson

7. The Wright Brothers for Kids: How They Invented the Airplane, 21 Activities Exploring the Science and History of Flight (1) (For Kids series)

By: Mary Kay Carson

4.33

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Intended for ages 9+, this activity book tells the amazing true story of how two bicycle-making bro… read more

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  • history of science
  • aviation
  • history
  • science

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4.10

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Janet Benge , Geoff Benge

4.51

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3.42

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