Schiffer Kids Books

$19.99

As open space and wildlife habitat shrink, this important children's story book drives home the point that all life is interconnected and we need to leave plenty of room on the planet we share. Twenty-three beautiful watercolor illustrations and a...

$10.95

Between 1821 and 1842, Charles Bird King, a famous artist, painted individual portraits of 143 Indians. In this fictionalized account, Sauncey, an eight-year-old free black, lives in Mr. King’s house with her mama, Mr. King’s cook. Sauncey dreams of becoming...

$9.95

The American Revolution brought years of turmoil to Maryland and its capital city. This story of a family who lived in Annapolis during that period of the nation’s history shows the times that turned their world upside down. From the...

$12.95

“I live on the western shore next to the Chesapeake Bay. One morning, all I could see was mud! ‘Where did all the water go?’ I asked my parents. They said not to worry, the water would be back. But...

$14.95

Rosie, a little girl with a curiosity as big as all outdoors, discovers the magic of the garden in this delightfully illustrated book for children from three to eight. Her world disrupted by a move to a new place, Rosie...

$9.95

A mystery set in a small town in Virginia, Secret of Belle Meadow features thirteen-year-old Tina and her friend Karin, whose family has owned Belle Meadow, an old farm plantation, for generations. Belle Meadow has been turned into a bed-and-breakfast...

$7.95

Bouncing into the weeds from the back of a pickup truck, a little blue and yellow raft begins a day of adventures on a river of the Chesapeake Bay. Originally intended as a birthday present for a waterman’s son, the...

$10.95

Sally and her dog Tucker often sit on a hill overlooking the water and watch her friends sailing their boats. But instead of joy and pleasure, the sight fills her with pain and anger, because Sally is sitting in a...

$12.95

When Captain Tugalong was new, he traveled up and down the harbor directing big ships in and out safely. Now tied in his slip, Tugalong can feel his cabin jiggle with broken glass and cracked wood. One day, Tugalong sees...

$12.95

When Will Newcomb’s father loses his job at the Port of Baltimore things at home start falling apart. The family moves to Grampa’s farm in Pennsylvania for a new beginning, but his father’s depression is taking a toll on the...

$11.95

Children love to discover nature’s wonders, and this book will encourage them to do just that. Focusing one special area—the marshland of the Chesapeake and its tributaries—the book presents a small number of commonly found birds, so children will not...

$11.95

On Maryland’s western shore, a young boy watches a pair of eagles nesting in a stand of oak trees near his school. When the land where the trees are growing is sold to a company that plans to build condominiums...

$8.95

Wedding shells are ringing! Chadwick the Crab is getting married, and everyone is preparing for the big event! Esmerelda is choosing her bridesmaids. Baron von Heron is writing the ceremony (in rhyme, of course). Toulouse, the gourmet goose, is baking...

$12.95

There be treasure in the waters of the Chesapeake. Pirates! Picaroons! Scallywags! Under the command of Captain John Bloodsworth, a vicious and daring pirate, they plunder the ships of the Chesapeake Bay during the harsh Colonial times. In this tale,...

$8.95

Amanda Wetherby was nine years old in May of 1774, when the people of Chester Town, Maryland, as a sign of their support of the people of Boston, voted not to buy, sell, or use tea. At the supper table...

$7.95

While fishing one day in his small rowboat, William Constable catches a glimpse of something unusual in the water. Standing to get a better look, the youngster loses his balance, hits his head on the edge of the boat, and...

$8.95

Barnaby Sharpe likes climbing trees—he is practicing to be a ship’s captain and will need to climb masts someday. One early evening during the War of 1812, he is sitting in a tall oak tree, hoping to be the first...

$15.95

A sailing adventure to Dutch Ship Island, Maryland, teaches children essentials for safe and fun excursions in a sailboat. Adam is an adventurous young boy yearning to learn the art of sailing. He lives in a city, so when his...

$12.99

Chesapeake Bay Walk is an introduction to the interesting plants and animals young readers can find in and around the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. With outstanding illustrations and concise text geared for children ages four through nine, the book...

$8.99

The true story of one girl's connection to the  “gallantly streaming” flag Francis Scott Key wrote about in the National Anthem.  Young Caroline Pickersgill lives with her mother and grandmother in Baltimore, Maryland. Mrs. Pickersgill, a widow, supports herself and...

$11.50

Suppose you made young ones laugh with rhymes that fueled in them a fundamental love of books and reading. Suppose that experience assisted in bringing about a monumental change in the next generation’s view of reading. Suppose paints reading as...