Rosen Publishing Group.

Rosen Publishing Group. Rosen Publishing Group 29 East 21st Street, NY, NY 10010 1-800-237-932 www.powerkidspress.com Under the Rosen Publishing Group's "Power Kids Press" imprint, three informative American History series are ideal acquisition choices for community and school library high/low collections for young readers grades three through six needing a reading level of a middle second grade degree of difficulty. "European Colonies in the Americas" (0823972836, $74.70) is a six title series by Lewis K. Parker exploring the reasons and effects of the European colonization of the Americas The first known Europeans to reach the Americas are believed to have been the Vikings ("Norse"), who established several colonies in the Americas from the 11th century. One Viking from Iceland, Leif Erikson established a short-lived settlement in Vinland, present day Newfoundland. . The photograhically illustrated individual titles include Dutch Colonies In The Americas; English Colonies In The Americas; Portuguese Colonies In The Americas; Russian Colonies In The Americas; and Spanish Colonies In The Americas. Photographically illustrated, the six volume "Westward Ho!" series (0823972852, $103.50) by Emily Raabe consists of Buffalo Soldiers buffalo soldiers,name given to the African-American U.S. army regiments commissioned by Congress to patrol the American West after the Civil War. Consisting of two infantry and two cavalry regiments, they were the first such units chartered in peacetime. And The Western Frontier; The Gold Rush: California Or Bust!; The Mexican-American War; Pioneers: Life As A Homesteader; Thomas Jefferson And The Louisiana Purchase Louisiana Purchase,1803, American acquisition from France of the formerly Spanish region of Louisiana.Reasons for the PurchaseThe revelation in 1801 of the secret agreement of 1800, whereby Spain retroceded Louisiana to France, aroused ; and The U.S. Cavalry And The indian Wars. The six titles comprising Arlan Dean's "Famous American Trails" series (0823972895, $103.50) features The Morman Pioneer Trails: From Nauvoo, Illinois, to The Great Salt Lake, Utah; The Old Spanish Trail '''Old Spanish Trail has the following meanings: Old Spanish Trail (trade route), connecting Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States with Los Angeles, California in the 1800s Old Spanish Trail (auto trail), connecting St. : From Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe, more properly Santa F��, (pronounced [ˈs?nə feɪ]by natives, [ˌs?nə ˈfeɪ], To Los Angeles, Calfironia; The Oregon Trail; From Independence, Missouri, To Oregon City, Oregon Oregon City is the first city in the United States incorporated west of the Rockies. It is the county seat of Clackamas County, Oregon. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 25,754; the 2006 estimate has the population at 29,540. ; The Overland Trail: From Atchison, Kansas, To Ft. Bridger, Wyoming; The Santa Fe Trail Santa Fe Trail,important caravan route of the W United States, extending c.780 mi (1,260 km) from Independence, Mo., SW to Santa Fe, N.Mex. Independence and Westport, Mo., were the chief points where wagons, teams, and supplies were obtained. ; From Independence, Missouri, To Santa Fe, New Mexico; and The Wilderness Road; From The Shenandoah Valley To The Ohio River. Ideal and strongly recommended additions to school and community library American History collections, all of the individual titles in these three series are enhanced with an index, a word count, a "Note to Librarian", and a listing of additional resources for further study.