Schiffer Kids Books

The history of the nation's Life Saving Service comes alive in this 50-page activity book, with scenes of life on the sea and water rescues depicted. Color the pages while learning about efforts to aid...

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...

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...

“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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...