Schiffer Kids Books

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Join Bill the Snowman as he ventures out into the forest on Christmas Eve to cut down a tree, not realizing that the tree was a home for a bluebird and her eggs. Hoping to...

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...

Beneath the back steps, by a rock in the shade, Beetle Boddiker lives in the house that he made. A jumble of sticks and a tumble of leaves, It’s a simple bug house. But don’t...

Since the publication of Chadwick the Crab, tens of thousands of children have come to know and care about the engaging creatures that inhabit Shady Creek, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay. This coloring book...

Young Caroline Pickersgill lives with her mother and grandmother in Baltimore, Maryland. Mrs. Pickersgill, a widow, supports herself and her daughter by making flags for the ships that sail into the city. Some soldiers from...