# Picture Book books about history

**3** picture book books that explore history, drawn from the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Genre:** Picture Book  ·  **Theme:** history
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/genre/picture-book/theme/history
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://achievethecore.org/page/2699

## Picture Book history reading list

- [Because of You, John Lewis](https://readinglist.school/book/because-of-you-john-lewis) by Andrea Davis Pinkney _(Grades 3–5 · pub 2023)_
- [Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust](https://readinglist.school/book/hidden-hope) by Elisa Boxer _(Grades 2–5 · pub 2023)_
- [Time to Make Art](https://readinglist.school/book/time-to-make-art) by Jeff Mack _(Grades K–3 · pub 2024)_

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