ElaineB's list of Picture Books for Basics 3, 4, & 7 (American History): 

Picture books for the study of history. These books are 
wonderful for including younger children in your history 
studies, but are also great for older kids, too! 

The One Bad Thing About Father (Teddy Roosevelt) F.N. Monjo 
The Language of Doves (WWI) Rosemary Wells 
How Many Days to America? (refugees) Eve Bunting 
The Bracelet (Japanese Internment) Yoshiko Uchida 
The Pilgrims of Plimouth (Pilgrims) Marcia Sewall 
N.C. Wyeth's Pilgrims (Pilgrims) Robert San Souci 
The Very Last First Time (Northern Territory) Jan Andrews 
Anno's America by M. Anno 
Araminta's Paint Box (pioneers) Karen Ackerman 
In Flander's Fields (Battle of Gettysburg) John McCrae 
One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey 
Grandfather's Journey (immigration) A. Say 
The Stranger by C. Van Allsburg 
Alejandro's Gift (desert life/conservation) R. Albert 
Three Young Pilgrims (pilgrims) C. Harness 
The Floating House (houseboats) S. Sanders 
The Adventures of Obadiah (Early America) B. Turkle 
Across the Wide Dark Sea by Jean Van Leeuwen 
Passover as I Remember it by Fluek 
The Star Spangled Banner by Peter Spier 
Latkes and Applesauce (Judaism) FManushkin 
Too Many Tamales (Mexican Americans) Gary Soto 
Where the River Begins by Thomas Locker 
Red Bird (Native Americans, current day) Barbara Mitchell 
The Always Prayer Shawl (Judaism) Sheldon Oberman 
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie (lighthouses) Roop 
Down the Road by Schertle 
The Farm Summer 1942 by Hall 
Jumping the Broom (slavery) Wright 
Amber on the Mountain by Johnston 
Over Back by B. Major 
Mailing May (steam trains, 1913) Ted Rand 
Nim and the War Effort (WWII/Chinese immigrants) Millie Lee 
Molly Bannaky (1683--indentured servants/slavery) Alice McGill 
A People Apart (Old Order Mennonites) Kathleen Kenna 
Leah's Pony (Dust Bowl) Elizabeth Friedrich 
An Amish Wedding by Richard Ammon 
A Christmas Tree in the White House (Roosevelt) Gary Hines 
The Babe and I (Great Depression/Babe Ruth) David A. Adler 
Armadillo Rodeo (Texas) Jan Brett 
Little Caribou (Artic North America) Sarah Fox-Davies 
The Drinking Gourd (Underground Railroad) F.N. Monjo 
The Raft (Wisconsin woods) Jim LaMarche 
Rushmore (1927-1941) Lynn Curlee