The Thirteen Colonies were the first English settlements in North America. Eventually the Colonies would become the first thirteen States.
Nonfiction
Listed in chronological order
1. Virginia
2. Massachusetts
3. New Hampshire
4. New York
5. New Jersey
6. Maryland
7. Connecticut
8. Rhode Island
9. Delaware
10. North Carolina
11.South Carolina
12. Pennsylvania
13. Georgia
| J 306.3 THO | The Slave Trade in Early America by Kristen Thoennes Keller: 2004 |
| J 306.3 WIL | African Americans in the Colonies by Jean Kinney Williams: 2003 |
| J 394.26973 ROB | Holidays and Celebrations in Colonial America by Russell Roberts: 2007 |
| J 973 KIN | American Kids in History: Colonial Days by David C. King: 1998 |
| J 973.2 ALL | The Thirteen Colonies: Primary Sources by Melinda Allman: 2002 |
| J 973.2 DUP | Daily Life: The American Colonies by Jeanne DuPrau: 2002 |
| J 973.2 HAK | Making Thirteen Colonies by Joy Hakim: 1999 |
| J 973.2 MAS | Colonial Times: 1600-1700 by Joy Masoff: 2000 |
| J 973.2 MCC | The Thirteen Colonies From Founding to Revolution in American History by Pat McCarthy: 2004 |
| J 973.2 NOB | The Thirteen Colonies by Marc Tyler Nobleman: 2002 |
| J 973.2 SAK | The Thirteen Colonies by Gail Sakurai: 2000 |
| J 973.2 STE | The Colonies by Rebecca Stefoff: 2001 |
| J 93.2 STE | American Voices From Colonial Life by Rebecca Stefoff: 2003 |
| DVDJN 973 AME | American History for Children: Early Settlers: 2004 |
| DVDJN 973 COL | Colonial Life for Children: Settling the New World: 2006 |
| J 917.55 ENC | Discover America: Virginia by Encyclopedia Britannica: 2005 |
| J 917.55 KEN | America the Beautiful: Virginia by Deborah Kent: 2008 |
| J 917.55 POB | Life in the Thirteen Colonies: Virginia by Sandra Probst: 2004 |
| J 917.55 PRI | The Thirteen Colonies: Virginia by Karen Price Hossel: 2002 |
| J BIOG POCAHONTA | American Heroes: Pocahontas by Larry Dane Brimner: 2009 |
| J BIOG RALEIGH | Sir Walter Raleigh: Explorer for the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Steve P. Olson: 2003 |
| J BIOG RALEIGH | Sir Walter Raleigh: Founding the Virginia Colony by Nancy Ward: 2006 |
| J BIOG SMITH | John Smith Escapes Again! by Rosalyn Schanzer: 2006 |
| DVDJN 973 COL | Colonial Life for Children: Jamestown: 2006 |
| J 917.55 :CUN | The Virginia Colony by Kevin Cunningham: 2011 |
| J 917.44 DEF | Life in the Thirteen Colonies: Massachusetts by Deborah DeFord: 2004 |
| J 917.44 DOH | The Thirteen Colonies: Massachusetts by Craig A. Doherty & Katherine M. Doherty: 2005 |
| J 917.44 ENC | Encyclopedia Britannica : discover America. Vol. 21, Massachusetts, the Bay State: 2005 |
| J 917.44 STR | America the Beautiful: Massachusetts by Trudi Strain Trueit: 2008 |
| J 974.4 EDW | The Plymouth Colony and the Pilgrim Adventure by Judith Edwards: 2003 |
| J BIOG BRADFORD | William Bradford: Plymouth’s Faithful Pilgrim by Gary D. Schmidt: 1999 |
| J BIO STANDISH | The Adventurous Life of Myles Standish and the Plymouth Colony by Cheryl Harness: 2006 |
| DVDN 973 COL | Colonial Life for Children: Plimoth Plantation: 2006 |
| J 917.44 :CUN | The Massachusetts Colony by Kevin Cunningham: 2011 |
| J 917.42 BLO | The Thirteen Colonies: New Hampshire by Craig E. Blohm: 2002 |
| J 917.42 DOH | The Thirteen Colonies: New Hampshire by Craig A. Doherty & Katherine M. Doherty: 2005 |
| J 917.42 ENC | Discover America: New Hampshire by Encyclopedia Britannica: 2005 |
| J 917.42 TEI | Life in the Thirteen Colonies: New Hampshire by Michael Teitelbaum: 2004 |
| J 917.42 :CUN | The New Hampshire Colony by Kevin Cunningham: 2011 |
| J 917.47 DOH | The Thirteen Colonies: New York by Craig A. Doherty & Katherine M. Doherty: 2005 |
| J 917.47 ENC | Discover America: New York by Encyclopedia Britannica: 2005 |
| J 917.47 PAU | Life in the Thirteen Colonies: New York by Timothy J. Paulson: 2004 |
| J 917.47 SOM | America the Beautiful: New York by Barbara A. Somervill: 2008 |
| J BIOG HUDSON | Henry Hudson: English Explorer of the Northwest Passage by Josepha Sherman: 2003 |
| J BIOG STUYVESANT | Peter Stuyvesant: New Amsterdam and the Origins of New York by L.J. Krizner & Lisa Sita: 2001 |
| DVDJN 973 COL | Colonial Life for Children: The Dutch & New Amsterdam: 2006 |
| J 917.47 :CUN | The New York Colony by Kevin Cunningham: 2011 |
| J 917.49 DOH | The Thirteen Colonies: New Jersey by Craig A. Doherty & Katherine M. Doherty: 2005 |
| J 917.49 ENC | Discover America: New Jersey by Encyclopedia Britannica: 2005 |
| J 917.49 KEN | America the Beautiful: New Jersey by Deborah Kent: 2008 |
| J 917.49 STE | Life in the Thirteen Colonies: New Jersey by Jon Sterngass & Matthew Kachur: 2004 |
| J 917.49 STR | The Thirteen Colonies: New Jersey by Thomas Streissguth: 2002 |
| J 917.49 :CUN | The New Jersey Colony by Kevin Cunningham: 2011 |
| J 917.52 BLA | America the Beautiful: Maryland by Jean F. Blashfield: 2008 |
| J 917.52 BUR | Life in the Thirteen Colonies: Maryland by Michael Burgan: 2004 |
| J 917.52 ENC | Discover America: Maryland by Encyclopedia Britannica: 2005 |
| J BIOG BALTIMORE | Lord Baltimore: English Politician and Colonist by Loree Lough: 2000 |
| J 917.52 :CUN | The Maryland Colony by Kevin Cunningham: 2011 |
| J 917.46 ENC | Discover America: Connecticut by Encyclopedia Britannica: 2005 |
| J 917.46 KEN | America the Beautiful: Connecticut by Zachary Kent: 2008 |
| J 917.46 LAU | Life in the Thirteen Colonies: Connecticut by Emily Lauren: 2004 |
| J 917.46 MAL | The Colony of Connecticut by Ann Malaspina: 2006 |
| J 917.46 CUN | The Connecticut Colony by by Kevin Cunningham: 2011 |
| J 917.45 BUR | America the Beautiful: Rhode Island by Michael Burgan: 2009 |
| J 917.45 DOA | Life in the Thirteen Colonies: Rhode Island by Robin S. Doak: 2004 |
| J 917.45 ENC | Discover America: Rhode Island by Encyclopedia Britannica: 2005 |
| DVDJN 973 COL | Colonial Life for Children: Roger Williams & Rhode Island: 2006 |
| J 917.45 :CUN | The Rhode Island Colony by Kevin Cunningham: 2011 |
| J 917.51 ENC | Discover America: Delaware by Encyclopedia Britannica: 2005 |
| J 917.51 HEI | America the Beautiful: Delaware by Ann Heinrichs: 2009 |
| J 917.51 KAL | The Thirteen Colonies: Delaware by Stuart A. Kallen: 2002 |
| J 917.51 WOR | Life in the Thirteen Colonies: Delaware by Richard Worth: 2004 |
| J 917.51 :CUN | The Delaware Colony by Kevin Cunningham: 2011 |
| J 917.56 ENC | Discover America: North Carolina by Encyclopedia Britannica: 2005 |
| J 917.56 HEI | America the Beautiful: North Carolina by Ann Heinrichs: 2009 |
| J 917.56 WOR | Life in the Thirteen Colonies: North Carolina by Richard Worth: 2004 |
| J 975.6 KEN | The Mysterious Disappearance of Roanoke Colony in American History by Zachary Kent: 2004 |
| J 975.6 YOL | Roanoke: The Lost Colony: An Unsolved Mystery from History by Jane Yolen and Heidi Elisabet Yolen Stemple: 2003 |
| J 917.56 :CUN | The North Carolina Colony by Kevin Cunningham: 2011 |
| J 917.57 DOH | The Thirteen Colonies: South Carolina by Craig A. Doherty & Katherine M. Doherty: 2005 |
| J 917.57 ENC | Discover America: South Carolina by Encyclopedia Britannica: 2005 |
| J 917.57 SOM | America the Beautiful: South Carolina by Barbara A. Somervill: 2009 |
| J 917.57 WOR | Life in the Thirteen Colonies: South Carolina by Richard Worth: 2004 |
| J 974.02 GIR | The Thirteen Colonies: South Carolina by Christina M. Girod: 2002 |
| J 917.57 :CUN | The South Carolina Colony by Kevin Cunningham: 2011 |
| J 917.48 DEF | Life in the Thirteen Colonies: Pennsylvania by Deborah H. DeFord: 2004 |
| J 917.48 ENC | Discover America: Pennsylvania by Encyclopedia Britannica: 2005 |
| J 917.48 SHE | The Thirteen Colonies: Pennsylvania by Victoria Sherrow: 2002 |
| J 917.48 SOM | America the Beautiful: Pennsylvania by Barbara A. Somervill: 2009 |
| J BIOG PENN | William Penn: Founder of Democracy by Norma Jean Lutz: 2000 |
| DVDJN 973 COL | Colonial Life for Children: William Penn & Pennsylvania: 2006 |
| J 917.48 :CUN | The Pennsylvania Colony by Kevin Cunningham: 2011 |
| J 917.58 ENC | Discover America: Georgia by Encyclopedia Britannica: 2005 |
| J 917.58 PRE | America the Beautiful: Georgia by G.S. Prentzas: 2008 |
| J 917.58 :CUN | The Georgia Colony by Kevin Cunningham: 2011 |
| J BIOG OGL | James Oglethorpe: Humanitarian and Solider by Cookie Lommel: 2001 |
Fiction
| J FICTION ARMSTRON | Raleigh’s Page by Alan W. Armstrong: 2007 | |
| J PICTURE ATKINS | Anne Hutchinson’s Way by Jeannine Atkins: 2007 | |
| J PAPERBACK AVI | Night Journeys by Avi: 1994 | |
| J FICTION CARBONE | Blood on the River: James Town 1607 by Elisa Lynn Carbone: 2006 | |
| J FICTION HARNESS | Three Young Pilgrims by Cheryl Harness: 1992 | |
| J FICTION HESSE | Stowaway by Karen Hesse: 2000 | |
| J PICTURE KAY | Homespun Sarah by Verla Kay: 2003 | |
| J PICTURE KIMMEL | Blackbeard’s Last Fight by Eric A. Kimmel: 2006 | |
| J PICTURE THERMES | Sam Bennet’s New Shoes by Jennifer Thermes: 2006 | |
| J FICTION TORREY | To the Edge of the World by Michele Torrey: 2003 | |
| READ ROUNDUP TRIPP | Meet Felicity: An American Girl by Valerie Tripp: 1991 |
Online Resources: Websites & Databases
Web Sites:
Archiving Early America
Library of Congress: America’s Story from America’s Library
Memorial Hall Museum: American Centuries
Plimouth Plantation
The TimePage: Thirteen Originals
Online databases:
Kids Search
Searchasaurus
Student Research Center
Worldbook Kids