BOOKS
The Other Midnight Rider: Sam Prescott Rides for Freedom
Mascot Kids, 2026
Illustrated by Marco Primo
Mascot Kids
ISBN-10: 979-8900260396
Three riders galloped down the moonlit road, anxiously watching for patrols of the King’s Regulars. It was April 1775, and the night before the start of the American Revolution. By daybreak, the Minutemen were out, shots were fired, and the War for Independence was on. Paul Revere and William Dawes had just alerted the patriot leaders in Lexington that the Regulars were out searching for them and aimed to destroy the colonists’ supplies in Concord. Young Dr. Sam Prescott, a Son of Liberty, joined them on the road to Concord.
Suddenly darting out of the woods, a patrol of Regulars, guns drawn, barked “Stop!” Revere was captured, and Dawes fled back toward Lexington.
Would Sam escape and make it safely to Concord to warn the patriots? Sam’s story is a small and unheralded, but important, part of this pivotal night when English colonists became Americans and stood up for individual freedoms and liberty. The Other Midnight Rider, a book of historical fiction, adds a new and exciting tale for children to the chronicles of the patriots of the American Revolution.
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REVIEWS
A deftly crafted work of fiction that is based on historical events, "The Other Midnight Rider: Sam Prescott Rides for Freedom" by Eileen Cameron is a fun read from...
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CANYON
Mikaya Press, 2002
Photos by Michael Collier
Mikaya Press
ISBN-10: 1931414033
Story for children in poetic text which describes the forces of Nature through erosion carving out deep and beautiful canyons in a dramatic evolving process. Millions of years of geology are captured as the tale of a canyon’s creation follows the water’s journey down from the mountain top as it gains power over each mile and as it digs out the earth to bring about the birth of a canyon.. The poetry conveys the awe of a spectacular process of nature.
AWARDS
BANK STREET COLLEGE – A Best Book of Year – Nonfiction
VALERIE AND WALTER’S BEST BOOKS FOR CHILDREN – Listed – Nonfiction
BEEHIVE AWARD -UTAH- Nominee -Best Books
REVIEWS
"Poetic text and stunning color photographs combine to form a lyrical and visual essay..."
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"Elegantly written...Cameron's simple, poetic, evocative thoughts are completely in tune with the Grand Canyon's timeless splendor. ..."
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G IS FOR GARDEN STATE
Sleeping Bear Press, 2004
Illustrator – Doris Ettlinger
ISBN-10: 1585361526
An alphabet book that reveals, with color and fun, New Jersey’s history, culture, and landscape to young readers in a special two-tiered approach. A rhyme gives children a unique fact about the state from A to Z. Next to the rhyme older elementary school children find a sidebar introducing them to a richer understanding of each topic with deeper expository information.
AWARDS
NEW JERSEY CENTER FOR THE BOOK, Affiliate of the Library of Congress
Best Book of the Year -Featured at the National Book Festival – The Mall – Washington, DC
THE OFFICIAL 350TH ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE – The State of New Jersey –
One of the 101 Books of New Jersey
THE NEW JERSEY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION – 350th – One Book New Jersey –
The Children’s Book for New Jersey
REVIEWS
"Eileen Cameron, author of the recently published "G is for the Garden State"... does an admirable job summing up New Jersey's..."
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RUPERT'S PARCHMENT
Story of the Magna Carta
Mascot Books, 2015
Illustrator: Doris Ettlinger
ISBN-10: 1620869845
Rupert, son of a local parchment maker, has a ringside seat at the historic sealing of Magna Carta in the English meadow of Runnymede in the year 1215. In this great charter, King John pledged to honor the liberties and rights of free men in England. RUPERT’S PARCHMENT offers children an authentic experience as they live through this exciting time with Rupert and witness the guaranteeing of English freedoms, which after centuries, influenced the birth of American freedoms.
AWARDS
FOREWORD REVIEWS – Finalist – Book of the Year
HONORS
NATIONAL ARCHIVES – RUPERT’S PARCHMENT – Featured at Magna Carta Day at National Archives, Washington DC
REVIEWS
“… this presentation adds life, color and personality to events, emphasizing to a young audience why the historic Magna Carta signing was important…
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“Teachers will appreciate how this book compares clauses from Magna Carta to some of the amendments in the American Bill of Rights...
READ ALL →– Self- Publishing Review – Five Stars
"Have you heard of the Magna Carta? ...Eileen Cameron fills you in."
READ ALL →– The Guardian, UK – Children’s Books