Catherine Mcgrew Jaime: 60 books

Join our stuffed horse, Horsey, as he travels to Panama and shares his adventures.

The debates at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 have intrigued me for some time now. While researching the participants in those debates, I ran across a number of their letters and diaries from that summer. As I read the letters, I was struck by their hopes and frustrations, that...

January 6, Epiphany, The Magi, The Star They Followed...What do we know? What is simply stories? Scripture, legends, Christmas carols, poem, history and more. A great way to bring your CHRISTmas season to a close.

The antics of two little princesses as they decorate their bedroom wall, have a pillow fight, scare away dragons, and more...based on the true life adventures of two sisters who lived in a rather modest home instead of a castle...

What do Cappadocia, Shkodra, and Wuerzburg have in common? Across the miles and through the ages they have been the site of attacks: during invasions and during battles. We often think of those attacks in terms of the total number of people injured and killed and the amount of property damage done....

It's the hot, miserable summer of 1787 in Philadelphia. Will the delegates at the Grand Convention succeed or fail at their mission? Will they amend the Articles of Confederation as instructed? Or are they up to something else?Our tale is brought to us by Henry, a young man from Britain...

Family-friendly historical fiction: The year is 1912. Gracie Jones awaits the return of her good friend, Cornelia Vanderbilt. Cornelia is due to arrive home soon on the maiden voyage of the Titanic, along with her parents, George and Edith Vanderbilt. After the family arrives back in...

There are many, many documents that came before the U.S. Constitution, and contributed to it directly or indirectly. I have gathered together the ones that I found very useful in my studies of the Constitution. These work well for a “compare and contrast” study between any of the various documents and each other, and between these and the Constitution itself.

Many people have at least a passing familiarity with the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the adventures they faced. But sadly, too few know of the presence of a slave on that trip. Captain William Clark took his slave York with him when he headed west with Meriwether Lewis and the others.This...

The year is 1499. The French are invading Milan and the Duke is going into hiding. What will Leonardo da Vinci do? Will he heed the advice of his good friend Luca Pacioli and flee the city also? Or will he stay and try to live in the same city with the likes of Cesare Borgia? And once he has...

Who are the Medici brothers? And who is trying to assassinate them? Why was the Pitti Palace never completed? And what part does Leonardo play in all of this? Leonardo da Vinci is remembered as an artist and inventor. But who was he before anyone knew his name? This family-friendly novel explores...

Leonardo da Vinci came to Milan a broke, unemployed artist. He left Milan 16 years later as a broke, unemployed artist, fleeing the French. But in the years in between he worked for Duke Lodovico, painting the Last Supper, designing an Equestrian Monument, planning several wedding festivities, and much more.

Join Leonardo da Vinci as he returns to Florence, works on several painting commissions, and then joins the ruthless Cesare Borgia as his military advisor. This family-friendly historical novel covers about two and a half years of Leonardo's life - and his interactions with a number of contemporary...

The story begins in a small town in the Italian Peninsula in 1503. Leonardo has been working as a military advisor for the ruthless Cesare Borgia for almost a year, and that employment is about to come to an end. But first, Borgia wants Leonardo to accompany him to Rome to see his father, Pope Alexander. Leonardo...