Robinet takes young readers into the drama of other historical events, including the War of 1812 (in Washington, D.C., and New Orleans), the Civil War, the Great Chicago Fire, and the early civil rights movement. Each story is told through the lives of young children. Children of the Fire (1991) deals with Chicago's catastrophic event.

Virginia, a young slave serving.President Madison in 1814, uses her position to help slaves escape in Washington City Is Burning (1996). The Twins, the Pirates, and the Battle of New Orleans takes a look at the War of 1812 through the eyes of young brothers Pierre and Andrew who hope to find their father, one of Jean Lafitte's pirates. In If You Please, President Lincoln, Robinet dramatizes another obscure fact in history: Lincoln's proposed colonization of slaves after the Civil War. Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues centers on the early civil rights movement after...