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Jim Crow Laws and Racism in American History, The
by Fremon, David K.
A look at racism between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement.
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Topics
African American History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Group High School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Enslow, 2000, New York, NY
Jingle the Brass
by Newman, Patricia
Read-aloud trip on the 1926 railways of California, complete with a glossary of railroading terms and beautiful watercolor illustrations
- Topic 20th-Century History
- Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Farrar Straus Giroux, 2004, New York, NY
Joey Goes to Sea
by Alan Villiers
Joey was a ginger cat who really did go to sea with Alan Villiers on the ship Joseph Conrad.
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Topics
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Mystic Maritime Graphics, 2005, Mystic, CT
John Muir: America's First Environmentalist
by Lasky, Kathryn
A picture-book sketch of naturalist John Muir focuses on Muir's special love of California's snowy Sierras and Yosemite Valley and his successes in founding Yosemite National Park and the Sierra Club.
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Topics
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Candlewick, 2008, Somerville, MA
Journey Home
by Uchida, Yoshiko
After their release from a Japanese internment camp, a young girl and her family try to rebuild their life
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Topics
Asian Pacific American History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Simon & Schuster, 1982, New York, NY
Award Key
- Caldecott Medal
- Most distinguished American picture book for children (annually).
- Newberry Medal
- Most distinguished contribution to American literature for children (annually).
- Coretta Scott King Award
- Distinguished books by authors and illustrators of African descent which promote an understanding and appreciation of the American dream (annually).
- Golden Kite Award
- Outstanding examples of text, illustration, fiction and nonfiction (four awards annually).
- Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
- Outstanding work of historical fiction published by a U.S. publisher set in the New World.
