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Legend of the Teddy Bear, The
by Murphy, Frank
The legend of how Teddy Roosevelt's refusal to shoot a cornered bear inspired the name of a popular children's toy.
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Topics
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Sleeping Bear Press, 2000, Chelsea, MI
Lemonade in Winter: a Book About Two Kids Counting Money
by Jenkins, Emily
Pauline and John-John decide to spend an otherwise boring winter’s day more profitably - by opening up a lemonade stand! Together they find new ways to attract customers while Pauline teaches her little brother how to coin coins into dollars.
- Topic 20th-Century History
- Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Schwartz & Wade Books, 2012, New York, NY
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
by Agee, James, and Walker Evans
A photographic and textual account of life of southern sharecroppers during the depression era.
- Topic 20th-Century History
- Age Groups Middle School, High School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Mariner Books, 2001, Boston, MA
Lighthouses and Keepers
by Denis Noble
A full history of lighthouses, lightships, buoys, fog signals and the boats and people who tend them. including maps and photographs.
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Topics
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups High School, Adult
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Naval Institute Press, 2004, Annapolis, MD
Lightship
by Brian Floca
A picture book that describes the role of the lightship and its crew.
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Topics
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Atheneum Books, 2007, 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.
