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Piñatas and Smiling Skeletons: Celebrating Mexican Festivals
by Harris, Zoe and Suzanne Williams
Examines the historical background, legends, recipes, crafts, and celebrations of a year of special Mexican festivals.
- Topic Latino History
- Age Group Adult
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Pacific View Press, 1998, Berkeley, CA
Out of the Darkness: The Story of Blacks Moving North, 1890-1940
by Haskins, James, and Kathleen Benson
True life accounts and photographs of the migration of African Americans North after the Civil War, leading up to the Harlem Renaissance.
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Topics
African American History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Benchmark Books, 2000, New York, NY
Separate But Not Equal: The Dream and the Struggle
by Haskins, Jim
A history of black education in the United States.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Group High School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Scholastic Press, 1998, New York, NY
Thunder Bear and Ko
by Hazen-Hammond, Susan
A modern Native American perspective of the importance of buffalo and the traditions of the Pueblo.
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Topics
Native American History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Dutton Children's Books, 1999, New York, NY
Feivel's Flying Horses
by Heidi Smith Hyde
A Jewish immigrant who is saving money to bring his wife and children to join him in American creates ornate horses for a carousel on coney island; one for each member of his family.
- Topic 19th-Century History
- Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Kar-Ben Publishing, 2010, Minneapolis, MN
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.
