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I Have a Dream
by King, Martin Luther, Jr.
An illustrated version of the famous speech by Civil Rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Scholastic Press, 1997, New York, NY
Green Glass Sea
by Klages, Ellen
Two girls spend a year in Los Alamos as their parents work on the secret gadget that will end World War II. Dewey is a mechanically minded 10-year-old who gets along fine with the scientists at the site, but is teased by girls her own age who find themselves residents of this secretive, scientific community.
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Topics
Women's History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Fiction
- Award Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
- Publisher Viking Juvenile, 2007, New York, NY
The Look-It-Up Book of First Ladies
by Kramer, S. A.
This book features brief, lively biographies of the women who have helped to shape the face of our nation--from Martha Dandridge Custis Washington to Hillary Rodham Clinton to the first First Lady of the new millennium.
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Topics
Women's History,
18th-Century History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Random House, 2001, New York, NY
Sisters of Scituate Light
by Krensky, Stephen
In 1814, when their father leaves them in charge of the Scituate lighthouse outside of Boston, two teenaged sisters devise a clever way to avert an attack by a British warship patrolling the Massachusetts coast.
- Topic 19th-Century History
- Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Dutton Children's Books, 2008, New York, NY
By the Dawn's Early Light: The Story of the Star-Spangled Banner
by Kroll, Steven
Historic illustrated story of Francis Scott Key's creation of what would become the U.S. National Anthem.
- Topic 19th-Century History
- Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Scholastic, 2000, 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.
