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The Bracelet
by Yoshiko Uchida
Emi, a young Japanese American, realizes that although she is forced to leave her home and school, she will always have the memories of her friends in her heart.
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Topics
Asian Pacific American History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Paperstar, 1993, New York, NY
The Buffalo Are Back
by George, Jean Craighead
This picture book is a hybrid of nonfiction and fiction, as George tells the story of how the buffalo made a comeback in the American Midwest after being nearly decimated in the late 1800s.
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Topics
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Dutton Children's Books, 2010, New York, NY
The Children of Topaz: The Story of a Japanese American Internment Camp
by Michael O. Tunnel, George W. Chilcoat
The diary entries of children from one particular class in an internment camp in Topaz, Utah, reveal what daily life was like for students. The entries are placed in historical context, and are accompanied by many photographs illustrating the experiences of these students and other Japanese Americans.
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Topics
Asian Pacific American History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School, High School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Holiday House, 1996, New York, NY
The Day-Glo Brothers
by Barton, Chris
Barton takes on the dual persona of popular historian and cool science teacher as he chronicles the Switzer brothers' invention of the first fluorescent paint visible in daylight.
- Topic 20th-Century History
- Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Charlesbridge, 2009, Watertown, MA
The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors
by Barton, Chris
The story behind the Switzer brothers, who invented Day-Glo colors in the mid-1900s
- Topic 20th-Century History
- Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Charlesbridge, 2009, Watertown, MA
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.
