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Great Black Heroes: Five Bold Freedom Fighters
by Wade Hudson
This easy-to-read biography describes the early lives of Richard Alle, Harriet Tubman, Mary Church Terrell, Medgar Evers, and Fannie Lou Hamer.
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Topics
African American History,
Women's History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Cartwheel, 2003, New York, NY
Great Black Heroes: Five Brave Explorers
by Wade Hudson
Combining biographical information with illustrations and photographs, an introduction to Mae Jemison, Esteban, James Beckwourth, Jean Baptiste Pointe duSable, and Matthew Henson.
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Topics
African American History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Cartwheel, 1995, New York, NY
Great Black Heroes:Five Notable Inventors
by Wade Hudson
Follows five inventors: Elijah "the real" McCoy, Madame C.J. Walker, Granville Woods, Garrett Morgan, and Jan Matzeliger.
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Topics
African American History,
Women's History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Cartwheel, 1995, New York, NY
Locomotive: Building an Eight-Wheeler
by Weitzman, David
Text and illustrations show the process and purpose of creating the eight-wheeler locomotive.
- Topic 19th-Century History
- Age Group Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin, 1999, Boston, MA
Model T: How Henry Ford Built a Legend
by Weitzman, David
An account of Henry Ford's manufacturing techniques of the Model T roadster.
- Topic 20th-Century History
- Age Group Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Crown, 2002, 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.
