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Galimoto
by Williams, Karen Lynn
The story of a young boys persistence in creating his own toy vehicle, or galimoto.
- Topic African American History
- Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Harper Collins, 1991, New York, NY
Working Cotton
by Williams, Sherley Anne
A poetic look at life as a young cotton field laborer.
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Topics
African American History,
19th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Awards Caldecott Medal, Coretta Scott King Award
- Publisher Harcourt, 1992, New York, NY
Sybil's Night Ride
by Winnick, Karen B.
The true story of the young Sybil Ludington, who, like Paul Revere, rode through the countryside to alert the colonists that the British were coming.
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Topics
Women's History,
18th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Boyds Mills Press, 2000, Honesdale, PA
Follow the Drinking Gourd
by Winter, Jeanette
The story of a group of slaves' escape on the underground railroad by following directions from the song "follow the drinking gourd."
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Topics
African American History,
19th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Dragonfly Books, 1998, New York, NY
September Roses
by Winter, Jeanette
On September 11, 2001, two sisters from South Africa find good use for the roses they have grown when the flower show in new York City is canceled due to the attack on the World Trade Center.
- Topic
- Age Groups Preschool, Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Farrar Straus Giroux, 2004, 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.
