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Once Upon a Time in Chicago: The Story of Benny Goodman
by Winter, Jonah
Tells the story of Benny Goodman growing up in Chicago, and how his family helped him fufill his dream to play the clarinet.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Hyperion Books for Children, 2000, New York, NY
You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?
by Winter, Jonah
This picture-book biography of a pitching ace is a real treat. Much about this private man has been a mystery, so Winter focuses on how the gifted young athlete went from unpredictable to otherworldly in such a short time. Koufax spent his early years with the Brooklyn Dodgers, where he was either warming the bench or walking batters.
- Topic 20th-Century History
- Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Schwartz & Wade Books, 2009, New York, NY
Colonial Voices Hear Them Speak
by Winters, Kay
Different colonial Bostonians introduce themselves through Kay Winter's poems or free-verse vignettes that describe their work and their feelings about the current political situation on December 16, 1773. The poems are enhanced by historical notes and a glossary.
- Topic 18th-Century History
- Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Penguin Group, 2008, New York, NY
Spirit of Steam, The
by Withuhn, William L.
An illustrated account of steam railroading.
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Topics
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Group High School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Smithmark, 1995, New York, NY
Rails across America
by Withuhn, William L., ed.
A pictorial chronology of the growth of the railroad system.
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Topics
African American History,
Asian Pacific American History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Group High School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Smithmark, 1993, 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.
