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Seven Brave Women
by Betsy Hearne
Author Betsy Hearne entertains readers with stories about seven generations of women in her family, from the Revolutionary era to today. In the lives they built and the objects they left behind, the author finds a legacy of strength, courage, and wisdom that spans the link between mothers and daughters.
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Topics
Women's History,
18th-Century History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Preschool, Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Greenwillow Books: A Division of William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1997, New York, NY
Jazz Anecdotes
by Bill Crow
A compilation of stories, interviews, biographies, and other sources and organized them by general topics (importance of a good nickname, stage fright, etc).
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Group High School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Oxford University Press, 1990, New York, NY
Goat in the Rug, The
by Blood, Charles and Martin Link
A goat and a Navajo weaver tell the story of the process of creating Navajo rugs from wool.
- Topic
- Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Aladdin, 1990, New York, NY
New Kids on the Block: Oral Histories of Immigrant Teens
by Bode, Janet
Accounts of teenagers' experiences immigrating to the United States.
- Topic 20th-Century History
- Age Groups Middle School, High School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Frankin Watts, 1989, New York, NY
M. L. K.: The Journey of a King
by Bolden, Tonya
Bolden brings readers close to the great leader, Martin Luther King, and to the civil rights movement through detailed historical analysis and extensive notes.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2007, 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.
