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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
Great Migration: An American Story, The
by Lawrence, Jacob
An artistic account of the migration of African-Americans North during the civil war.
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Topics
African American History,
19th-Century History - Age Group High School
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Harper Trophy, 1995, New York, NY
Happy Birthday, Kirsten
by Shaw, Janet
A springtime story with insights into life on the frontier in 1854 (from the American Girls Collection)
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Topics
Women's History,
19th-Century History - Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher American Girls Publishing, Inc., 1990, Middleton , WI
I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets women the Vote
by White, Linda Arms
This picture book biography introduces readers to Esther Morris, the driving force behind suffrage in Wyoming and the first woman to ever hold elected office.
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Topics
Women's History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Farrar Straus Giroux, 2005, New York, NY
I Dream of Trains
by Johnson, Angela
This powerfully illustrated picture book looks at legendary engineer Casey Jones through the eyes of a fictional black child who toils in a cotton field near the railroad tracks.
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Topics
African American History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Preschool, Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award Golden Kite Award
- Publisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2003, 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.
