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Meet Addy
by Porter, Connie
A young girl excapes slavery with her mother (from the American Girls Collection).
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Topics
African American History,
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., 1993, Middleton , WI
Michelle
by Hopkinson, Deborah
Hopkinson captures the inspiring story of the first African American First Lady in a picture-book biography.
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Topics
African American History,
Women's History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Katherine Tegen Books, 2009, New York, NY
Miles Davis
by Crisp, George R.
This biography follows the career and life of Miles Davis:from his childhood to adulthood and his musical growth along the way.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School, High School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Franklin Watts, 1997, New York, NY
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
by Schroeder, Alan
A fictionalized account of the life of heroic Harriet Tubman.
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Topics
African American History,
Women's History,
19th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award Coretta Scott King Award
- Publisher Puffin, 2000, New York, NY
Mississippi Morning
by Vander Zee, Ruth
The setting of this book is Mississippi in 1933, and the drama of racist cruelty and a white child's loss of innocence is elemental. A sad and poignant story about a period in American history, and on a more personal level, a son's disillusionment.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2004, Grand Rapids, MI
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.
