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Alice Ramsey's Grand Adventure
by Young, Richard and Judy Drockry (w/Rex Ellis)
The true story of a group of women that took a 59 day car trip from New York to San Francisco in 1909.
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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 Houghton Mifflin, 1997, New York, NY
Angelina's Island
by Jeanette Winter
Every day, Angelina dreams of her home in Jamaica and imagines she is there, until her mother finds a wonderful way to convince her that New York is now their home.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Preschool, Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2007, New York, NY
Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad
by Edwards, Pamela Duncan
The story of a slave's escape on the underground railroad.
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Topics
African American History,
19th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Harper Collins, 1997, New York, NY
Benjamin Banneker: Pioneering Scientist
by Ginger Wadsworth
An introduction to a free black man who contributed to science in the eighteenth century.
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Topics
African American History,
18th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 2003, New York, NY
Betsey Brown: A Novel
by Shange, Ntozake
The story of a seventh grade girl growing up in St. Louis, Missouri, during the Civil Rights Movement.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Group High School
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher St. Martin's Press, 1985, 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.
