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Walt Whitman: Words for America
by Kerley, Barbara
A biography of the American poet whose compassion led him to nurse soldiers during the Civil War, to give voice to the nation's grief at Lincoln's assassination, and to capture the true American spirit in verse.
- Topic 19th-Century History
- Age Group Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Scholastic, 2004, New York, NY
Whatever Happened to The Pony Express
by Kay, Verla
A family's cross-country communication changes during the development and demise of the Pony Express. Told in rhyme.
- Topic 19th-Century History
- Age Groups Preschool, Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2010, New York, NY
When Jessie Came Across the Sea
by Amy Hest
A thirteen-year-old Jewish orphan reluctantly leaves her grandmother and immigrates to New York City, where she works for three years sewing lace and earning money to bring Grandmother to the United States, too.
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Topics
Women's History,
19th-Century History - Age Group Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Candlewick Press, 1997, Cambridge, MA
When Jessie Came Across the Sea
by Hest, Amy
A thirteen-year-old Jewish orphan reluctantly leaves her grandmother and immigrates to New York City, where she works and earns money to bring Grandmother to the United States, too.
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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 Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Candlewick Press, 1997, Cambridge, MA
Working Cotton
by Williams, Sherley Anne
A poetic look at life as a young cotton field laborer.
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Topics
African American History,
19th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Awards Caldecott Medal, Coretta Scott King Award
- Publisher Harcourt, 1992, 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.
