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Sebastian's Trumpet
by Imai Miko
Three little bears receive musical instruments for their birthday and learn to play them.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Preschool, Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Candlewick Press, 1995, Cambridge, MA
Separate But Not Equal: The Dream and the Struggle
by Haskins, Jim
A history of black education in the United States.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Group High School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Scholastic Press, 1998, New York, NY
September 11th, 2001 (a simple account for children)
by Poffenberger, Nancy
Simplified text relates the events of 9/11 with student illustrations.
- Topic 20th-Century History
- Age Groups Preschool, Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Fun Publishing, 2002, Cinncinati, OH
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
Seven Miles to Freedom: The Robert Smalls Story
by Halfmann, Janet
Biography of Robert Smalls who, during the civil War, commandeered the confederate ship Planter to carry his family and twelve other slaves to freedom.
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Topics
African American History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Lee & Low Books, Inc.2008, 2008, 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.
