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Shake It, Morena! And Other Folk Tales From Puerto Rico
by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand
This collection of folk tales features games, songs and riddles from Puerto Rico. Book is available in English and Spanish
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Topics
Latino History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Millbrook Press, 2002, Brookfield, CT
Shimmy, Shimmy, Shimmy Like My Sister Kate: Looking at the Harlem Renaissance through Poems
by Giovanni, Nikki, ed.
An anthology of poetry from the Harlem Renaissance.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Middle School, High School
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Henry Holt, 1996, New York, NY
Sky Boys: How They built the Empire State Building
by Hopkinson, Deborah
Hopkinson chronicles the construction of the Empire State building through the eyes of a young boy.
- Topic 20th-Century History
- Age Groups Preschool, Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Schwartz & Wade, 2006, New York, NY
So Far From the Sea
by Eve Bunting
A young girl and her family visit her grandfather's grave at Manzanar War Relocation Camp to say good-bye one last time. Color and black-and-white illustrations bring to life the story of the internment of Japanese Americans.
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Topics
Asian Pacific American History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award Coretta Scott King Award
- Publisher Clarion Books, 1985, New York, NY
So You Want to be President?
by St. George, Judith
A creative children's book full of fun facts and information about U.S. Presidents in our history.
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Topics
18th-Century History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award Caldecott Medal
- Publisher Philomel Books, 2000, 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.
