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Sarah, Plain and Tall
by MacLachlan, Patricia
19th century tale of a widowed farmer with two children who advertises for a wife. The answer to his ad is Sarah, who arrives from Maine. The tale gently explores themes of abandonment, loss and love.
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Topics
Women's History,
19th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Fiction
- Awards Newberry Medal, Golden Kite Award, Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
- Publisher HarperCollins, 2004, New York, NY
Coming to America: The Story of Immigration
by Maestro, Betsy
An illustrated chronology of immigration over the course of American history.
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Topics
18th-Century History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Scholastic, 1996, New York, NY
The New Americans : Colonial Times, 1620-1689
by Maestro, Betsy
Traces the competition among the American Indians, French, English, Spanish, and Dutch for land, furs, timber, and other resources of North America.
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Topics
Native American History,
18th-Century History - Age Group Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Harper Collins, 1998, New York, NY
Abbie Against the Storm
by Marcia Vaughan
A fictionalized account of an incident in the life of a seventeen-year-old girl who tends her family's lighthouse during a fierce storm on the coast of Maine in the winter of 1856.
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Topics
Women's History,
19th-Century History - Age Group Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Beyond Words Publishing, Inc., 1999, Hillsboro, OR
Blue Jay in the Desert
by Marlene Shigekawa
While a young boy named Junior and his family are interned in Arizona during World War II, Junior receives a gift from his grandfather that instills in him hope and perseverance.
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Topics
Asian Pacific American History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award Newberry Medal
- Publisher Polychrome Publishing Co., 1993, Chicago, IL
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.