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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.  

  • 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.  

  • 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.  

  • 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.  

  • 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.  

  • 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
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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.

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