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Flowers from Mariko
by Rick Noguchi, Michelle Reiko Kumata
After World War II, a young girl named Mariko and her family are finally allowed to leave the internment camp. They are faced with many difficulties while trying to rebuild their lives as free citizens.
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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 Lee & Low Books, Inc., 2001, New York, NY
Lookin' for Bird in the Big City
by Robert Burleigh
A story of Miles Davis as a teenager searching for Charlie Parker in New York City.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Harcourt, Inc., 2001, New York, NY
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule
by Robinet, Harriette
A fine historical novel that explores the immediate postwar period for African Americans and their white friends and neighbors.
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Topics
African American History,
19th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Fiction
- Award Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
- Publisher Aladdin, 2000, New York, NY
Songs from the Loom: A Navajo Girl Learns to Weave
by Roessel, Monty
A Navajo family shares their tradition of weaving.
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Topics
Native American History,
Women's History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Learner Publications Company, 1995, Minneapolis, MN
Atariba and Niguayona: A Story from the Taino People of Puerto Rico (Tales of the Americas)
by Rohmer, Harriet
A legend about a young Taino Indian and his search for the Caimoni Tree.
- Topic Native American History
- Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Children's Press, 1988, 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.
