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Elizabeth Leads the Way
by Stone, Tanya Lee
The inspiring story of an extraoridnary woman who changed American forever because she wouldn't take no for an answer.
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Topics
Women's History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Henry Holt and Company, 2008, New York, NY
Thar She Blows!
by Sue Kassirer
While visiting a whaling exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History, Emma suddenly finds herself transported back in time to a nineteenth century whaling ship.
- Topic 19th-Century History
- Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Trudy Corporation, 1997, Norwalk, CT
American Folk
by Sullivan, Charles
Collection of American folk stories.
- Topic
- Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Harry N. Abrams, 1998, New York, NY
The Flag Maker
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
This is a story of the Star-Spangled Banner through the eyes of young Caroline Pickersgill, the daughter of an important flag maker, Mary Pickersgill.
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Topics
Women's History,
19th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin Co., 2004, Boston, MA
The Road to Seneca Falls
by Swain, Gwenyth
A biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, one of the organizers of the country's fist women's rights convention, which took place in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848.
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Topics
Women's History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 1996, Minneapolis, MN
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.
