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Green Glass Sea
by Klages, Ellen
Two girls spend a year in Los Alamos as their parents work on the secret gadget that will end World War II. Dewey is a mechanically minded 10-year-old who gets along fine with the scientists at the site, but is teased by girls her own age who find themselves residents of this secretive, scientific community.
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Topics
Women's History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Fiction
- Award Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
- Publisher Viking Juvenile, 2007, New York, NY
Happy Birthday, Kirsten
by Shaw, Janet
A springtime story with insights into life on the frontier in 1854 (from the American Girls Collection)
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Topics
Women's History,
19th-Century History - Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher American Girls Publishing, Inc., 1990, Middleton , WI
Here Come the Girl Scouts!
by Corey, Shana
This picture book tells the story of Juliette Gordon Low and her founding of the Girl Scouts. Primary source quotes are integrated into the book's illustrations to support the main narrative.
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Topics
Women's History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Scholastic, 2012, New York, NY
I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets women the Vote
by White, Linda Arms
This picture book biography introduces readers to Esther Morris, the driving force behind suffrage in Wyoming and the first woman to ever hold elected office.
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Topics
Women's History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Farrar Straus Giroux, 2005, New York, NY
I Have Heard of a Land
by Thomas, Joyce Carol
The story of a brave African-American woman in her pursuit of pioneering a home.
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Topics
African American History,
Women's History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award Coretta Scott King Award
- Publisher Harper Collins, 1998, 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.
