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Robert Smalls Sails to Freedom

by Brown, Susan Taylor

Illustrated biography of Robert Smalls.  

  • Topics African American History,
    19th-Century History
  • Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6
  • Book Type Nonfiction
  • Award
  • Publisher Millbrook Press, 2006, Minneapolis, MN

The Quiltmaker's Gift

by Brumbeau, Jeff

When a generous quiltmaker finally agrees to make a quilt for a greedy king but only under certain conditions, she causes him to undergo a change of heart.  

  • Topic
  • Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6
  • Book Type Fiction
  • Award
  • Publisher Scholastic, 2000, New York, NY

Dandelions

by Bunting, Eve

The story of the hardships a family endures when they move to the prairie.  

  • Topic 19th-Century History
  • Age Group Late Elementary: 4-6
  • Book Type Fiction
  • Award
  • Publisher Voyager, 2001, San Diego, CA

Shake It, Morena! And Other Folk Tales From Puerto Rico

by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand

This collection of folk tales features games, songs and riddles from Puerto Rico.  Book is available in English and Spanish

  • Topics Latino History,
    20th-Century History
  • Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
  • Book Type Fiction
  • Award
  • Publisher Millbrook Press, 2002, Brookfield, CT

Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins

by Carole Boston Weatherford

A story of the civil rights movement, told through the eyes of a young girl.  

  • Topics African American History,
    20th-Century History
  • Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6
  • Book Type Fiction
  • Award
  • Publisher Puffin Books, 2005, New York, NY
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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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