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Robert Smalls Sails to Freedom
by Brown, Susan Taylor
Illustrated biography of Robert Smalls.
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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
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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.
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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
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.