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Eleanor
by Cooney, Barbara
Details from the childhood of Eleanor Roosevelt who married a U.S. president and became known as a great humanitarian.
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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 Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Penguin, 1996, New York, NY
Remembering Manzanar: Life in a Japanese Relocation Camp
by Cooper, Michael L.
A close look at life in Manzanar Relocation Camp through diaries, journals, memoirs, photographs, and news accounts
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Topics
Asian Pacific American History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Clarion/Houghton Mifflin, 2002, New York, NY
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
Players in Pigtails
by Corey, Shana
This picture book tells a historical fiction story about the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League formed during World War II.
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Topics
Women's History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Scholastic, 2003, New York, NY
When John and Caroline Lived in the White House
by Coulter, Laurie
A photo-essay of the Kennedy children's lives in the White House.
- Topic 20th-Century History
- Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Hyperion Books, 2000, 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.
