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Rosa Parks
by Greenfield, Eloise
A biography of Rosa Parks charting her life and role in the modern Civil Rights Movement.
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Topics
African American History,
Women's History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Harper Trophy, 1973, New York, NY
Sarah, Plain and Tall
by MacLachlan, Patricia
19th century tale of a widowed farmer with two children who advertises for a wife. The answer to his ad is Sarah, who arrives from Maine. The tale gently explores themes of abandonment, loss and love.
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Topics
Women's History,
19th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Fiction
- Awards Newberry Medal, Golden Kite Award, Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
- Publisher HarperCollins, 2004, New York, NY
Seven Brave Women
by Betsy Hearne
Author Betsy Hearne entertains readers with stories about seven generations of women in her family, from the Revolutionary era to today. In the lives they built and the objects they left behind, the author finds a legacy of strength, courage, and wisdom that spans the link between mothers and daughters.
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Topics
Women's History,
18th-Century History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Preschool, Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Greenwillow Books: A Division of William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1997, New York, NY
Songs from the Loom: A Navajo Girl Learns to Weave
by Roessel, Monty
A Navajo family shares their tradition of weaving.
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Topics
Native American History,
Women's History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Learner Publications Company, 1995, Minneapolis, MN
Streams to the River, River to the Sea
by O'Dell, Scott
This novel brings to life the mysterious Shoshone girl Sacagawea, interpreter and guide for Lewis and Clark. Told from Sacagawea's point of view, this is an honest, unsparing account of Indian life and the approaching whites.
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Topics
Native American History,
Women's History,
19th-Century History - Age Groups High School, Adult
- Book Type Fiction
- Award Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin, 1986, Boston, MA
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.
