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Charlie Needs a Cloak
by dePaola, Tomie
A story illustrating the process from sheep to sewing to create a new cloak.
- Topic
- Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Aladdin, 1973, New York, NY
A Voice in the Wilderness: The Story of Anna Howard Shaw
by Don Brown
Anna Howard Shaw was a pioneer in the fight for woman suffrage. Her childhood on the frontier influenced her belief in woman's equality with men.
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Topics
Women's History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Preschool, Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin, 2001, Boston, MA
Alice Ramsey's Great Adventure
by Don Brown
A traveling book about an adventurous young woman, Alice Ramsay, who drives across the country in 1909. Despite facing natural and manmade obstacles - including poor roads and a lack of traffic signs - Alice's westward voyage ends triumphantly in San Francisco, making this a charming tale of a girl and a nation in transition.
- Topic
- Age Groups Preschool, Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Awards Caldecott Medal, Golden Kite Award, Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin, 1997, Boston, MA
Magic of Spider Woman, The
by Duncan, Lois
Navajo folktale of the Spider Woman.
- Topic Native American History
- Age Group Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Scholastic, 1996, New York, NY
Journal of Sean Sullivan: A Transcontinental Railroad Worker, The
by Durbin, William
A young boys experience of working on the Transcontinental Railroad.
- Topic 19th-Century History
- Age Group Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Scholastic, 1999, 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.
