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I am Rosa Parks
by Jim Haskins and Rosa Parks
This brief autobiography introduces readers to Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Puffin Books, 1997, New York, NY
I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets women the Vote
by White, Linda Arms
This picture book biography introduces readers to Esther Morris, the driving force behind suffrage in Wyoming and the first woman to ever hold elected office.
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Topics
Women's History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Early Elementary: K-3, Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Farrar Straus Giroux, 2005, New York, NY
I Dream of Trains
by Johnson, Angela
This powerfully illustrated picture book looks at legendary engineer Casey Jones through the eyes of a fictional black child who toils in a cotton field near the railroad tracks.
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Topics
African American History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Preschool, Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award Golden Kite Award
- Publisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2003, New York, NY
I Have a Dream
by King, Martin Luther, Jr.
An illustrated version of the famous speech by Civil Rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Topics
African American History,
20th-Century History - Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Scholastic Press, 1997, New York, NY
I Have Heard of a Land
by Thomas, Joyce Carol
The story of a brave African-American woman in her pursuit of pioneering a home.
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Topics
African American History,
Women's History,
19th-Century History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Early Elementary: K-3
- Book Type Fiction
- Award Coretta Scott King Award
- Publisher Harper Collins, 1998, 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.