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Author:
Chris Barton
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School
Genre:
Biography
The story behind the Switzer brothers, who invented Day-Glo colors in the 1930s
Author:
Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School
Genre:
Fiction
This is a story of the Star-Spangled Banner through the eyes of young Caroline Pickersgill, the daughter of an important flag maker, Mary Pickersgill.
Author:
Charles Blood
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School
Genre:
Fiction
A goat and a Navajo weaver tell the story of the process of creating Navajo rugs from wool.
Author:
Matthew Gollub
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School
Genre:
Fiction
A fly, who speaks jazz, seeks directions to town from animals and insects who respond to him with their sounds. The fly uses these sounds to jazz up his band’s music.
Author:
A.B. Curtiss
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School
Genre:
Non Fiction
Explore the story of September 11, 2001 through the windows of St. Paul's Chapel in New York City. St. Paul's Chapel served as a hub for rescue and recovery workers in the days after the attacks.
Author:
Mordicai Gerstein
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School
Genre:
Non Fiction
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A lyrical story of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers
Author:
Gwenyth Swain
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School,Middle School
Genre:
Non Fiction
A biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, one of the organizers of the country's fist women's rights convention, which took place in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848.
Author:
Carole Boston Weatherford
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School
Genre:
Non Fiction
An overview of the evolution of jazz and jazz styles told in poetry. Each page includes a four-line poem and full-page illustration.
Author:
Woody Guthrie
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School
Genre:
Non Fiction
An illustrated children's version of the Woody Guthrie song "This Land is Your Land" in its entirety.
Author:
Mary Quattlebaum
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School
Genre:
Fiction
This poetic children's book explores the Washington D.C. subway and familiar sights and sounds of the city.
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Caldecott Medal

Most distinguished American picture book 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).

Newbery Medal

Most distinguished contribution to American literature for children (annually).

Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award

Outstanding work of historical fiction published by a U.S. publisher set in the New World.