Product Type: Books
Age: Late Elementary School Years
Categories: History
2006 Award
(by Leslie Sills, Holiday House $16.95 Score:
) Future clothing and costume designers or those keen on clothes will enjoy this pictorial history. 8 & up. Age: Later School Years. Award Year: 2006.
2006 Award
(by Bettye Stroud/illus. by Erin S. Bennett, Candlewick $15.99 Score:
) A father and daughter attempt to escape the plantation in this handsomely illustrated work of historic fiction. Using quilt patterns that were really messages, escaping slaves found help along the way on their journey to freedom. 7 & up. Age: Early School Years,Later School Years. Award Year: 2006.
2006 Award
(by Linda Arms White/illus. by Nancy Carpenter, Farrar Straus $16 Score:
) Esther Morris was a determined young girl who always felt she could meet whatever challenge came her way. In time, she not only moves to the frontier, to the Wyoming Territory, she also manages to become the first woman elected to public office in the United States, and gets the vote for Wyoming women! 7 & up. Age: Early School Years,Later School Years. Award Year: 2006.
2006 Award
(by Esther Nisenthal Krinitz and Bernice Steinhardt, Hyperion $15.99 Score:
) Embroidered panels are done by a survivor of the Holocaust in Poland and are accompanied with her own words and a commentary by her daughter. Stunning! 10 & up. Age: Later School Years. Award Year: 2006.
2006 Award
(by Candace Fleming, Atheneum $19.95 Score:
) You can read this from front to back or dip into the one- and two-page sections that address a particular moment in Eleanor Roosevelt’s remarkable life. There are tons of pictorial materials, photos, newspapers, cartoons, and letters that fill in this “scrapbook” and give young readers a sense of Eleanor’s life as she grew from lonely child to greatly admired leader in a time when there were few such women in the world. 10–14. Age: Later School Years. Award Year: 2006.
2006 Award
(by Judith St. George/illus. by David Small, Philomel $16.99 Score:
) A bit less focused than this team’s So You Want to be President?, this is an interesting concept book that introduces young readers to certain commonalities that explorers through the ages share, such as being curious, adventurous, and determined. They are also risk-takers who respect native people they meet along their way. This will not replace the encyclopedia for school assignments, but rather will address the spirit of exploring in ways that the facts in encyclopedias sometimes forget. 8 & up. Age: Later School Years. Award Year: 2006.
2006 Award
(by April Jones Prince/illus. by Francois Roca, Houghton Mifflin $16 Score:
) We had a similar story based on true events last year. In that version the child storyteller is at the center of the story and longs to go on the newly built Brooklyn Bridge. In this one, it’s P.T. Barnum who comes up with the solution. Either way, it’s a great story and speaks to the fears people have of most new things. 7 & up. Age: Early School Years,Later School Years. Award Year: 2006.
2006 Award
(retold by Carol Ann Lee, Viking $15.99 Score:
) Anne Frank’s diary has inspired movies, plays, and a wealth of books. This latest is about Anne and her “best” friend, “Jopie.” This is a book for those who have read the diary. The two girls meet at the Jewish school they must now attend. Their brief, intense friendship and Jacqueline’s own story give readers a fuller sense of their lives. 10 & up. Age: Later School Years. Award Year: 2006.
2006 Award
(by Quincy Troupe/illus. by Lisa Cohen, Houghton Mifflin $18 Score:
) Stevie Wonder’s story is told in lyrical prose. It’s a bit over the top, but just may be an inspiring book for a child who is musical or blessed with some other gift. There is a very short CD with this book—only two songs on the disk—which might be disappointing to someone who doesn’t read the fine print! Age: Early School Years,Later School Years. Award Year: 2006.
2007 Award
(by Kyle Olman/illus. by Tracy Sabin, Scholastic $19.99 Score:
) For the child who is taken with medieval times and castles, this is a must-have treasure. Awesome pop-ups of buildings, knights, and serfs all come to life with paper engineered to leap off the pages. An informative text may eventually be read—after all the wows! 7 & up.
Age: Early School Years,Later School Years. Award Year: 2007.
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