Product Type: Books
Age: Early Elementary School Years
Categories: History
2001 Awards
(by Karen Winnick, Boyds Mills $7.99 Score:
) Based on a true story, a small girl writes a letter to Abe Lincoln suggesting that he grow whiskers. He stops on his way to Washington after his election to thank her for her letter and to show off his whiskers. May inspire some young letter writers. 5–9
Age: Early School Years,Later School Years. Award Year: 2001.
2001 Award
(by Lynne Barasch, Farrar Straus $16 Score:
) Kids who are growing up with email and instant messages may be fascinated by this story of a 12-year-old boy who became a ham operator and a hero back in the '20s when making a long distance call could take hours. 7 and up. Age: Early School Years. Award Year: 2001.
2001 Award
(by Shana Corey/illus. by Chesley McLaren, Scholastic $16.95 Score:
) Amelia Bloomer (a friend of Elizabeth Cady Stanton) was a rebel who believed that most rules for being a proper woman were foolish. She had the courage to change the kinds of clothes she wore and left her name and mark on the women's rights movement. 5–9. Age: Early School Years,Later School Years. Award Year: 2001.
2001 Awards
(by Mireille Majoor/illus. by Ken Marschall, Little Brown $18.95 Score:
) An oversized book to match the scope of the subject—the largest object ever to fly. Breathtaking cutaways give readers a sense of what this gone-but-not-forgotten way of travel must have been like. Also very well done on the same subject, The Hindenburg (by Patrick O'Brien, Henry Holt ). 8 and up. Age: Early School Years,Later School Years. Award Year: 2001.
2002 Award
(by Patricia C. McKissack/illus. by Jerry Pinkney, Simon & Schuster $16 Score:
) 'Tricia Ann's grandmother allows her to go downtown alone to her someplace special - place where everyone is welcome. But getting there is not easy in the Jim Crow South, when people of color could not sit where they pleased on the bus or park bench, in the movies, or a restaurant. What was the one special palace in Nashville where those rules were overruled? The public library. Age: Early School Years,Later School Years. Award Year: 2002.
2002 Award
(by Stephen E. Ambrose, Simon & Schuster $19.95 Score:
) Subtitled How World War II was won, historian Ambrose uses black and white photos of the significant events of WWII as the backdrop to this chronicle of major events. A handsome volume for young history buffs. Age: Early School Years,Later School Years. Award Year: 2002.
2002 Award
(by Diane Stanley/illus. by Holly Berry, HarperCollins $15.95 Score:
) Liz, Lenny, and their grandma go time traveling again in this lively trip to the Boston Tea Party. Told with both straight prose and cartoon balloons, this is full of humor and solid information. A kind of Magic School Bus to history without the bus. Age: Early School Years. Award Year: 2002.
2002 Award
(by Patricia Laubert/illus. by John Manders, Simon & Schuster $16 Score:
) Here's a hilarious history of how bathrooms have evolved through the ages from Greek and Roman times to the present. This title will surely spark a lively conversation. A worthy sequel to Fingers, Forks, & Chopsticks. Age: Early School Years,Later School Years. Award Year: 2002.
2002 Award
(by Freddi W. Evans/illus. by Shawn Costello, Albert Whitman $15.95 Score:
) Getting to school five miles down the road takes some doing-especially without a bus. Based on a true story, this tells how a community of African American families joined together in the early fifties to give their kids a bus. Age: Early School Years. Award Year: 2002.
(by Mari Takabayashi, Houghton Mifflin $16 Score:
) Using the framework of the months of the year, young readers are introduce to important sights of Tokyo, customs and special celebrations that fill the life of Mimiko, a seven-year-old girl. Age: Early School Years,Later School Years. Award Year: 2002.
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