An introduction to the life of Marian Anderson, an extraordinary singer, whose life and career encouraged social change. She was the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera.
2004-2005 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Scholastic
Copyright October 1, 2002
ISBN# 0-439-26967-9 (PB, HB)
An Asian cook and a Chinese New Year celebration help a ten-year-old girl at a stagecoach station regain her confidence after smallpox scars her face.
2004-2005 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by HarperCollins
Copyright November 30, 2001
ISBN# 0-06-029325-X (PB, HB)
With striking photographs, the author reveals the truth about nature’s grossest, fiercest, most fascinating and yet most misunderstood animals.
2003-2004 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by SeaStar
Copyright February 28, 2001
ISBN# 1-58717-079-5 (PB, HB)
These 50-pound bundles of energy and courage routinely take on 400-pound grizzlies to steer problem bears away from trouble.
2003-2004 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Walker
Copyright February 28, 2001
ISBN# 0-8027-8759-2 (HB)
In 1895, a former sea captain attempts to be the first to sail around the world in his rebuilt sloop.
2003-2004 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Orchard
Copyright October 31, 2001
ISBN# 0-439-29305-7 (HB)
When her father disappears mysteriously, Buddy must live with dysfunctional relatives and learns of the whole family’s past secrets.
2003-2004 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Atheneum
Copyright February 28, 2001
ISBN# 0-689-81670-7 (PB, HB)
This sequel to Sarah, Plain and Tall and Skylark, focuses on Caleb who finds a mysterious old man in the barn, and forces his father to deal with his past.
2003-2004 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by HarperCollins
Copyright September 18, 2001
ISBN# 0-06-023606-X (PB)
If you were growing up in the 1930s in the mountains of Kentucky, you’d recognize the packhorse librarian by the saddlebags filled with books, one of which might be for you!
2003-2004 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by HarperCollins
Copyright April 24, 2001
ISBN# 0-06-029135-4 (HB)