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10 Books to Read AloudNovember 2014
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All different now : Juneteenth, the first day of freedom
by Angela Johnson
A sumptuously illustrated tribute to the first observance of African American Emancipation Day is told through the eyes of a joyful little girl. By the three-time Coretta Scott King Award-winning author of The First Part Last and the Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator of Coming on Home Soon.
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Buffalo music
by Tracey E. Fern
Settling in Palo Duro Canyon in Texas, Molly lived and worked to the sounds of the millions of buffalo that roamed the land, but soon gunfire reduced the herds, so Molly took in orphaned calves to grow her own herd, in a story inspired by the true-life contributions of pioneer Mary Ann Goodnight.
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Boxes for Katje
by Candace Fleming
With the end of World War II, Katje and her family must struggle to survive in their small Dutch town, but when a package from America arrives and is offered as gesture of goodwill from a stranger across the ocean, Katje is overwhelmed and writes a letter of appreciation that marks the beginning of something magical.
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Locomotive
by Brian Floca
The award-winning creator of Moonshot presents a richly detailed visual exploration of America's early railroads that examines the sounds, speed and strength of the fledgling transcontinental locomotives and the experiences of pioneering travelers.
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Paper son : Lee's journey to America
by Helen Foster James
Twelve-year-old Lee, an orphan, reluctantly leaves his grandparents in China for the long sea voyage to San Francisco, where he and other immigrants undergo examinations at the Angel Island Immigration Station.
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Those rebels, John and Tom
by Barbara Kerley
A dual portrait of two American Founding Fathers shares accessible introductions to the many ways they helped a young United States in spite of their disparate views, tracing how they overcame interpersonal differences at key points in the nation's early history.
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My country, 'tis of thee : how one song reveals the history of civil rights
by Claire Rudolf Murphy
An engaging chronicle of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement through the changing lyrics of a classic patriotic song reveals how its words have been transformed by generations of protestors and civil rights pioneers throughout landmark historical movements. Illustrated by the three-time Caldecott Honor-winning artist of Uptown.
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Separate is never equal : Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation
by Duncan Tonatiuh
Shares the triumphant story of young Civil Rights activist Sylvia Mendez, an American citizen of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage who, at the age of 8, worked with her parents and other community members to file a landmark lawsuit in federal district court to end segregated education in mid-20th-century California.
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Esperanza rising
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression
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Born and bred in the Great Depression
by Jonah Winter
The award-winning author of Here Comes the Garbage Barge! shares the true story of his father's Depression-era youth in East Texas, describing how, along with seven siblings, he stretched limited resources and discovered the meaning of family.
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