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Jan Ross, Presenter, Library Media Specialist Dixie Elementary Magnet School jross@fayette.k12.ky.us Kentucky School Media Association Conference October, 2002 |
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| Book Information | Subject | My Notes |
| "Katie's Trunk", by Ann Turner |
Revolutionary War |
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| "The Blue and the Gray", by Eve Bunting |
Civil War |
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| "Pink and Say", by Patricia Polacco |
Civil War |
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| "The Lily Cupboard", by Shulamith Levey Oppenheim |
World War II |
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| "But No Candy", by Gloria Houston |
World War II |
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| "Henry Hikes to Fitchburg", by D.B. Johnson |
US History - Late 1800's |
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| "The House in the Mail", Rosemary and Tom Wells |
US History - 1920's |
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| "John and Tom", by Willem Lange |
US History - 1950's |
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| "One Lucky Girl", George Ella Lyon |
US History - Twisters |
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| "Lobster Boat", by Brenda Z. Guiberson |
New England |
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| "Goin' Someplace Special, by Patricia McKissack |
Civil Rights |
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| "A Bus of Our Own", by Freddi Williams Evans |
Civil Rights |
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| "Freedom Summer", by Deborah Wiles |
Civil Rights |
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| "Smoky Nights", by Eve Bunting |
Civil Rights |
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| "Fly Away Home", by Eve Bunting |
Homeless |
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| "Faraway Home", by Jane Kurtz |
Immigration |
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| "A Day's Work", by Eve Bunting |
Immigration |
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| "Aunt Lilly's Laundromat", by Melanie Hope Greenberg |
Immigration |
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| "Dreaming of America", by Eve Bunting |
Immigration |
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| "The Moon's Lullaby", by Joesphine Nobisso |
The World |
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| "The Armadillo from Amarillo", by Lynne Cherry |
The World |
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| "The King's Secret", by Carol Farley |
Korea |
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| "The Name Jar", by Yangsook Choi |
Korea |
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| "The Story of Chopsticks", by Ying Chang Compestine |
China |
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| "Journey Home", by Lawrence McKay, Jr. |
Vietnam |
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| "Grandfather's Dream", by Holly Keller |
Vietnam |
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| "The Lotus Seed", by Sherry Garland |
Vietnam |
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| "The Boy Who Drew Cats", by Margaret Hodges |
Japan |
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| "Katje the Windmill Cat", by Gretchen Woelfle |
Holland |
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| "The Orphan Singer", by Emily Arnold McCully |
Italy |
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Notable Social Studies Books for Young People
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