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• List: Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal
• List: Randolph Caldecott Medal
• Genre: History
• Genre: US History

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  Locomotive

  By Brian Floca

  Accompany a family on an unforgettable weeklong train trip from Omaha to Sacramento in 1869. Flowing, detailed blank verse text and warm, thoroughly researched illustrations fuel the adventure. ALL ABOARD! for this stunning aural and visual celebration of early rail travel.

  • Nonfiction, History, US History
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 2014 (Medal Winner), Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal 2014 (Honor Title)
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9781416994152
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  Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

  By Carole Boston Weatherford, Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)

  The inspirational singer and Civil Rights activist comes to life in 22 brief, first person, free verse poems that seamlessly incorporate Hamer's own words. The biography takes her from a sharecropping child to a community leader.

  • Nonfiction, History, US History, Poetry, Biography
  • Notable Children's Books 2016, Randolph Caldecott Medal 2016 (Honor Title), Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal 2016 (Honor Title)
  • All Ages
  • ISBN: 9780763665319