Showing 1–2 of 2 titles

• List: Randolph Caldecott Medal
• Genre: Nonfiction
• Genre: History
• Genre: Biography

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  The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot

  By Alice Provensen, Martin Provensen

  Once he sees a flying machine, Louis Blériot becomes passionately interested in building his own machine and is successful on his eleventh attempt. Based on a true incident in France in the early 1900s, the biography is illustrated with pictures of shifting perspectives and touches of humor and views of a family growing older.

  • Nonfiction, History, Biography
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 1984 (Medal Winner)
  • ISBN: 9780140507294
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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