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Abraham Lincoln & Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship

Abraham Lincoln & Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship

by Russell Freedman

Publisher: Clarion, 2012
Pages: 119
ISBN: 9780547385624

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 12 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 973 Freedman

Across America on an Emigrant Train

Across America on an Emigrant Train

by Jim Murphy

Publisher: Clarion, 1993
Pages: 150
ISBN: 0395633907

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 10-14

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 973 Murphy

Action! How Movies Began

Action! How Movies Began

by Meghan McCarthy
Illustrated by Meghan McCarthy

Publishers: Paula Wiseman Books, Simon & Schuster, 2022
Pages: 48
ISBN: 9781534452305

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 7-11

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, McCarthy

Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer

Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer

by Diane Stanley
Illustrated by Jessie Hartland

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2016
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9781481452496

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 6-10

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Lovelace

Africville

Africville

by Shauntay Grant
Illustrated by Eva Campbell

Publishers: Groundwood, House of Anansi, 2018
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781773060439

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 6-9

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Grant

After Gandhi: One Hundred Years of Nonviolent Resistance

After Gandhi: One Hundred Years of Nonviolent Resistance

by Anne Sibley O'Brien, Perry Edmond O'Brien
Illustrated by Anne Sibley O'Brien

Publisher: Charlesbridge, 2009
Pages: 181
ISBN: 9781580891295

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 10-15

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 303 O'Brien

Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry

Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry

by Scott Reynolds Nelson, Marc Aronson

Publisher: National Geographic, 2008
Pages: 64
ISBN: 9781426300004

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 11 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 973 Nelson

Alfred Nobel: The Man Behind the Peace Prize

Alfred Nobel: The Man Behind the Peace Prize

by Kathy-Jo Wargin
Illustrated by Zachary Pullen

Publisher: Sleeping Bear, 2009
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781585362813

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 8-12

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Nobel

The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch

The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch

by Chris Barton
Illustrated by Don Tate

Publisher: Eerdmans, 2015
Pages: 48
ISBN: 9780802853790

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 7-10

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Lynch

Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride

Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride

by Pam Munoz Ryan
Illustrated by Brian Selznick

Publisher: Scholastic, 1999
Pages: 40
ISBN: 059096075X

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 7-10

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Ryan