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1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving

1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving

by Catherine O'Neill Grace, Margaret Bruchac
Illustrated by Sisse Brimberg, Cotton Coulson

Publisher: National Geographic, 2001
Pages: 48
ISBN: 9780792261391

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 7 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 394 Grace

Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball

Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball

by Jen Bryant
Illustrated by Frank Morrison

Publisher: Abrams, 2020
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9781419741081

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 6-10

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 796 Bryant

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

Ain't Gonna Study War No More: The Story of America's Peace Seekers

Ain't Gonna Study War No More: The Story of America's Peace Seekers

by Milton Meltzer

Publish Year: 1985 Pages: 282
ISBN: 9780375922602

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 11 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 355 Meltzer

Al Capone Shines My Shoes

Al Capone Shines My Shoes

by Gennifer Choldenko

Publisher: Dial, 2009
Pages: 274
ISBN: 9780803734609

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 10-13

CCBC Location: Fiction, Choldenko

All of a Sudden and Forever: Help and Healing After the Oklahoma City Bombing

All of a Sudden and Forever: Help and Healing After the Oklahoma City Bombing

by Chris Barton
Illustrated by Nicole Xu

Publishers: Carolrhoda, Lerner, 2020
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9781541526693

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 6-10

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 363 Barton

All That Trash: The Story of the 1987 Garbage Barge and Our Problem with Stuff

All That Trash: The Story of the 1987 Garbage Barge and Our Problem with Stuff

by Meghan McCarthy
Illustrated by Meghan McCarthy

Publishers: Paula Wiseman Books, Simon & Schuster, 2018
Pages: 48
ISBN: 9781481477529

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 7-10

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 386 McCarthy

All the Way to the Top: How One Girl's Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything

All the Way to the Top: How One Girl's Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything

by Annette Bay Pimentel
Illustrated by Nabi H. Ali

Publishers: Sourcebooks, Sourcebooks eXplore, 2020
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781492688976

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 6-9

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 323 Pimentel

Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream

Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream

by Tanya Lee Stone

Publisher: Candlewick, 2009
Pages: 133
ISBN: 9780763636111

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 12 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 629 Stone