Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2006

50 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet   by		Black Storm Comin'   by Diane Lee Wilson		Built to Last: Building America's Amazing Bridges, Dams, Tunnels, and Skyscrapers   by George Sullivan Review »
Catch a Tiger by the Toe   by Ellen Levine Review »		Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World   by Cynthia Chin-Lee Review »		America Through the Lens: Photographers Who Changed the Nation   by Martin W. Sandler
American Heroes   by Marfe Ferguson Delano Review »		Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two   by Joseph Bruchac		Anne Frank   by Josephinei Poole Review »
Bach's Goldberg Variations   by Anna Harwell Celenza		Crooked River   by Shelley Pearson Review »		Dad, Jackie, and Me   by Myron Uhlberg Review »
Back to Year Zero   by Frances Bacon		The Bus Ride that Changed History: The Story of Rosa Parks   by Pamela Duncan Edwards Review »		Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa   by Veronica Chambers Review »
Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue   by Julius Lester Review »		Dangerous Crossing: The Revolutionary Voyage of John Quincy Adams   by Stephen Krensky		Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights   by Jim Haskins
Dzani Yazhi Naazbaa: Little Woman Warrior Who Came Home   by Evangeline Parsons Yzzie Review »		The Fight for Peace: A History of Antiwar Movements in America   by Ted Gottfried		Dreamer from the Village: The Story of Marc Chagall   by Michelle Markel Review »
The Forbidden Schoolhouse: The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students   by Suzanne Jurmain		The Founders: The 39 Stories Behind the U.S. Constitution   by Dennis Brindell Fradin Review »		Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins   by Carole Boston Weatherford Review »
Georgia's Bones   by Jen Bryant Review »		Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth   by James Cross Giblin		Gwendolyn Brooks: "Poetry Is Life Distilled"   by Christine M. Hill
The Journey of the One and Only Declaration of Independence   by Judith St. George Review »		Houdini: World's Greatest Mystery Man   by Kathleen Krull Review »		How High Can We Climb? The Story of Women Explorers   by Jeannine Atkins Review »
I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote   by Linda Arms White Review »		The King of Mulberry Street   by Donna Jo Napoli Review »		John Lennon: All I Want is Truth   by Elizabeth Partridge Review »
The Journey that Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey   by Louise Borden Review »		Little Green: Growing Up during the Chinese Cultural Revolution   by Chun Yu Review »		Let It Begin Here! Lexington & Concord: First Battles of the American Revolution   by Dennis Brindell Fradin
Jazz ABZ: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits   by Wynton Marsalis		Joe Louis: America's Fighter   by David A. Adler		Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX, The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America   by Karen Blumenthal
Mudball   by Matt Tavares Review »		The AIDS Epidemic: Disaster & Survival   by Jennifer Reed Review »		Americans Who Tell the Truth   by Roibert Shetterly
And Tango Makes Three   by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell		New Boy   by Julian Houston Review »		Carl the Complainer   by Michelle Knudsen
Helicopter Man   by Elizabeth Fensham Review »		New Jersey 1609-1776   by Robin Doak		The Real Revolution: The Global Story of American Independence   by Marc Aronson Review »
The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq   by Jeanette Winter Review »		Peace One Day: The Making of World Peace Day   by Jeremy Gilley Review »		Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States   by Review »
Show Way   by Jacqueline Woodson Review »		Fairy Trails   by Susan Middleton Elya Review »		Kallaloo! A Caribbean Tale   by David and Phillis Gershator
The Old African   by Julius Lester Review »		Smiler's Bones   by Peter Lerangis Review »		Are We There Yet? A Journey Around Australia   by Alison Lester Review »
Chinese New Year   by Judith Jango-Cohen		A Sweet Smell of Roses   by Angela Johnson Review »		Sweetgrass Basket   by Marlene Carvell
Abby Takes a Stand   by Patricia C. McKissack Review »		Twenty-One Elephants and Still Standing   by April Jones Prince		Under a Standstill Moon   by Ann Howard Creel
Willow Run   by Patricia Reilly Giff Review »		Oskar Schindler: Saving Jews from the Holocaust   by Ann Byers		Our Eleanor: A Scrapbook Look at Eleanor Roosevelt's Remarkable Life   by Candace Fleming Review »
Worlds Apart   by Kathleen Karr		A Wreath for Emmett Till   by Marilyn Nelson Review »		The Perfect Wizard: Hans Christian Andersen   by Jane Yolen
Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates   by Jonah Winter Review »		Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story   by Paula Yoo Review »		The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela: Through Three Continents in the Twelfth Century   by Uri Shulevitz Review »
Wise Guy: The Life and Philosophy of Socrates   by M.D. Usher		The Young Hans Christian Andersen   by Karen Hesse Review »		Young Thomas Edison   by Michael Dooling Review »
Elizabeth I: The Outcast Who Became England's Queen   by Simon Adams		Heroes and She-roes: Poems of Amazing and Everyday Heroes   by J. Patrick Lewis		Late Modernism   by Anne Fitzpatrick
The Baby on the Way   by Karen English Review »		The Center of the World   by Andreas Steinhofel Review »		Strong at the Heart: How It Feels to Heal from Sexual Abuse   by Carolyn Lehman
Theories of Relativity   by Barbara Haworth-Attard		This is America: The American Spirit in Places and People   by Don Robb		Dust Bowl! The 1930s Black Blizzards   by Richard H. Levey
Eyes of the Emperor   by Graham Salisbury Review »		Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life   by Jerdine Nolen Review »		Let Them Play   by Margot Theis Raven
A Season for Mangoes   by Regina Hanson		Zen Shorts   by Jon J. Muth		Lunch Money   by Andrew Clements Review »
Not Exactly Normal   by Devin Brown		Going Fishing   by Bruce McMillan		Going to School in India   by Lisa Heydlauff Review »
Happy Feet   by Richard Michelson		Super Grandpa   by David M. Schwartz Review »		Julio's Magic   by Arthur Dorros Review »
Recess at 20 Below   by Cindy Lou Aillaud Review »		The Tequila Worm   by Viola Canales Review »		Under the Persimmon Tree   by Suzanne Fisher Staples Review »
Shackleton's Stowaway   by Victoria McKernan		We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success   by Dr. Sampson Davis, Dr.l George Jensins, Dr. Rameck Hunt, and Sharon M. Draper		Where the Great Hawk Flies   by Liza Ketchum
Bodies from the Ash: Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii   by James M. Deem		Sled Dogs Run   by Jonathan London		Tsunami: Helping Each Other   by Ann Morris and Heidi Larson
You and Me Together: Moms, Dads, and Kids Around the World   by Barbara Kerley Review »		The Flag with Fifty-Six Stars: A Gift from the Survivors of Mauthausen   by Susan Goldman Rubin		Hidden Child   by Isaac Millman Review »
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow   by Susan Campbell Bartoletti Review »		I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree: A Memoir of a Schindler's List Survivor   by Laura Hillman Review »		Mahjong All Day Long   by Ginnie Lo
Many Ways: How Families Practice Their Beliefs and Religions   by Shelley Rotner and Sheila M. Kelly		Powder Monkey: Adventures of a Young Sailor   by Paul Dowsell		Remember World War II   by Dorinda Makanaonalani Nicholson Review »
The Secret Seder   by Dorren Rappaport Review »		Understanding the Holy Land: Answering Questions about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict   by Mitch Frank

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