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Recommended and Award Winning
Children’s and Young Adult Titles - English
Language Arts Below are examples of
professional materials found in the Alice Hagar
Curriculum Center. To explore more fully,
search the Alice Hagar Collection for
keywords related to your areas.
Winner of the Tomas Rivera:
Mexican American Children’s Book Award
Becoming Naomi León by Pam
Muñoz Ryan
The award honors authors, illustrators and
publishers of books that authentically reflect
the lives of Mexican American children and
young adults in the United States. |
Winners of the Coretta Scott King Author Award
Remember: the Journey
to
School Integration by Toni Morrison
Legend of Buddy Bush by Shelia
P. Moses.
Ellington was not a Street by Ntozake Shange
The Coretta Scott King Book Award is given to
an African American author and an African
American illustrator for an outstandingly
inspirational and educational contribution. |
Winner of
the Américas Award
Tequila Worm
by Viola Canales
The Américas Award is given in recognition of
U.S. works of fiction, poetry, folklore, or
selected non-fiction (from picture books to
works for young adults) published in the
previous year in English or Spanish that
authentically and engagingly portray Latin
America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the
United States. |
The Young
Adult Library Services Association’s Top
Ten Best Books for Young Adults for 2005
Under the
Wolf, Under the Dog by Adam Rapp
The Realm of
Possibility by David Levithan
Saving
Francesca By Melina Marchetta
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Recommended by Oyate, a Native
organization working to see that the lives and
histories of native Children are portrayed
honestly.
1621: a New
Look at Thanksgiving by Catherine O'Neill
Grace and Margaret M. Bruchac
The Sacred
Harvest: Ojibway Wild Rice Gathering by Gordon
(Ojibwe) Regguinti
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