SOCIETY OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS INTERNATIONAL 2001 Book Awards
Social Studies, K-12

The Society of School Librarians International (SSLI) announces the recipients of the Society's 2001 best books awards. Other awards will be found at SSLI Book Awards. Please visit the SSLI Home Page for information about the organization.


[Social Studies, K-6] [Social Studies, 7-12]

Social Studies: K-6

Best Book:

Vaughn, Marcia. Secret to Freedom. Lee and Low Books, 2001.

Honor Books:

Coulter, Laurie. When John and Caroline Lived in the White House. Hyperion, 2001.

Pinkney, Andrea. Let It Shine. Harcourt, 2000.

Brooks, Nigel and Abigail Horner. Country Mouse Cottage. Walker, 2000.

Love, Ann and Jane Drake. The Kids Book of the Far North. Kids Can Press, 2000.

McKissack, Patricia and Fredrick McKissick. Ida B. Wells-Barnett. Enslow, 2001.

Jackson, Ellen. Summer Solstice. Millbrook Press, 2001.

Pastan, Amy. First Ladies. Eyewitness/Dorling Kindersley, 2001.

Tanaka, Shelley. Attack on Pearl Harbor. Hyperion, 2001.

Tanaka, Shelley. In the Time of Knights. Hyperion, 2000.

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Social Studies - Novels, Grades 7 - 12

Best Book:

Hipperson, Carol. Belly Gunner. 21st Century Books, 2001.

Honor Books:

Stewart, Whitney. Deng Xiaoping: Leader in a Changing China. Lerner, 2001.

Fradin, Dennis. Bound for the North Star. Clarion, 2000.

Loewen, Nancy. Four to the Pole!: The American Women's Expedition to Antarctica, 1992-1993. Linnet Books/Shoe String Press, 2001.

Murphy, Jim. Pick and Shovel Poet: The Journeys of Pascal D'Angelo. Clarion, 2000.

Haskins, Jim. Conjure Times: The History of Black Magicians in America. Walker and Company, 2001.

De Hahn, Tracee. The Blizzard of 1888. Chelsea, 2000.

Haskins, James. One Nation Under a Groove: Rap Music and Its Roots. Hyperion Books for Children, 2000.

Ross, Stewart. Leaders of World War II. Raintree/Steck-Vaughn, 2001.

Supreme Court Handbooks Series. The Burger Court, The Stone Court, The Warren Court. First in a series of 10. ABC-CLIO, 2001.

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