SOCIETY OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS INTERNATIONAL 2002 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:
Smith, David J. If the World Were a Village. Kids Can Press, 2002.

Honor Books:

Bateman, Teresa. Red, White, Blue and Uncle Who. Holiday House, 2001.

Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane. Celebrating Ramaden. Holiday House, 2001.

Murray, Stewart. American Revolution. Dorling Kindersley, 2002.

Hoose, Phillip. We Were There Too. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001.

Pinckney, Andrea D. Ella Fitzgerald. Hyperion, 2002.

Gelman, Amy. New York. Lerner, 2002.

Marcus, Leonard. Side by Side: Five Favorite Picture Book Teams Go to Work. Walker and Co., 2001.

Adams, Simon. Code Breakers. Dorling Kindersley, 2002.

Greenwood, Barbara. Gold Rush Fever. Kids Can Press, 2001.

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Social Studies - Novels, Grades 7 - 12

Best Book:

Legal Systems of the World. (4 Volume Set) ABC-CLIO, 2002.

Honor Books:

Damon, Duane. Headin' For Better Times: The Arts of the Great Depression. Lerner, 2002.

Kort, Michael. Handbook of the Middle East. 21st Century/Millbrook Press, 2002.

Reef, Catherine. Childhood in America. Facts on File, 2002.

Adler, David. B. Franklin, Printer. Holiday House, 2002.

Giblin, James Cross. Life and Death of Adolf Hitler. Clarion, 2002.

Landua, Elaine. Osama bin Laden: A War Against the West. 21st Century Book/Millbrook, 2002.

Calvert, Patricia. Robert E. Peary: To the Top of the World. Benchmark/Marshall Cavendish, 2002.

Levinson, Nancy. Magellan and the First Voyage Around the World. Clarion, 2002.

Jovinelly, Joann. Crafts of the Ancient World series (Crafts & Culture of the Ancient Greeks, Crafts and Cultures of the Romans). Rosen, 2002.

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