SOCIETY OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS INTERNATIONAL 1999 Book Awards
Social Studies, K-12

The Society of School Librarians International (SSLI) announces the recipients of the Society's 1999 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:

Millard, Anne. Street Through Time. DK, 1999.

Honor Books:

Peacock, Louise. Crossing the Delaware. Atheneum/Simon and Schuster, 1998.

Harness, Cheryl. Mark Twain And The Queens Of The Mississippi. Simon and Schuster, 1998.

Maestro, Betsy. Story of Clocks and Calendars. Lothrop Lee and Shepard, 1999.

Wright-Frierson, Virginia. North American Rain Forests Scrapbook. Walker, 1999.

Gellman, Marc. Lost And Found. Morrow, 1999.

Coleman, Evelyn. Riches Of Oeola McCarty. Whitman, 1998.

Kay, Verla. Iron Horses. Putnam, 1999.

Moss, Marissa. Rachel's Journey. Silver Whistle/Harcourt Brace, 1998.

Torres, Leyea. Lilliana's Grandmothers. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.

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Social Studies - Novels, Grades 7 - 12

Best Book:

Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures. 8 vols. UXL/Gale, 1999.

Honor Books:

Katz, William Loren. Black Pioneers : An Untold Story. Atheneum/Simon and Schuster, 1999.

Black, Eric. Bosnia : Fractured Region. Lerner, 1999.

Gourley, Catherine. Good Girl Work : Factories, Sweatshops And How Women Changed Their Role In The American Worksforce. Millbrook, 1999.

Lyman, Darryl. Holocaust Rescuers : Ten Stories of Courage. Enslow, 1999.

Burchard, Peter. Lincoln and Slavery. Atheneum/Simon and Schuster, 1999.

Greene, Meg. Slave Young, Slave Long : The American Slave Experience. Lerner, 1999.

Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. 4 vols. UXL/Gale, 1999.

Finkelstein, Norman N. Way Things Never Were : The Truth About The "Good Old Days". Atheneum/Simon and Schuster, 1999.

Ferrie, Richard. World Turned Upside Down : George Washington And The Battle of Yorktown. Holiday House, 1999.

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