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Language: Mild Language,Language: Racial or Ethnic Epithet/Slur,Violence: Gun Violence,Violence: Mild Violence,Violence: Strong Violence
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
By Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrators
Illustrated by Ekua Holmes
Edition
2016 Caldecott Honor Book
2016 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
Horn Book Fanfare List: Best Books of 2015, Nonfiction
2015 Parents’ Choice Book Awards: Nonfiction, Gold
Booklist Best Picture Books of 2015
Booklist Editor’s Choice 2015, Nonfiction, Middle Readers
ALA Notable Books for Children 2016, Older Readers
2016 Amelia Bloomer List, Middle Grade–Nonfiction, Top Ten
Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2015, Informational Books for Older Readers
100 Notable Titles for Reading and Sharing 2015, Children’s Books
2016 Winner, Notable Books for a Global Society
2016 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 6–8
2016 CCBC Choices–Historical People, Places, and Events
2015 Cybils Award Nomination, Elementary / Middle Grade Nonfiction
Best Multicultural Books of 2015
Booklist 2016 Top 10 Books for Youth, Biographies
Children’s Literature Assembly, 2016 Notable Children’s Books in the English Language Arts
Children’s Book Committee Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of 2016, Biography and Memoir
2016 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor, Nonfiction
William Allen White Children’s Book Awards 2017–2018 Master List, Grades 6–8
By Carole Boston Weatherford
Hardcover edition
Publisher Candlewick Imprint Candlewick ISBN9780763665319
Awards and Honors 2016 Coretta Scott King / John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award Winner2016 Caldecott Honor Book
2016 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
Horn Book Fanfare List: Best Books of 2015, Nonfiction
2015 Parents’ Choice Book Awards: Nonfiction, Gold
Booklist Best Picture Books of 2015
Booklist Editor’s Choice 2015, Nonfiction, Middle Readers
ALA Notable Books for Children 2016, Older Readers
2016 Amelia Bloomer List, Middle Grade–Nonfiction, Top Ten
Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2015, Informational Books for Older Readers
100 Notable Titles for Reading and Sharing 2015, Children’s Books
2016 Winner, Notable Books for a Global Society
2016 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 6–8
2016 CCBC Choices–Historical People, Places, and Events
2015 Cybils Award Nomination, Elementary / Middle Grade Nonfiction
Best Multicultural Books of 2015
Booklist 2016 Top 10 Books for Youth, Biographies
Children’s Literature Assembly, 2016 Notable Children’s Books in the English Language Arts
Children’s Book Committee Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of 2016, Biography and Memoir
2016 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor, Nonfiction
William Allen White Children’s Book Awards 2017–2018 Master List, Grades 6–8
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
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2016 Coretta Scott King / John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award Winner
The child of Mississippi sharecroppers, Fannie Lou Hamer was a leader in the civil rights movement: "I meant to prove that anyone, / black or white, rich or poor / could get involved in American politics." Author's note. Time line. Source notes. Selected bibliography. Full-color collage illustrations.
The child of Mississippi sharecroppers, Fannie Lou Hamer was a leader in the civil rights movement: "I meant to prove that anyone, / black or white, rich or poor / could get involved in American politics." Author's note. Time line. Source notes. Selected bibliography. Full-color collage illustrations.
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