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Russell Freedman
Russell Freedman received the Newbery Medal for LINCOLN: A PHOTOBIOGRAPHY. He is also the recipient of three Newbery Honors, a National Humanities Medal, the Sibert Medal, the Orbis Pictus Award, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and was selected to give the 2006 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor... show more
Russell Freedman received the Newbery Medal for LINCOLN: A PHOTOBIOGRAPHY. He is also the recipient of three Newbery Honors, a National Humanities Medal, the Sibert Medal, the Orbis Pictus Award, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and was selected to give the 2006 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture. Mr. Freedman lived in New York City and traveled widely to research his books.

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Birth date: 1929-10-11
Died: 2018-03-16
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YA Fanatic
YA Fanatic rated it 9 years ago
For starters, I do not like history. So that fact that I enjoyed this book is pretty impressive for the author. It's definitely not one I loved. But, as a non-fiction book I feel that I have to give this four stars for being readable, having interesting real photographs throughout and being simple e...
Dr "HOO" & the Big Blue Box
Dr "HOO" & the Big Blue Box rated it 9 years ago
The pictures attached are the Teaching Tolerance Text Selection Tool which I utilized for analyzing cultural authenticity. Citation Freedman, Russell, and Karl Bodmer. An Indian Winter. New York: Holiday House, 1992. Print. Synopsis This book relates the experiences of a German prince, his ser...
Degrees of Affection
Degrees of Affection rated it 10 years ago
For my review of the audiobook, which lead me to try the print version, please see here. Um...is this the same book? I had to make sure and I almost went so far as to re-checkout the audiobook and follow along. This was...good. Really good. If you are looking for a good, introductory text in ...
Degrees of Affection
Degrees of Affection rated it 10 years ago
I'll confess, I don't know WWI like I should, particularly since I'm so interested in its effects on the British home front. So I decided to snag this audiobook from my library's online book site. There was nothing outstanding to tell you it was a YA non-fiction book, though I figured it out quickly...
Library Lady's Booklikes
Library Lady's Booklikes rated it 11 years ago
Very interesting. I love the photos and revelation of the poetry that was left on the walls of the buildings. I had no idea the things that went on in our country at that time!!
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