This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie (Golden Kite Awards)

by Elizabeth Partridge

Hardcover, 2002

Tags

NCSS Standards Theme--People-Places-Environments, NCSS Standards Theme--Individual Development and Identity, NCSS Standards Theme--Power-Authority-Governance, Biography, Reading Level-Middle (6-8)Reading Level-High (9-12), Reading Level-Middle (6-8), Reading Level-High (9-12)

Genres

Collection

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

Publication

Viking Books for Young Readers (2002), Edition: 1, 224 pages

Description

A biography of Woody Guthrie, a singer who wrote over 3,000 folk songs and ballads as he traveled around the United States, including "This Land is Your Land" and "So Long It's Been Good to Know Yuh."

Subjects

Folk music
Folk singers United States Biography Juvenile literature
Guthrie, Woody 1912-1967
Guthrie, Woody 1912-1967 Juvenile literature
Singers

Awards

Language

English

Original language

English

Original publication date

2002

Pages

224

Physical description

224 p.; 9.75 inches

ISBN

0670035351 / 9780670035359

DDC/MDS

782.42162

Similar in this library

The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights by Russell Freedman
John Lennon: All I Want is the Truth (Bccb Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book Award (Awards)) by Elizabeth Partridge
The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler by James Cross Giblin
Woody Guthrie: Poet of the People by Bonnie Christensen
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson by Pam Muñoz Ryan
22 more
Marching for Freedom: Walk Together Children and Don't You Grow Weary by Elizabeth Partridge
Our Eleanor: A Scrapbook Look at Eleanor Roosevelt's Remarkable Life by Candace Fleming
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (Jane Addams Honor Book (Awards)) by Phillip M Hoose
Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson
Handel, Who Knew What He Liked by M. T. Anderson
Ben Franklin's Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman's Life by Candace Fleming
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 (Newbery Honor Book) by Jim Murphy
Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past by James M. Deem
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream (Jane Addams Honor Book (Awards)) by Tanya Lee Stone
Harlem Stomp! A Cultural History of the Harlem Renaissance by Laban Carrick Hill
A Dream Of Freedom (Booklist Editor's Choice. Books for Youth (Awards)) by Diane Mcwhorter
Revenge of The Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex (Boston Globehorn Book Honors) by Nathaniel Philbrick
Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry by Scott Nelson
Andy Warhol, Prince of Pop (Bccb Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book Award (Awards)) by Jan Greenberg
We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip M Hoose
Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of a Champion by Russell Freedman
Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929: A Wall Street Journal Book for Children by Karen Blumenthal
Jane Addams: Champion of Democracy by Dennis Brindell Fradin
Confucius: The Golden Rule by Russell Freedman
The Cod's Tale by Mark Kurlansky
Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America by Karen Blumenthal
The Forbidden Schoolhouse: The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students (Bccb Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book Award (Awards)) by Suzanne Jurmain

More

Amazon.comMARC view
Page: 1.0691 seconds