Entering Grade Three
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HISTORY & HISTORICAL FICTION

How Sweet the Sound
Kwame Alexander
A celebration of the history of Black music in America.
I am Osage: how Clarence Tinker became the first Native American major general
Kim Rogers
An informative and inspiring picture celebrates the achievements of Clarence Tinker, a member of the Osage Nation who became the first Native American major general.
Choosing Brave
Angela Joy
A Caldecott-honor winning picture book biography of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son's death into a call to action for the civil rights movement.
Chinese Menu
Grace Lin
Separated into courses like a Chinese menu, these tales—based in real history and folklore—are filled with squabbling dragons, magical fruits, and hungry monks. This book will bring you to far-off times and marvelous  places, all while making your mouth water. And, along the way, you might just discover a deeper understanding of the resilience and triumph behind this food, and what makes it undeniably American. 
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: One Dead Spy
Nathan Hale
When Nathan Hale utters his famous last words, he suddenly gains knowledge of all of American history. He stalls his execution by telling the story of the lead up and early days of the Revolutionary War in the first of this series of graphic novels about the most incredible, grisly and strange true stories of US history. (series/graphic novel)
Kapaemahu
Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu 
Four individuals of dual male and female spirit bring their healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaii, where they are beloved for their gentle ways and miraculous cures and where they imbue four giant boulders with their powers.
Journey Through Ash and Smoke (Ranger in Time)
Kate Messner
Ranger, the time-traveling golden retriever, has landed in Viking age Iceland, where he meets a girl named Helga, who seems perfectly able to take care of herself--until an erupting volcano and an early arriving baby forces Ranger and Helga to journey through the ash and smoke to find her father and bring him home.
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