ANNE FRANK IN THE WORLD compiled by The Anne Frank House. 2001. 144 pp. 0-375-81177-X (Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers/Knopf Delacorte Dell
Young Readers Group) $18.95. This photo essay moves beyond the immediate experience of Anne Frank and her family to show us the larger world in which she lived and died. Filled with pictures of the Frank family and other
victims of the Holocaust, along with photos of smiling Aryan families, this book is a moving companion to the diary.
BAD BOY: A Memoir by Walter Dean Myers. 2001. 224 pp. 0-06-029523-6 (HarperCollins Children's Books)
$15.95. The Coretta Scott King Award-winning author relates his experiences growing up in Harlem, the home of Sugar Ray Robinson and Langston Hughes, in the 1940s and 1950s.
BREAKING THROUGH by Francisco Jiménez. 2001.
208 pp. 0-618-01173-0 (Houghton Mifflin Company) $15.00. This sequel to The Circuit continues Francisco Jiménez's memoir of coming of age in California in a family of migrant workers. The family's struggle to put down roots
that will offer their children a better future is engrossing and moving-a story all Americans should read.
GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE FOUNDING OF A NATION by Albert Marrin. 2001. 256 pp. 0-525-46481-6 (Dutton Children's
Books) $25.00. It's balanced, it's thorough, it's well written, and it's less than nine-hundred pages. This book is a great choice for someone who wants to learn more about Washington but doesn't have an advanced degree in
history.
HELEN KELLER: Rebellious Spirit by Laurie Lawlor. 2001. 192 pp. 0-8234-1588-0 (Holiday House) $22.95. The complex personalities, as well as the accomplishments, of Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan,
are explored in this illuminating biography. Those for whom Keller has been an abstract, heroic figure will find this close portrait fascinating and humanizing.
KENNEDY ASSASSINATED! THE WORLD MOURNS: A Reporter's Story
by Wilborn Hampton. 1997. 96 pp. 1-564-02811-9 (Candlewick Press) $17.99. A world-shattering event-which most older adults remember with striking clarity-is described in riveting detail by a man who found himself covering the
tragedy for the Dallas daily newspaper in his first assignment as a young reporter.
MARTIN'S BIG WORDS: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Bryan Collier. 2001. 40 pp.
0-7868-0714-8 (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children) $15.99. The courage and eloquence of the great civil rights leader are distilled into spare text and powerful collage images. Both inspirational and instructive, this
picture-book biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. won the Coretta Scott King Award for illustration.
MELTDOWN: A Race Against Nuclear Disaster at Three Mile Island by Wilborn Hampton. 2001. 112 pp. 0-7636-0715-0
(Candlewick Press) $19.99. Former wire-service reporter Wilborn Hampton gives an eye-opening account of the 1979 nuclear accident at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, educating readers about a significant episode in recent
history and offering insight into the demanding, crucial role journalists play in contemporary society.
SIGMUND FREUD: Pioneer of the Mind by Catherine Reef. 2001. 160 pp. 0-618-01762-3 (Clarion Books) $19.00. Most
adults know "the basics" of Sigmund Freud's theories, but many will find this overview of his life and work enlightening. Once revolutionary, Freud's ideas have been absorbed, scrutinized, and picked apart in the
decades since his death in 1939. Here his theories are clearly described and set in context.
THROUGH MY EYES by Ruby Bridges. 1999. 64 pp. 0-590-18923-9 (Scholastic Press) $16.95. This is Ruby Bridges's recollection of
the year she spent integrating the first-grade class in her elementary school in New Orleans in 1960. Told through her young eyes as well as through first-person narratives and photographs, this story is a testament to the
strengths of many people, but particularly of six-year-old Ruby, who possessed determination, honor, and courage beyond what will ever be asked of most of us.
WOODY GUTHRIE: Poet of the People written and illustrated by
Bonnie Christensen. 2001. 32 pp. 0-375-81113-3 (Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers/Knopf Delacorte Dell Young Readers Group) $16.95. This picture-book biography of the famous folk singer is a perfect marriage of text and
art. Bonnie Christensen's rustic woodcuts convey the heart of the man, as well as the settings he paid tribute to in song: factories, union halls, the camps of migrant workers, lonely street corners, empty roads-in short,
America.