Selected Russell Freedman Titles: An Annotated List
created by Patricia Partlow, Milford Town Library
December 2006

Russell Freedman has written over 40 nonfiction books for children and has won many awards including: The
Newbery Medal for "Lincoln: A Photobiography." He was the first nonfiction author to win the Newbery Medal in thirty-two years and one of only a handful of nonfiction authors to win the medal since 1922. He also won two Newbery Medals for "The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane," and "Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery;" several
Golden Kite Awards for other biographies, as well as, The Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award and in 1998 he was awarded the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for all his hard work.

"Confucius: The Golden Rule." 2002. Arthur A. Levine Books. Ages 8 - 9.
Five hundred years before the birth of Christ, a member of China's ruling class quit his high post to become a
philosopher and teach ideas on nobility, equality, education, the purpose of life and the proper way to live.

 "Give Me Liberty: The Story of the Declaration of Independence." 2000. Holiday House. Ages 7 - 9.
This book describes the events leading up to the Declaration of Independence, as well as, the personalities and politics behind it's
beginning.

"Immigrant Kids." 1995. Puffin Books. Ages 9 - 11.
The lives of poor immigrant children in America during the late 1800's is the focus of this nonfiction book. The photographs and text tell the story of how difficult life at school, home, work and play were for these children.

"In the Days of Vaqueros: America's First True Cowboys.  2001. Clarion Books. Ages 9 - 11.
Vaqueros were Mexican ranch hands that developed the necessary skills for herding cattle and taught the inexperienced cowboys of the West in their ways.

"Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor." 1994. Clarion Books. Ages 12 - 14.
This photobiography gives a close-up view of Lewis Hine, A New York City schoolteacher and photographer whose photographs led to important legislation of child labor.

"Lincoln: A Photobiography." 1987. Clarion Books. Ages 12 - 14.
This wonderful book includes period photographs and sample writings including Lincoln's boyhood, marriage, professional life, political career and his tragic death.

"Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille." 1997. ClarionBooks. Ages 9 - 11.
Blind since the age of four, Louis Braille wanted to read more than anything else, so in 1821 he developed a system of raised dots on paper which enabled blind people to read and write.

 "The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane." 1991.  Holiday House. Ages 12 - 14.
This book tells about how the Wright Brothers developed the airplane from their early research at the Smithsonian in 1899 to their first successful flight in 1903.