Russell Freedman

Russell Freedman is a biographer and author of nearly 50 books for young people. He is most notable for receiving the 1988 Newbery Medal with his work Lincoln: A Photobiography. In 1998, he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for his lifelong contribution to children's literature. He currently lives in New York City. He received one of the 2007 National Humanities Medals.

quick facts

Birthdate:	1929
Birthplace:	San Francisco, California
Age:	83

Honors and Awards

Year	Award	Work
1988	Newbery Medal	Lincoln: A Photobiography
1995	Jane Addams Chldren's Book Awards for Book for Older Children	Kids at Work
2005	Sibert Medal	The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
2002	Spur Award for Best Juvenile Nonfiction	In the days of the vaqueros
1996	Spur Award for Best Juvenile Nonfiction	The life and death of Crazy Horse
2005	Newbery Honor	The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
1994	Newbery Honor	Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery
1992	Newbery Honor	The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane
2009	Nominated - Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award	Who Was First?
2008	Nominated - Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award	Marco Polo
2006	Nominated - Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award	The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
2005	Nominated - Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award	In defense of liberty
2005	Nominated - Sibert Medal	The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
2007	Nominated - Jane Addams Chldren's Book Awards for Book for Older Children	Freedom Walkers
1995	Nominated - Jane Addams Chldren's Book Awards for Book for Older Children	Kids at Work
1994	Nominated - Jane Addams Chldren's Book Awards for Book for Older Children	Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery

Written works by Russell Freedman

Lincoln: A Photobiography
The life and death of Crazy Horse
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Immigrant kids
The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane

Title	Published	Genre
Lincoln: A Photobiography	1987
The life and death of Crazy Horse
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Immigrant kids		Children's literature
The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane	1991	Children's literature
Children of the Wild West		Children's literature
Marco Polo
Holiday House, the first sixty-five years
Who Was First?
In defense of liberty
Indian chiefs		Children's literature
Franklin Delano Roosevelt		Children's literature
Buffalo Hunt		Children's literature
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery	1993	Fiction
Out of Darkness		Children's literature
Give me liberty!
Kids at Work		Sociology
An Indian Winter		Children's literature
Martha Graham, a dancer's life
The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights	2004	Music
In the days of the vaqueros
Children of the Great Depression
Confucius
Freedom Walkers		Children's literature
Cowboys of the Wild West		Children's literature
first days of life
2000 years of space travel
Hanging on
When winter comes
Growing up wild
Animal Superstars
Lincoln
How birds fly
Getting born
How animals learn
Two-Thousand Years of Space Travel
Animal instincts
Animal fathers
Sharks
Animal architects
Scouting with Baden-Powell
Animal games
Dinosaurs and their young
They lived with the dinosaurs
Thomas Alva Edison
brains of animals and man
Rattlesnakes
Can bears predict earthquakes?
Die grossen Häuptlinge. ( Ab 10 J.)
Scholastic Interview with Author
Killer snakes
Killer fish
A Lesson Plan Book for Indian Chiefs
Teenagers who made history
Los Grandes Jefes Indios
Jules Verne, portrait of a prophet
Tooth and claw
Farm babies

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