# An American Story

**Author:** Kwame Alexander
**Grade range:** Grades K–3
**First published:** 2023
**Page count:** 56
**Genre:** Social Science
**ISBN-13:** `9780316473125`
**ISBN-10:** `031647312X`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/an-american-story
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Where this book is assigned

### Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award

- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade — [source: Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2024 winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King_Award)
- **recommended** · 1st grade — [source: Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2024 winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King_Award)
- **recommended** · 2nd grade — [source: Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2024 winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King_Award)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade — [source: Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2024 winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King_Award)
- **recommended** · 4th grade — [source: Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2024 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King_Award)
- **recommended** · 5th grade — [source: Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2024 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King_Award)

### Garden State Children's Book Award

- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade · New Jersey — [source: New Jersey Library Association — Garden State Children's Book Award selections (statewide children's-choice program; students vote, since 1977)](https://njla.org/garden-state-childrens-book-award)
- **recommended** · 1st grade · New Jersey — [source: New Jersey Library Association — Garden State Children's Book Award selections (statewide children's-choice program; students vote, since 1977)](https://njla.org/garden-state-childrens-book-award)
- **recommended** · 2nd grade · New Jersey — [source: New Jersey Library Association — Garden State Children's Book Award selections (statewide children's-choice program; students vote, since 1977)](https://njla.org/garden-state-childrens-book-award)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade · New Jersey — [source: New Jersey Library Association — Garden State Children's Book Award selections (statewide children's-choice program; students vote, since 1977)](https://njla.org/garden-state-childrens-book-award)

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