# They Were Strong and Good

**Author:** Robert Lawson
**Grade range:** Grades 1–4
**Age range:** 6–9
**First published:** 1940
**Page count:** 68
**Genre:** Biography
**ISBN-13:** `9780670699490`
**ISBN-10:** `0670699497`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/they-were-strong-and-good
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Themes

- families
- frontier and pioneer life
- family
- racist

## Where this book is recommended

### Caldecott Medal

- **recommended** · 1st grade — [source: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1941 Caldecott Medal winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)
- **recommended** · 2nd grade — [source: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1941 Caldecott Medal winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade — [source: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1941 Caldecott Medal winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)
- **recommended** · 4th grade — [source: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1941 Caldecott Medal winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)

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