Courage Has No Color

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Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers
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Author Tanya Lee Stone
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Subject The Triple Nickles
Genre Nonfiction
Publisher Candlewick Press
Publication date
2013
Media typePrint, Audio
Pages160
ISBN 9780763665487

Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers is a nonfiction book geared toward children, written by Tanya Lee Stone and published January 22, 2013 by Candlewick Press. The book tells the story of the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, nicknamed The Triple Nickles, an all-Black airborne unit of the United States Army during World War II.

In 2014, the book won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens. [1] [2]

Reception

Courage Has No Color is a Junior Library Guild book. [3] It received starred reviews from Booklist, [4] Publishers Weekly , [5] and Kirkus , [6] as well as positive reviews from The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, [7] The Washington Post , [8] and School Library Journal . [9]

Kirkus called the book "[a]n exceptionally well-researched, lovingly crafted and important tribute to unsung American heroes." [6] Publishers Weekly called it "[a] captivating look at a small but significant piece of military and civil rights history." [5]

The New York Public Library, [10] The Bulletin, [11] Publishers Weekly, [12] and Kirkus [13] named Courage Has No Color one of the best nonfiction children's books of 2013. The Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature included it in their list of the best multicultural children's books of the year. [14]

Awards and honors for Courage Has No Color
YearAward/HonorResultRef.
2014 ALSC Notable Children's Book for Older ReadersSelection [15]
ALSC Notable Children's RecordingsSelection [16]
Cooperative Children's Book Center ChoicesSelection [17]
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/TeensWinner [1] [2]
NCTE Orbis Pictus Award Honor Book [18]
IRA Notable Books for a Global SocietySelection [19]
YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction AwardFinalist [20] [21]
YALSA Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Selection [22]
YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults Top 10 [23]
2015 William Allen White Children's Book Award Selection [24]

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  2. 1 2 Couch, Aaron; Washington, Arlene (2014-02-22). "NAACP Image Awards: The Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  3. ↑ "Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles by Tanya Lee Stone". Junior Library Guild. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  4. ↑ "Courage Has No Color". Booklist. 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  5. 1 2 "Children's Book Review: Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers by Tanya Lee Stone. Candlewick, $24.99 (160p) ISBN 978-0-7636-5117-6". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
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