Author
Rhoda Blumberg
2 books here
Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun
Nonfiction · ages 8–12 · 820L · 1985
A rigorous, beautifully illustrated account of a pivotal moment—Blumberg avoids triumphalism and lets kids see colonialism through both American and Japanese eyes.
York's Adventures with Lewis and Clark: An African-American's Part in the Great Expedition
Nonfiction · ages 8–12 · 790L · 2004
The only children's biography that treats York as a thinking subject rather than a sidecar to Lewis and Clark; Blumberg's honesty about historical gaps models what real scholarship looks like.