Later, Freedman worked as a reporter and editor for the Associated Press in San Francisco until the mid-1950s, when he took an advertising job in Manhattan. It was during this time that Freedman wrote his first novel after reading an article about a blind teenage boy who invented a Braille typewriter. The book, Teenagers Who Made History, was published in 1961. After its publication, Freedman quit his job and became a full-time writer.[4]
As a writer of children's nonfiction, Freedman is often noted for his thorough research, and was praised for his "meticulous integration of words and images"[5]
In 1998 Freedman received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal from the professional children's librarians, which recognizes a living author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made "a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children". At the time it was awarded every three years.[6]
William Allen White Children's Book Award Nominee – 1996–97
Utah Children's Information Book Award Nominee – 1996–97
An Indian Winter
Western Heritage Award – 1995
Children of the Wild West
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Nonfiction Honor Book – 1984
Buffalo Hunt
Carter G. Woodson Book Award – 1989
The Life and Death of Crazy Horse
Spur Award – Best Western Juvenile Fiction – 1996
Immigrant Kids
ALA Notable Book
Getting Born
New York Academy of Science Annual Children's Book Award Honorable Mention
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