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Katie Cunningham, January 13, 2014 | Biography & Memoirs, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909 Written by Michelle Markel and Illustrated by Melissa Sweet Published in 2013 by Balzer + Bray ISBN-10: 0061804428 Grades 2-8 Book Review As a young immigrant girl, Clara Lemlich lands in New York City “dirt poor, just five feet tall, and hardly speaks a word […]
Katie Cunningham, November 4, 2019 | Announcements, Picture Books, Poetry, Poetry Picture Books
Teaming up for the first time, Newbery Medal-winning author Kwame Alexander and two-time Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet have crafted a joyous and contemplative ode to reading.
Katie Cunningham, February 5, 2017 | Picture Books, Poetry Picture Books
A Poem for Peter Written by Andrea Davis Pinkney Pictures by Lou Fancher & Steve Johnson Published in 2016 by Viking Press Grades K-5 ISBN: 978-0-425-28768-2 Book Review “Brown-sugar boy in a blanket of white./ Bright as the day you came onto the page./ From the hand of a man who saw you for […]
Katie Cunningham, November 13, 2016 | Biography & Memoirs, Nonfiction
Written by Melissa Sweet Afterword by Martha White Published in 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Grades K-6 ISBN: 978-0-544-31959-2 Book Review “All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.” Elwyn Brooks White, better known as E.B. White to the world and Andy […]
Katie Cunningham, March 17, 2014 | Fiction Picture Books, Picture Books
Here I Am Story by Patti Kim and Pictures by Sonia Sanchez Published by Picture Window Books, Capstone Young Readers in 2014 ISBN 978-1-62370-036-2 Grades 3-6 Book Review Did you ever feel confused when you were in a strange new place? Did you ever stare out the window and wonder where am I, who am […]
Erika Thulin Dawes, February 3, 2014 | Awards
Each year, we look forward to January when the American Library Association’s (ALA) Youth Media Awards are announced. This year, the announcement came last Monday, January 27, 2014. We are pleased to be able to share with you links to the 2014 ALA award winning and honor books that we blogged about over the course […]
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