Stepping into long-lost worlds with Liza Ketchum, author of The Life Fantastic (Merit Press).
Browsing: Historical Fiction
The Golden Cap is a picture book story about Etje, a young girl living in Holland with her family in the late 1800s. At the start of the story, her father announces that the family is going to move to America, and from that point Etje’s world is turned upside down.
Recommended for teen readers that have an interest in history, A Buss From Lafayette, by Dorothea Jensen, is an enjoyable introduction to the post-Revolutionary War period in America.
Firoozeh Dumas is the New York Times best-selling author of Funny in Farsi and Laughing Without an Accent. It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel is her first novel for young readers
Nathan Hale is the #1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of the Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales series, including Alamo All-Stars.
Deborah Hopkinson is the award-winning author of more than 45 books for young readers.
Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs, author of Thérèse Makes a Tapestry, loves exploring new places, including France, where she once studied.
Renée Graef has illustrated over seventy books for children, including the Kirsten series in the American Girl collection and many of the My First Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. She splits her time between Los Angeles and Milwaukee.
Children ages 4 and up, along with adults that feel a strong connection to Coronado, are likely to be swept up in the serene playfulness of this charming picture book that flows as nicely as a warm summer breeze.
Stay Where You Are & Then Leave will appeal to middle grade readers interested in twentieth century history, life in England during World War I; also anyone who has had to deal with a parent changed by trauma.