In The Quickest Kid in Clarksville, Pat Zietlow Miller perfectly captures the essence of little girls who adore a hero like Wilma Rudolph.
Browsing: Historical Fiction
Which five words best describe Flashback Four #2: The Titanic Mission?
Dan Gutman: Exciting! Dangerous! Historic! Dramatic! Unbelievable!
Stepping into long-lost worlds with Liza Ketchum, author of The Life Fantastic (Merit Press).
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.