Grappling with Nature
John Muir Wrestles a Waterfall By Julie Danneberg Illustrated by Jamie Hogan (Charlesbridge, 2015, Watertown, Massachusetts, $16.95) John Muir, writer, explorer, conservation advocate, and founder of...
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Mary Cassatt Written and illustrated by Mike Venezia (Children’s Press, 2015, New York, $29) There are many ways to introduce children to art and art history: education, museum excursions, and stories....
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The Inventor’s Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford By Suzanne Slade Illustrated by Jennifer Black Reinhardt (Charlesbridge, 2015, Watertown, Massachusetts, $16.95) Thomas Edison invented the...
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Miss Colfax’s Light By Aimée Bissonette Illustrated by Eileen Ryan Ewen (Sleeping Bear Press, 2016, Ann Arbor, $16.99) For forty-three years, from 1861 to 1904, Harriet Colfax kept the Michigan City...
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Project Seahorse By Pamela S. Turner Photographs by Scott Tuason (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010, Paperback edition 2015, Boston, $9.99) With equine heads, monkey-like tails, and kangaroo pouches,...
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Cesar Chavez By Josh Gregory (Children’s Press, 2015, New York, $6.95) Cesar Chavez is best known for organizing California farm workers in the 1960s. Inspired the peaceful dissent of Gandhi and...
View ArticleDrawing from Life
Draw What You See: The Life and Art of Benny Andrews By Kathleen Benson Illustrated with Paintings by Benny Andrews (Clarion, 2015, New York, $16.99) Born to sharecropper parents in 1930s Georgia,...
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She Stood for Freedom: The Untold Story of a Civil Rights Hero, Jean Trumpauer Mullholland By Loki Mullholland Artwork by Charlotta Janssen (Shadow Mountain Publishing, 2016, Salt Lake City, $14.99)...
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Stand Up and Sing!: Pete Seeger and the Path to Justice By Susanna Reich Illustrated by Adam Gustavson (Bloomsbury Children’s Books, 2017, New York, $17.99) Best known for such folks perennials as “If...
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Malala: Activist for Girls’ Education By Raphaële Frier Illustrated by Aurélia Fronty Translated from the French by Julie Cormier (Charlesbridge, 2017, Watertown, Massachusetts, $17.99) By now, nearly...
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