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And Inspiration To The Life Of A Young Reader With Biographies
by Selene S. Vasquez
PICTURE BOOK BIOGRAPHIES: AGES 6 THRU 10
“Just sign me up, Coach...And as sure as ‘Strike
Out’ is my middle name, I guarantee you’ll sell lots of tickets.
Folks are curious to see a girl play.” A vivid
biographical tribute to seventeen-year-old Alta Weiss, first female
pitcher for a semipro all-male team.
A factual account of thirteen-year-old Edward Warren,
a courageous orphaned apprentice who volunteered to take the first
experimental ride in a balloon. Oil paintings capture the flavor
of the period, with end papers replicating 1784 advertisements
for a hot-air-balloon exhibition.
Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings
by Deborah Hopkinson.
Illustrated by Terry Widener. (Athenian, unpaged, $16.95).
The Amazing Air Balloon
by Jean Van Leeuwen.
Illustrated by Marco Ventura. (Putnam, 32 pp., $16.99).
PICTURE BOOK BIOGRAPHIES: AGES 8 THRU 12
An anecdotal tribute to the adventurous boyish
exploits of the great writer and humorist Clemens whose formal
education ended at the age of twelve. Artwork has a homespun softness
reminiscent of Norman Rockwell’s paintings.
The originator of The Tale of Peter Rabbit and
his beloved garden animal friends, Potter turned to drawing and
writing as a child in the absence of interactions with family
and friends. The immediacy of this first-person account underscores
her inherent loneliness and creativity.
Selene S. Vasquez is a media specialist at Orange
Brook Elementary School in Hollywood, Florida. She is formerly
a children’s librarian for the New York Public Library.#
River Boy: The Story of Mark Twain
by William Anderson.
Illustrated by Dan Andreasenn. (HarperCollins, 32 pp., $15.99).
Beatrix: Various Episodes from the Life of Beatrix
Potter
by Jeanette Winter.
(Farrer, 32 pp., $15.00).
PICTURE BOOK BIOGRAPHIES: AGES 8 THRU 12
An anecdotal tribute to the adventurous boyish
exploits of the great writer and humorist Clemens whose formal
education ended at the age of twelve. Artwork has a homespun softness
reminiscent of Norman Rockwell’s paintings.
The originator of The Tale of Peter Rabbit and
his beloved garden animal friends, Potter turned to drawing and
writing as a child in the absence of interactions with family
and friends. The immediacy of this first-person account underscores
her inherent loneliness and creativity.
Selene S. Vasquez is a media specialist at Orange
Brook Elementary School in Hollywood, Florida. She is formerly
a children’s librarian for the New York Public Library.#
River Boy: The Story of Mark Twain
by William Anderson
Illustrated by Dan Andreasenn. (HarperCollins, 32 pp., $15.99).
Beatrix: Various Episodes from the Life of Beatrix
Potter
by Jeanette Winter.
(Farrer, 32 pp., $15.00).
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