There's a fine art to turning a great life into something digestible for a child. The art lies in finding the essence, an almost haiku-like writing that condenses, getting only the most salient details on the page. Each of the following biographies rises to that fine art.
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By: Maryann Yin,
on 5/5/2011
Blog: Galley Cat (Mediabistro) (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Edwin Fotheringham, Children's Books, Publishing, children's illustrators, Reading is Fundamental, Scholastic, Reach Out and Read, Stephen Savage, Sean Qualls, Raina Telgemeier, Read Every Day. Lead A Better Life., Barbara McClintock, Bruce Degen, Jeff Smith, Clifford the Big Red Dog, David Shannon, Mary Grandpre, Mark Teague, Jon J. Muth, Norman Bridwell, Miss Frizzle, Stillwater the Panda, Add a tag
By: David Elzey,
on 3/3/2011
Blog: The Excelsior File (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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By: Nina Schuyler,
on 6/20/2014
Blog: The Children's Book Review (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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By: Maryann Yin,
on 5/5/2011
Blog: Galley Cat (Mediabistro) (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Scholastic has opened an auction to benefit its global literacy campaign, “Read Every Day. Lead A Better Life.”
The auction features pieces created by twelve celebrated children’s illustrators: Norman Bridwell, Bruce Degen, Edwin Fotheringham, Mary GrandPré, Barbara McClintock, Jon J. Muth, Sean Qualls, Stephen Savage, David Shannon, Jeff Smith, Mark Teague, and Raina Telgemeier.
USA Today posted a slideshow with all twelve pieces of art. The money generated by the auction will go to two children’s literacy organizations, Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) and Reach Out and Read. The auction will close on June 5th.
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By: David Elzey,
on 3/3/2011
Blog: The Excelsior File (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: picture book, biography, mark twain, scholastic, barbara kerley, '10, edwin fotheringham, Add a tag
by Barbara Kerley illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham In an everything-old-is-new-again twist we get a biographical picture book portrait of Samuel Langhorne Clemens from a fresh pair of eyes... his daughter's. "According to Susy, people were... well, just plain wrong about her papa." And so begins both the story of and about Mark Twain's oldest daughter's attempt to capture the man she
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