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Our White House What better time to promote a book about the White House? I'm on the Board of the National Children's Book and Literary Alliance, and I'm proud to recommend Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out. Published by Candlewick Press in September, this beautiful volume was eight years in the making. It's a collection of essays, personal accounts, historical fiction, and poetry, along with a stunning variety of original art. I hope you'll check it out and share it with the young people in your life! |
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Barack Obama Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope is now the biography of the President-Elect. How cool is that? And it's now in its third week at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List! Wow! It's been on the list for eight weeks so far! I'm sending out a huge thank you to all of you who have embraced this book. To say that I'm pleased is an understatement! Thanks to Bryan Collier and Simon & Schuster for creating this book with such skill and devotion. I'm excited about every book I do, but this one was especially intriguing. The publisher asked me to write about Mr. Obama, and the illustrator, Bryan Collier, and I didn't have much time to get it ready. In fact, I had just about three weeks. Want to hear a miracle? I researched and wrote it in two! God answers prayer, I'm just saying. Then Bryan worked his magic with the illustrations. Read more... Other good news: When Gorilla Goes Walking was recently named to the 2009 California Readers Collection. Don't miss my monthly journal, updated on the first of each month. Take a peek at News, too. There's always something interesting there. Did you know that I have teaching guides available for all of my books? You'll find them useful for homeschooling projects as well as classroom use. Go ahead and send me a photo of a display you've created for one or more of my books ... we may feature it on the website. |
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Bronx Masquerade ReaderGirlz featured Bronx Masquerade for the entire month of February. It was a terrific experience, and I enjoyed talking with you! Thank you to ReaderGirlz and to everyone who stopped by to talk about my book. I've received a number of requests for more information aboutBronx Masquerade. Read "Bronx Masquerade: an Insider's Perspective" for the answers to your questions. |
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Oh, Brother! When two new stepbrothers have to share the same room, Xavier thinks that Chris is too perfect. So perfect, in fact, that Mami is paying more attention to Chris than to Xavier, and Xavier doesn’t like it one bit. He’s not sure he even likes Chris! Through poetry and understanding, Nikki Grimes creates a warm-hearted look at blended families through the eyes of a child. A good discussion-starter for storytime, the classroom, and your own family. Check out the new teaching guide for Oh, Brother! |
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The Road to Paris — Coretta Scott King Author Honor 2007 Finding a place to call home can be tough. Paris Richmond finds that out in The Road to Paris. It's bad enough that she's bounced from one bad foster home to another. But this last time 'round, she was separated from her brother Malcolm—her best friend in the world. What's the new home like? How does Paris manage to survive without having her big brother to look out for her? There's only one way to find out. Read an excerpt from this book ... Paris has been honored with a Booklist Editors' Choice and 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing. Please visit the website of Inspire Life Skills Training, which offers various forms of support to foster kids who have aged out of the system. Can you help? |
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