By Beth Kephart
Library edition with trade jacket added
Publisher Penguin Random House Imprint Anne Schwartz Books ISBN9780593379585
Good Books for Bad Children: The Genius of Ursula Nordstrom
"Ursula Nordstrom was a grown-up who never forgot what it was to be a child." The girl who’d always loved to read would grow up to work in the Department of Books for Boys and Girls at Harper & Brothers Publishers. Soon she was editing books by Margaret Wise Brown and E. B. White, discovering new talent like John Steptoe and Maurice Sendak, and reinventing what a book for children should be. “Children want to be seen,” she’d tell her writers. “Not good enough for you,” she’d scribble in the margins of their manuscripts, asking them to revise. Her favorite books of all? “Good books for bad children,” she’d say. And those books went on to win every award imaginable, including the Caldecott and Newbery Medals and the National Book Award.
Author’s note, with photograph. Sources. Full-color illustrations were rendered digitally in Adobe Photoshop.
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Biography Elementary Plus (Grades 2-6)
Biography Elementary Plus
Biography Elementary Plus (Grades 2-6)
For Grades 2-6
Fascinating biographies and autobiographies will allow your elementary readers to look into the lives, thoughts, and accomplishments of the individuals who have shaped our world. And with 14 books per year, they'll discover a remarkable person each month.
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Biographies, Diversity, Nonfiction, Science/STEAM
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