From the illustrator of More Than Anything Else, an autobiographical picture book traces an author's childhood journey, highlighting the important moments in her life that influenced her maturation and destiny as a writer.

A Sign

Children's Books

Lyon, George Ella

Soentpiet, Chris K.

Biographies

Orchard Books

The author simply describes how she considered various careers as she grew and how she combined them all into her work as a writer

Molly Bannaky

On a cold gray morning in 1683, Molly Walsh sat on a stool tugging at the udder of an obstinate cow. When she spilled the milk, she was brought before the court for stealing. Because she could read, Molly escaped the typicalpunishment of death on the gallows. At the age of seventeen, the English dairymaid was exiled from her country and sentenced to work as an indentured servant in British Colonial America. Molly worked for a planter in Maryland for seven long years. Then she was given an ox hitched to a cart, some supplies-and her freedom. That a lone woman should stake land was unheard of. That she would marry an African slave was even more so. Yet Molly prospered, and with her husband Bannaky, she turned a one-room cabin in the wilderness into a thriving one hundred-acre farm. And one day she had the pleasure of writing her new grandson's name in her cherished Bible: Benjamin Banneker.

McGill, Alice

Clarion Books

"This vibrant, exuberant tour of New York City, illustrated in colorful, detailed watercolors, will delight children. A dark-haired girl and her mother walk through the streets and enjoy all of the fun the city has to offer on a summer day -- street entertainment, eating outdoors at a sidewalk restaurant, feeding pigeons....A good choice for story hours."--School Library Journal.

Around Town

Literature & Fiction

Harpercollins

A richly illustrated tour of childhood in the city celebrates the diversity and marvelous wonders that a city can offer to the young, including a puppet show, jugglers, a brass band, and much more.

Arts, Music & Photography

Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard

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Books by Soentpiet, Chris K.

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A Sign

A Sign

Molly Bannaky

Around Town

Around Town