Pub Date: September 22, 2015
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2007028069
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 08 to 12
Physical Info: 0.20" H x 10.30" L x 9.90" W ( 0.60 lbs) 48 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography and Autobiography | Science and Technology | History | United States 19th Century | African American and Black | General | Science and Nature | Discoveries | Technology | Inventions
Description: "Published in association with The Field Museum, Chicago."
Brief description: Tonya Bolden has written more than 20 books for children and adults. Her book Tell All the Children Our Story: Memories and Mementos of Being Young and Black in America was named a Best Book of the Year by School Library Journal. Her Wake Up Our Souls: A Celebration of Black American Artists received a starred review in Booklist magazine. Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl was named a YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, an ALSC 2006 Notable Children's Book, a NAPPA Gold Award Winner, a CCBC Best Book of the Year, a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age, and a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. She lives in New York City.