Melissa Sweet
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A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
$19.99 Read moreA Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award
An ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book
Winner of the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children As a child in th- Series: Schneider Family Book Awards – Young Children’s Book Winner
- Author: Bryant, Jen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 08 2013
- ISBN10: 0375867120
- Language: English
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You Nest Here with Me
$9.99 Add to cartWith rhyming text, this soothing bedtime book is an ode to baby birds everywhere and sleepy children home safe in their own beds. As a mother describes to her child how many species of birds nest, fro… [more below]
- Author: Yolen, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1662620438
- Language: English
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Signs of Hope: The Revolutionary Art of Sister Corita Kent
$19.99 Read moreSigns of Hope is a picture book biography of groundbreaking artist, teacher, and Catholic nun Corita Kent from critically acclaimed author Mara Rockliff, with stunning full-color art from Caldecott Ho… [more below]
- Author: Rockliff, Mara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1419752219
- Language: English
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Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems
$9.99 Add to cart“Sweet’s pictures are, in a word, gorgeous. . . . They capture and expand the spirit and sensibility of the verses they illustrate to wonderful effect.” — Booklist (starred review)
It only takes a few… [more below]- Author: Janeczko, Paul B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 20 2018
- ISBN10: 0763699713
- Language: English
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Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909
$19.99 Add to cartThe true story of the young immigrant who led the largest strike of women workers in U.S. history. This picture book biography about the plight of immigrants in America in the early 1900s and the time
- Author: Markel, Michelle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 22 2013
- ISBN10: 0061804428
- Language: English
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The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon
$19.99 Read moreThis fascinating picture book biography from beloved author of the Lemonade War series Jacqueline Davies and Caldecott honor-winning illustrator Melissa Sweet chronicles the life of scientist John Jam… [more below]
- Author: Davies, Jacqueline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 27 2004
- ISBN10: 0618243437
- Language: English
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Celia Planted a Garden: The Story of Celia Thaxter and Her Island Garden
$18.99 Read moreFrom an all-star team comes a lyrical picture-book biography about a writer and master gardener who created beauty in a harsh island habitat that was visited by literary and artistic luminaries of her… [more below]
- Author: Root, Phyllis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1536204293
- Language: English
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Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women
$11.99 Add to cartAward-winning duo Catherine Thimmesh and Melissa Sweet inspire a new generation of innovators in this fascinating celebration of women inventors from diverse backgrounds. For fans of Women Who Dared a
- Author: Thimmesh, Catherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0618195637
- Language: English
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A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams
$18.00 Add to cart2009 Caldecott Honor Book
When he wrote poems, he felt as free as the
An ALA Notable Book
A New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book
A Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book
NCTE Notable Children’s Book- Series: Incredible Lives for Young Readers
- Author: Bryant, Jen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 34
- Publish Date: August 01, 2008
- ISBN10: 0802853021
- Language: English
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How to Write a Poem
$18.99 Add to cartIn this evocative and playful companion to their New York Times bestselling picture book How to Read a Book, Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander teams up with poet Deanna Nikaido and Caldecott Honoree Me
- Author: Alexander, Kwame
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 04, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063060906
- Language: English
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Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade
$18.99 Add to cartFrom Caldecott Honor artist Melissa Sweet comes the perfect Thanksgiving Day picture book. Let’s have a parade!
Meet the master puppeteer who invented the first balloons for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day
- Author: Sweet, Melissa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: November 01, 2011
- ISBN10: 0547199457
- Language: English
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How to Read a Book
$18.99 Add to cartA stunning new picture book from Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander and Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet This New York Times bestselling duo has teamed up for the first time to bring you How to Read a B
- Author: Alexander, Kwame
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 18, 2019
- ISBN10: 0062307819
- Language: English
