Tag Archives: history

Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli

Posted on April 30, 2018 by AnEducationInBooks

A little girl in Rome who hates having her picture taken grows up into an international fashion designer. Inspired by beautiful, bold flowers, Elsa Schiaparelli imagines many amazing scenarios and when she’s grown, she becomes an artist–a dressmaker. “To be … Continue reading →

Posted in Biography, Canadian author/illustrator, Picture books | Tagged design, history, imagination, picture book biography | 6 Comments

Loving Vs. Virginia

Posted on April 21, 2017 by AnEducationInBooks

Loving Vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case by Patricia Hruby Powell and illustrated by Shadra Strickland is a large, beautifully made historical novel-in-verse. Well-researched (there are lists of the author’s interviews and sources in the back) … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's novels, historical, Poetry, Teen/Young Adult, Tween book | Tagged historical fiction, history, novel-in-verse | Leave a comment

Full Cicada Moon

Posted on March 5, 2016 by AnEducationInBooks

Set in 1969, Marilyn Hilton‘s Full Cicada Moon is Mimi’s story of moving to Vermont, where finding acceptance is difficult because her mother is Japanese and her father is black. What’s more, Mimi wants to be an astronaut and is interested in woodworking, rather … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's novels, historical | Tagged history, middle grade, novel-in-verse | 1 Comment

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer

Posted on February 24, 2016 by AnEducationInBooks

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement is that rare book that packs nonfiction, biography, poetry and gorgeous layered artwork to tell the story of Fannie, whose community activism and singing earned her “the voice of … Continue reading →

Posted in Biography, Love that art, Nonfiction, Picture books, Poetry | Tagged fabulous illustrations, history, nonfiction, picture book | Leave a comment

Terrible Typhoid Mary: True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America

Posted on September 7, 2015 by AnEducationInBooks

Before reading Susan Campbell Bartoletti‘s middle grade book about her, I did not know much about Typhoid Mary. In fact, I thought she was a fictional character. I was wrong. She was a real person, who cooked for many families in … Continue reading →

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Rad American Women A – Z

Posted on June 29, 2015 by AnEducationInBooks

This nonfiction picture book has twenty-five page long biographies (X is a unique tribute to all those “women whose names we don’t know”) about historic women, including many less often lauded historical figures such as Dolores Huerta, The Grimke Sisters, Patti … Continue reading →

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Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey

Posted on December 10, 2014 by AnEducationInBooks

After reading The White Darkness, my interest in Antarctic exploration was piqued. Nick Bertozzi’s Shackleton tells and shows the amazing true story of Ernest Shackleton and his men, all of whom survived the expedition. A myriad of problems stood in their way: … Continue reading →

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The White Darkness

Posted on November 20, 2014 by AnEducationInBooks

If you liked Chime by Franny Billingsley, you’ll love The White Darkness. It has an unreliable narrator, and while not set in a fantastical world, it is set mainly in Antarctica (a world I knew nothing about before this book). There’s also an invisible friend, Titus, strong … Continue reading →