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Celebrating the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown
“Undeniably gorgeous.”
--Kirkus“An inviting introduction for young children.”
--School Library Journal“Radiant illustrations and an attention-grabbing narrative… provide an accessible portrait of the Native American girl who helped maintain a fragile peace between her tribe and English colonists.”
--Publishers Weekly
Houdini: The World's Greatest Mystery Man And Escape King, illustrated by Eric Velasquez (Walker)
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, Selector's Choice
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A WOMAN FOR PRESIDENT - illustrated by Jane Dyer
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Children's Literature Choice List 2005
CBC-NCSS Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, 2004
- New York Public Library's One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing, 2004
”Brings a fascinating character from history to schoolchildren...it's about time that this remarkable woman's life is made available to young readers."
—Cokie Roberts, The New York Times Book Review
"Krull and Dyer combine their considerable talents in this oversize biography about the amazing life of Woodhull, the first woman to run for the presidency….Woodhull is a fascinating figure, and Krull's lively and astute writing does her justice."
—Booklist (starred review)“Despite her impressive number of achievements-first woman to sit on the Stock Exchange, first woman to own a newspaper or speak before Congress, first woman to run for the presidency of the United States-Woodhull is little known by elementary-grade students. This book …rectifies that omission.”
Listen to a webcast of the author speaking about the book at the National Book Festival, Washington, D.C.
—School Library Journal
"Krull, as always, gets it all and makes us want to know more."
---Kirkus Reviews
"Krull's economical prose and Jane Dyer's dignified watercolors do a good
job of capturing the spirit of a woman who ran for the presidency in 1872
and yet today is nearly forgotten."
--Horn Book
Kirkus Reviews
"Once upon a time, there lived a boy who feasted on books and was wild about animals." So begins this young biography of Dr. Seuss. Taunted at school because he was German, his escapes were drawing, the comics he loved, and the zoo, where his father was the parks superintendent in Springfield, Mass. His high-school art teacher warned him he'd never be successful at art; in Dartmouth he was voted "Class Artist and Class Wit," and he left Oxford to draw and write verse. Truly only about his youth, the narrative ends at age 22, when Seuss goes to New York City to launch his career. Four following pages provide a synopsis of his life and a timeline up to his death in 1991. Bordered, full-page oil-on-gessoed-paper illustrations evoke pertinent scenes, while spot art of Seuss drawings dot the opposite pages. Some of these original images are absolutely haunting; the magic of his name will make this a huge hit, but it's the lively writing that puts the hat on the cat.On the master lists for the Texas Bluebonnet Award, Utah Beehive Award,
New York State Reading Association’s Charlotte Award, North Carolina Children’s Book Award, New Jersey Garden State Book Award, New Mexico Land of Enchantment Book AwardFeatured, with an author interview, in the “Special Features” on the 50th anniversary DVD edition of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”
“A well-nigh perfect picture book.”
--Michael Cart, BooklistThrow a Forest Park Zoo Party
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Harvesting Hope
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Awards and honors:
ALA Pura Belpre Honor Book
ALA Notable Children's Book
2003 Picture Book Award, Jane Addams Peace Association
Winner of 2004 Christopher Award
Honor Book, 2003 Americas Award
Elizabeth Burr Award, Wisconsin
Notable Children's Books in the English Language Arts, Children’s Literature Assembly
Southern California Children’s Booksellers Award
School Library Journal’s “Best Children’s Books of 2003”
Book Links Magazine, "Lasting Connections of 2003"
The Carter G. Woodson Honor Book Award, National Council for the Social Studies
On the master lists for the Texas Bluebonnet Award
Kansas’s William Allen White Children’s Book Awards
Maryland’s Black-Eyed Susan Book Award
Maine’s Student Book Awards
Rhode Island Children’s Book Awards
Available in Spanish (hardcover and paperback)
Cosechando esperanza: La historia de César Chávez
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman
A picture book published by Harcourt, 1996
illustrated by David DiazAwards and Reviews Links & Activities I got interested in Wilma Rudolph after seeing articles about her death in 1994. Several factors made me want to bring her story to young readers. Hers was simply one of the most dramatic lives I’d ever heard of--noble, hopeful, life-affirming. Any one of Rudolph’s disadvantages would have thwarted most of us--the polio and other illnesses, the extreme poverty, the totally stifling level of racial discrimination, the setbacks. What made her not just a survivor but an American heroine?
I have two stepdaughters around Rudolph’s age when she really took off--the age when girls are now thought to be most in danger of succumbing to fear and losing previous self-esteem. Rudolph seemed a role model for how to emerge from this stage more powerful, not less, and I was interested in exploring why. --Kathleen Krull
Book of Rock Stars
nominated to ALA's Best Books for Young Adults
Publisher's Weekly
Krull (Songs of Praise) presents a personal and affectionate paean to 21 male and three female rock legends, whom she labels "bright icons who changed the old ways and brought in the new." A spread is devoted to each of the stars (save the Beatles, who get two), introduced chronologically by birth year-from Elvis to Kurt Cobain. Krull selects some telling details (one of which recurs: Elvis wanted a bicycle for his 10th birthday, and his parents "got him a cheap guitar instead," while Cobain's uncle offered him a choice of a guitar or a bicycle for his 14th birthday, and the teen "took the cheap, secondhand guitar"). Each capsule chronicle of the musician's career faces one of Alcorn's (Let It Shine) full-page, polychrome relief-block print portraits. The author's informal narrative provides some insight into the performers' inspirations, onstage antics and professional milestones….A concluding list of further reading suggestions, Web sites and landmark recordings may inspire fans to do more research.
Awards, Reviews & Quotes:
A “Capitol Choices” selection for 2004"Readers will not only be caught up in the swirl of one of the past century's central cultural currents but [will] also find this an irresistible gateway to the music." - Booklist
"the perfect volume to slide under the door of that teenager who just won't come out of his or her room (and has the music turned up too loudly to hear you knocking). . . . This compelling introduction to some of rock's major figures will interest teens and offer an opportunity for parents to reminisce about the music of their youth." - Bookpage
"a good browsing book" - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Krull takes her remarkable gift for witty, brief, and incisive biography to new heights in this compendium." - Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW
"irreverent and energetic." - Library Media Connection
"This . . . volume will rock the research of younger music enthusiasts." - School Library Journal
Anne Elizabeth's Diary
"A marvelous confluence of text and image, history and research, family and locale makes this a deeply appealing title."
-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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