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Waiting-for-Spring Stories is the first book by Connecticut children's author Bethany Roberts, published in 1984. It was also one of the first works to feature illustrations by Louisiana artist William Joyce. The book is a collection of seven miniature stories told by a rabbit father during wintertime.
The book, illustrated by Katherine Milhous, was called by Saturday Review, "a treasure to possess and to keep." [12] Two years later Along Janet's Road, also illustrated by Milhous, continued the story. Dalgliesh's next major book was The Bears on Hemlock Mountain. She said this simple picture book was based on an old Pennsylvania tall tale. [13]
Atheneum Books was a New York City publishing house established in 1959 by Alfred A. Knopf, Jr., Simon Michael Bessie and Hiram Haydn. Simon & Schuster has owned Atheneum properties since it acquired Macmillan in 1994, and it created Atheneum Books for Young Readers as an imprint for children's books in the 2000s.
The first book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series swoops young readers into the world of Greek mythology. A 12-year-old with ADHD and dyslexia finds out that his dad is the Greek god of ...
The gift of a great story starts here, with titles including picture books and YA. Reese Witherspoon and Trevor Noah are here, but so are some non-celeb authors. 18 books to give toddlers, young ...
In 2017, an Algonquin Young Readers novel, The Girl Who Drank the Moon, by Kelly Barnhill, won the John Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to children's literature in the prior year. [13] Furia, by Yamilé Mendez, won the 2021 Pura Belpré Award for the best presentation of the Latin experience in a book for young adults. [14]
Evansville Book Award, Division III, Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation (1974) Young Readers Award, Division II, Michigan Council of Teachers of English, Michigan (1980) Flicker Tale Children's Book Award for the Older Child, North Dakota (1981) 12th Annual Children's Book Award, Massachusetts (1987) Great Stone Face Award, New Hampshire ...
Henry Holt and Company is an American book-publishing company based in New York City.One of the oldest publishers in the United States, it was founded in 1866 by Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt. [2]