Kid Artists: True Tales of Childhood from Creative Legends

David Stabler (Author), Doogie Horner (Illustrator)

Publisher: Quirk Books (Release date August 9, 2016)

This funny book tells the story of how great artists coped with the normal problems of growing up.   For instance, Jackson Pollock’s family moved constantly. Georgia O’Keeffe lived in the shadow of her older brother.  Jean-Michel Basquiat triumphed over poverty.  Other artist’s lives covered in the book are Claude Monet, Jacob Lawrence, Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Beatrix Potter, Yoko Ono, Dr. Seuss, Emily Carr, Keith Haring, Charles Schulz, and Louise Nevelson.

 

 

 

Snowman: The True Story of a Champion

Catherine Hapka (Author), Rutherford Montgomery (Draft Writer)

Publisher: Aladdin (release date August 30, 2016)

Snowman, an Amish plow horse, was bought at an auction by Harry deLeyer, a riding instructor for $80. When deLeyer sold Snowman to a neighbor, the horse had other ideas.  He kept jumping fences to go home.  Finally, deLeyer began training Snowman as a show jumper.  Two years later Snowman won the 1958 horse show jumping Triple Crown.  A great horse story!

 

 

 

 

She Stood for Freedom: The Untold Story of a Civil Rights Hero, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland

Loki Mulholland (Author), Angela Fairwell (Author), Charlotta Janssen (Illustrator

Publisher:  Shadow Mountain

“She Stood for Freedom” describes how Joan Trumpauer Mulholland’s youth was torn apart by racial injustice. In her heroic story, Mulholland describes how she as a white teenager in the South during segregation, put herself on the front lines of the Civil Rights struggle. This is the first biography about her experiences, published simultaneously in picture book and middle grade editions.

 

 

 

 

 Happy Reading!