| True Brit - Beatrice 1940: Volume 1 Contributor(s): Zibart, Rosemary (Author), Lawrence, George (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1932926186 ISBN-13: 9781932926187 Publisher: Kinkajou Press OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Far and Away |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.56 lbs) 214 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Zibart, Rosemary: - Rosemary Zibart is an award-winning playwright and children's book author. Her charming picture books include "I have a Grandma who..." (for passionate boomer grandmas) and Kit Coyote: A Brave Pup (for foster children). Her first two middle grade novels, True Brit and Forced Journey, featured youths dislocated by World War 2, and both won the New Mexico Book Award for historic fiction and a Silver Nautilus Award for historical fiction. An upcoming book in this series, Beatrice, focuses on a Japanese Internment Camp built outside Santa Fe which angers locals. Ms. Zibart lives in Santa Fe with her husband and family. Learn more about her at www.rosemaryzibart.com. Lawrence, George: -George Lawrence is an illustrator living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He received a bachelor's degree in Architecture from Auburn University and worked as a designer in New York City for twelve years. Since relocating to Santa Fe in 1991 he has specialized in architectural illustrations, as well as natural and cultural history subjects for interpretive exhibits. George has recently completed illustrations for a children's book on the scientific discoveries of Charles Darwin. He is also working on a series of illustrations of New Mexico city plazas. |