Anita Silvey, Author . Houghton $9.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-618-61877-4
"Divided into age groups, Silvey lists classics old and new, from Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd's Goodnight Moon
to Virginia Hamilton's The People Could Fly
to Louis Sachar's novel Holes
," wrote PW
. All ages. (Aug.)
...
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Anita Silvey, Author . Clarion $17 (115p) ISBN 978-0-618-57491-9
In her first book for young readers, children's literature expert Silvey introduces unsung heroes of the Civil War: women who risked their reputations and lives to fight as soldiers. The volume, containing excerpts from first-person accounts...
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Anita Silvey, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $20 (192p) ISBN 978-0-618-27889-3
Children's book experts share their knowledge in a pair of spring resources. Anita Silvey, formerly editor of the Horn Book and publisher of Houghton Mifflin, ranks her favorites in 100 Best Books for Children. Divided into age groups, Silvey...
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Anita Silvey, Author Little Brown and Company $16.95 (176p) ISBN 978-0-316-79148-9
On the heels of Anne Mazer's Working Days: Short Stories About Teenagers at Work, comes a second (unrelated) volume of on-the-job mini-dramas. In this anthology, work is viewed differently by each of the dozen culturally diverse young people...
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Anita Silvey. National Geographic, $18.99 (96p) ISBN 978-1-4263-1518-3
Silvey (The Plant Hunters) adeptly chronicles the life of Goodall from her childhood fascination with animal behavior to her groundbreaking field research of chimpanzees in Africa and her work to preserve endangered animals’ habitats. Goodall’s...
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Anita Silvey. Clarion, $17.99 (112p) ISBN 978-0-547-33012-9
In her admiring portrait of Pete Seeger (1919–2014), Silvey (Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall) presents clearly the folk singer and activist’s passionate commitment to music and social justice. After a privileged upbringing and two years at...
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Anita Silvey. National Geographic, $18.99 (96p) ISBN 978-1-4263-3356-9
Silvey (Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall) spotlights another groundbreaking primatologist in this handsome photobiography of Galdikas, who was mesmerized by a photo of an orangutan while studying zoology at UCLA and knew she wanted to study...
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Anita Silvey. National Geographic Kids, $28.90 (96p) ISBN 978-1-4263-7186-8
Silvey (Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall) tells the story of Dian Fossey, who dedicated her life to studying and advocating for gorillas. Born in San Francisco in 1932, Fossey wasn’t allowed to have any animals, but as an adult she fulfilled...
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