Books by Ann Malaspina and Complete Book Reviews

Touch the Sky: Alice Coachman
Touch the Sky: Alice Coachman, Olympic High Jumper
Ann Malaspina, illus. by Eric Velasquez. Albert Whitman, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8075-8035-6
As a girl, Alice Coachman drew attention in her small Georgia town for her high-jumping skills, even though she used an improvised crossbar made of sticks and rags. After impressing the coach for the Tuskegee Golden Tigerettes and playing with the...
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Phillis Sings Out Freedom: The Story of George Washington and Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Sings Out Freedom: The Story of George Washington and Phillis Wheatley
Ann Malaspina, illus. by Susan Keeter, Albert Whitman, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8075-6545-2
Words can be powerful allies during war, suggests this warm tribute to African-American poet Wheatley, who wrote an impassioned poem to Gen. George Washington during the American Revolution. Keeter's oil paintings alternate between scenes of...
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A Scarf for Keiko
A Scarf for Keiko
Ann Malaspina, illus. by Merrilee Liddiard. Kar-Ben, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-5415-2164-3
Sam is struggling to knit. His classmates are making warm things for the soldiers fighting overseas in WWII, Sam’s brother Mike among them. Meanwhile, Japanese families in the boy’s California neighborhood are being persecuted because they’re...
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