Books by Carmella Van Vleet and Complete Book Reviews
Carmella Van Vleet. Holiday House, $16.95 (176p) ISBN 978-0-8234-2944-8
Van Vleet, the author of several nonfiction books for children, takes a strong first step into middle-grade fiction with this novel about an 11-year-old with ADHD. Eliza's parents dash her dream of taking a summer cake-decorating class with a...
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Carmella Van Vleet and Kathy Sullivan, illus. by Nicole Wong. Charlesbridge, $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-1-58089-644-3
Astronaut Sullivan collaborates with Van Vleet to recount her path to becoming the first American woman to walk in space, while aboard the Challenger shuttle in 1984. In one scene, a young Sullivan dives into a lake, while on the following spread...
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Chiquita Mullins Lee and Carmella Van Vleet, illus. by Jennifer Mack-Watkins. Kokila, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-593-40650-2
In a fictionalized story centering wood carver and folk artist Elijah Pierce (1892–1984), a narrating child and their father head into Pierce’s barbershop. “You gotta meet Mr. Pierce,” Dad says as they enter the shop, where “Wood carvings. They’re...
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