Laurie Lawlor, Author . Holiday $22.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1588-5
Lawlor's (Window on the West: The Frontier Photography of William Henry Jackson) use of liberal quotes from Keller's own writing and objective analysis of both Keller and her teacher, Anne Sullivan, offer insight into her subject's...
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Laurie Lawlor, Author Holiday House $22.95 (176p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1575-5
Based on the shipboard journals of John Ledyard, just 25 when he joined Capt. James Cook's crew to discover the Northwest Passage in 1776, Laurie Lawlor's Magnificent Voyage: An American Adventurer on Captain James Cook's Final Expedition is...
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Laurie Lawlor, Author Walker & Company $19.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8027-8288-5
Lawlor (Addie Across the Prairie) engagingly chronicles the life and work of photographer-ethnologist Edward S. Curtis (1868- 1952), perhaps best known for his 20-volume The North American Indian, a collection of photographs and written histories of
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Laurie Lawlor, Author Walker & Company $15.95 (146p) ISBN 978-0-8027-8371-4
In the summer of 1882, 10-year-old narrator Hattie Proctor, 12-year-old brother Pheme and their widowed father leave Illinois and head for Colorado. While Mr. Proctor combs the gold mines, the siblings are boarded with Cousin Tirzah, a bitter woman...
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Laurie Lawlor, Author Holiday House $18.95 (96p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1380-5
Although this dense volume offers a sweeping view of the rapidly changing American West between 1869 and 1893, it provides few insights into Jackson and his photography. The details of life in the West that made Lawlor's recent American Sisters:...
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Laurie Lawlor, Author, John Winch, Illustrator , illus. by John Winch. Holiday $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1608-0
Lawlor's (Helen Keller: Rebellious Spirit) historical account is at once a chronicle of a punishing pioneer trek and an encomium to a faithful ox. A child recalls his family's trip across Death Valley, where the bitterly cold nights compel...
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Laurie Lawlor, Author, Ethan Long, Illustrator , illus. by Ethan Long. Holiday House $16.95 (26p) ISBN 978-0-8234-2229-6
Lawlor’s (The School at Crooked Creek
) collection of regional American expressions will remind readers that not everyone speaks like a newscaster and that American English once had real character. There are enough similes here to smother a...
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Laurie Lawlor, Author, Abby Levine, Editor, Joyce Audy Zarins, Photographer Albert Whitman & Company $9.95 (79p) ISBN 978-0-8075-3433-5
Ernest, who is small for his age, suffers peer pressure at school; he's ridiculed, bullied and friendless. His hardworking mother hasn't replaced or repaired last year's ripped raincoat and Ernest is obliged to wear frayed hand-me-downs. He finds...
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Laurie Lawlor, Author, Cynthia Fisher, Illustrator Holiday House $14.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1321-8
""You are nothing but a pest,"" Mary Lou accuses her younger brother, Tommy, leaving no doubt from the start about the identity of this beginning reader's title character. When his sister refuses to let him take part in the play she and her friends...
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Laurie Lawlor, illus. by Laura Beingessner. Holiday House, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-2370-5
Lawlor explores Rachel Carson’s development as a scientist and writer, beginning with a childhood spent reading and exploring nature. Carson (1907–1964) attended college, obtaining her master’s degree in biology (a formidable accomplishment for a...
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Laurie Lawlor, Author, Patricia MacDonald, Editor, Gail Owens, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $4.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-671-70147-5
Apprehensive about her family's move to the Dakota Territory, a spunky girl's adventures in her new home convince her that she possesses the pioneer spirit. Ages 8-12. (Apr.)
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Laurie Lawlor, Author, Jane Kendall, Illustrator Minstrel $3.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-53716-6
A dreamer with an infectious sense of humor, 12-year-old Moe is the likable heroine of this first volume in the promising Heartland series. Lawlor (Addie Across the Prairie) sets the tale in a Wisconsin town in the summer of 1910, a period filled...
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Laurie Lawlor, illus. by Becca Stadtlander. Holiday House, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8234-3959-1
In this captivating picture book biography, Lawlor tells how Marianne North (1830–1890), born into great wealth in England, faced a total lack of support for her interests in music, art, and botany: “Marianne’s mother said she was wasting her time.”
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What Music! The Fifty-Year Friendship Between Beethoven and Nannette Streicher, Who Built His Pianos
Laurie Lawlor, illus. by Becca Stadtlander. Holiday House, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8234-5143-2
Lawlor broadly reconstructs the friendship between composer Ludwig van Beethoven and barrier-breaking businesswoman Nannette Streicher (1769–1833), whose innovative piano design produced instruments capable of withstanding the most tempestuous...
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