Michelle Markel has written several notable nonfiction picture books, including the The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau, (PEN Picture Book Writing Award) Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909 (Jane Addams Flora Stieglitz Award; Orbis Pictus Honor) and Tyrannosaurus Math (Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choice). Her upcoming title is Balderdash: John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children’s Books. She teaches classes in writing for children at UCLA Extension’s Writers Program and is a founding member of the Children’s Authors Network. Visit her at her website: www.michellemarkel.com
Books in order of publication:
Gracias Rosa – 1995
Cornhusk, Silk & Wishbones: A Book of Dolls From Around the World – 2000
Dreamer From the Village – 2005
Dream Town – 2006
The Shark That Taught Me English – 2008
Tyrannosaurus Math – 2009
The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau – 2012
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909 – 2013
Hillary Rodham Clinton: Some Girls Are Born to Lead – 2016
Balderdash!: John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children’s Books – 2017
When You Grow Up to Vote -2018
Hanukkah Hamster – 2018
Terrible Times Tables – 2019
Out of This World: The Surreal Art of Leonora Carrington – 2019
Terrific Table Manners – 2021
TOMFOOLERY!: Randolph Caldecott and the Rambunctious Coming-of-Age of Children’s Books – 2023
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