A Place Where Hurricanes Happen
$19.71
- Paperback
40 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2014
Summary
New Orleans is known as a place where hurricanes happen … but that’s just one side of the story. Children of New Orleans tell about their experiences of Hurricane Katrina through poignant and straightforward free verse in this fictional account of the storm. As natural and man-made disasters become commonplace, we increasingly need books like this one to help children contextualize and discuss difficult and often tragic events.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385376686 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0385376685 |
| Author: | Shadra Stickland, Renée Watson |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Dragonfly Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2014 |
| Weight: | 187g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 281mm x 3mm |
| Audience Age: | 5-9 |
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About The Author
Shadra Stickland
Renee Watson has worked as a teaching-artist for more than ten years, teaching creative writing and theater to elementary, middle and high school students. In 2006 Renee travelled to New Orleans where she facilitated poetry and theater workshops with children coping with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Renee lives in New York, New York. This is her first picture book.
In 2009, Shadra Strickland received the American Library Association’s John Steptoe Award for New Talent and the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award for Bird, her first picture book. Shadra visited New Orleans to research this book, and she was awed by the art scene, the rich culture, and the wonderful people of the city. Shadra lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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