Sample of Stephanie Ledroit’s Art Work

Posted here with permission.

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Honors and Awards

Rebels, Robbers, and Radicals,

Orbis Pictus Honor Book for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

Girl from the Tar Paper School

Jane Addams Peace Association Book Award
Carter G. Woodson Middle-Grade Book Award
California Reading Association Eureka Silver Honor Book Award
Included on the 2015 list of Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young Readers compiled by the National Council for Social Studies
Orbis Pictus Recommended Book for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
A Junior Library Guild Selection

Guilty?

Named a Distinguished Book by The Association of Children's Librarians of Northern California
A Junior Library Guild Selection

Firehose of Falsehood

Named by the New York Public Library as one of the Best New Graphic Books for Adults

Rivka's Way

Sidney Taylor Book Awards, Notable book of 2001
Lilith Magazine’s 5th Annual Selection of Books for Young Readers
Included in Great Books for Girls, by Kathleen Odean
Included in Best Jewish Books for Children and Teens, by Linda R. Silver
Included in the New York Public Library’s list of children's books to read in 2014

Andrew Jackson

Grateful American Book Award, Honorable Mention

Alexander Hamilton

A Junior Library Guild selection

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“Raw in its emotions and psychologically astute.” —The Chico Enterprise-Record

“Rebels, Robbers and Radicals enables young readers to see the Bill of Rights not as lines in a textbook but as a relevant living document’.”
―The New York Times

“Readers will emerge with a great deal of respect for a fiercely independent woman who battled sexism to reach the pinnacle of her profession.”
―Publisher’s Weekly

Named by the New York Public Library as one of the best new graphic novels for adults.

Jane Addams Peace Association Book Award
Carter G. Woodson Middle-Grade Book Award

★ Starred Review: This “thoughtful and insightful biography explores the life of a most unusual woman for her time.”
―Kirkus Reviews

“Kanefield allows readers to understand how notions of right and wrong change over time and across cultures, helping them begin to understand the complexities of crime and punishment.”
―Horn Book Magazine

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