Born:
 1957
Texas,
United States Of America

Current Home:
Bellingham, Washington,
United States Of America

Russ Kendall

Biography

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Acclaimed photographer Russ Kendall was born in Texas in 1957, but grew up on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. From an early age he was interested in the world and other cultures, and he dreamed of running away and living with the Eskimos — something he would eventually get to do while working on his award-winning Eskimo Boy: Life in an Inupiaq Village. In school, Kendall thought he would grow up to be a forest ranger or a veterinarian; although he loved making pictures, he flunked his first photography class in tenth grade.

Kendall served in the Air National Guard in Massachusetts for six years, and studied at Cape Cod Community College and Boston University, majoring first in biology and later in journalism. After graduation, he worked as a photographer for newspapers in Anchorage, Alaska, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Kendall's first book for children was the well-received Sarah Morton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl, written by Kate Waters; the two have since collaborated on that book's many companion volumes. In Giving Thanks: The 1621 Harvest Feast, words by Kate Waters and photographs by Russ Kendall help reconstruct the first Thanksgiving. For both Eskimo Boy and Russian Girl: Life in an Old Russian Town, he was able to spend several months at a time living in a world very different from home.

Russ Kendall now lives in Portland, Oregon. When he is not working or traveling to faraway places to take pictures, he enjoys kayaking, hiking, cooking, and playing bluegrass guitar.

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  A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy: Samuel Eaton's Day by Kate Waters and Russ Kendall In vibrant full-color photographs taken at Plimouth Plantation, a living history museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts, this companion book to Sarah Morton's Day invites readers to follow a typical day in the life of a young Pilgrim boy. "An authentic, informative glimpse into the past that will delight teachers and students alike." - SLJ $6.99 Paperback Book | Grades 3-5

  
  A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy: Samuel Eaton's Day
  Grades 3-5 $6.99
  
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  	Sarah Morton's Day by Kate Waters and Russ Kendall Readers follow Sarah Morton through work and play in an early American settlement in 1627. A charming and accurate portrayal of 17th-century New England life based on real people of the time. $5.99 Paperback Book | Grades 3-5

  
  Sarah Morton's Day
  Grades 3-5 $5.99