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Marie Bradby
Biography
Award-winning author Marie Bradby switched from a career as a full-time journalist to writing for children after the birth of her son seventeen years ago. Even though her days as a journalist are behind her, she uses her sharp investigative skills as she interviews people and researches archives to fill in crucial details and bring her characters to life in her historical fiction. She has given presentations at schools, writing workshops and literature conferences all over the country. She has been a staff writer for National Geographic Magazine ; and for the Providence Journal , the Lexington Herald , and the Courier-Journal newspapers.
Awards:
Momma Where Are You From? (2000)
2000 GOLDEN KITE AWARD FOR PICTURE BOOK TEXT-HONOR BOOK
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Momma, Where Are You From?
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Momma, Where Are You From?
by Marie Bradby and Chris K. SoentpietHear about Momma's experience of growing up as an African American in the South. The lyrical journey takes your child back to a time of peddlers, wagons, icemen, and flat irons that had to be heated on a stove. Beautiful illustrations and engaging text teach an important lesson about America's past, showing how the family gathered and danced as well as how life was segregated.
$16.95
Hardcover Book | Grades Pre-K-1
Grades Pre-K-1 $16.95
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More Than Anything Else
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More Than Anything Else
by Marie Bradby and Chris K. Sontpiet«"A fictionalized story about the life of young Booker T. Washington. Living in a West Virginia settlement after emancipation, nine-year-old Booker travels by lantern light to the salt works, where he labors from dawn till dusk. Although his stomach rumbles, his real hunger is his intense desire to learn to read... [A] moving and inspirational story." - School Library Journal, starred review
$15.95
Hardcover Book | Grades K-2
Grades K-2 $15.95
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