biography Archives » Bookology Magazine https://www.bookologymagazine.com/tag/biography Children's Literature Sun, 19 Nov 2023 16:13:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 69996714 Ralph Fasanella: Artist of the People https://www.bookologymagazine.com/reading-ahead/ralph-fasanella-2 https://www.bookologymagazine.com/reading-ahead/ralph-fasanella-2#respond Sat, 14 Oct 2023 16:46:01 +0000 https://www.bookologymagazine.com/?p=32036 I find this book so exciting! I love discovering a new artist and I confess that I’m not familiar with Ralph Fasanella’s paintings. It's such an apropos book for our time.

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]]> https://www.bookologymagazine.com/reading-ahead/ralph-fasanella-2/feed 0 32036 We Are the Future https://www.bookologymagazine.com/when-we-reach-them/we_are_the_future https://www.bookologymagazine.com/when-we-reach-them/we_are_the_future#comments Tue, 18 May 2021 10:48:47 +0000 https://www.bookologymagazine.com/?post_type=article&p=28346 We Are the Future: Poems with a Voice for Peace is impossible to read without being deeply moved by the open hearts and minds of refugee and immigrant youth in the Seattle area, guided by poets and teachers Merna Hecht and Carrie Stradley.

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]]> https://www.bookologymagazine.com/when-we-reach-them/we_are_the_future/feed 1 28346 Library Love: Children’s Author Shares Her Passion for Research https://www.bookologymagazine.com/nonfictionary/library_love https://www.bookologymagazine.com/nonfictionary/library_love#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:00:44 +0000 https://www.bookologymagazine.com/?post_type=article&p=25822 Author Tracy Nelson Maurer shares, "My heart leapt when I learned that I was old enough for my first library card—the key to that vast kingdom of words. I’ve treasured each library card since then."

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]]> https://www.bookologymagazine.com/nonfictionary/library_love/feed 4 25822 When We Reach Them https://www.bookologymagazine.com/when-we-reach-them/when-we-reach-them https://www.bookologymagazine.com/when-we-reach-them/when-we-reach-them#comments Mon, 06 May 2019 17:35:21 +0000 https://www.bookologymagazine.com/?post_type=article&p=19615 We’re out of school today in observance of Oaks Day here in our area. This morning, Anita Silvey, children’s literature expert and resource, reminded us on Facebook that Pete Seeger celebrates a birthday today. 100 years. I might not have known that without her post. How many of us would? How many of us would have known that Anita Silvey has written one of the best nonfiction looks at Seeger’s life and work?… more

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]]> https://www.bookologymagazine.com/when-we-reach-them/when-we-reach-them/feed 4 19615 Getting Inside the Head of the Long Dead https://www.bookologymagazine.com/nonfictionary/getting-inside-the-head-of-the-long-dead https://www.bookologymagazine.com/nonfictionary/getting-inside-the-head-of-the-long-dead#comments Tue, 03 Oct 2017 15:31:55 +0000 https://www.bookologymagazine.com/?post_type=article&p=12283 Don’t be alarmed by the ghoulishness of my title. Trying to resurrect the life of someone who turned to dust centuries ago is a challenge, especially if the person left behind no personal writings such as letters or diaries. But it can be done. In preparation for writing Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune, I read all the academic and primary sources I could find about late-twelfth-century Japan.… more

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