I am the author of more than two dozen books for young readers. Here are some of my most popular and forthcoming titles:

Coming soon!

Hope & Tears: Ellis Island Voices (Calkins Creek/Boyds Mills Press, March 2012. ISBN: 978-1590787656)

Coming soon!

World War One: An Interactive Adventure (Capstone, January 2012. ISBN: 978-1429679978 and 978-1429660204)

Riding to Washington (Sleeping Bear Press, 2008. 40 pages. $17.95.) Illustrated by David Geister. Picture book about a young white girl who travels with her father to hear Dr. Martin Luther King, jr., speak in Washington, D.C., in August 1963, and who has to face discrimination along the way. Click here for a Teacher’s Guide.

Wanda Gág: Storybook Artist (Borealis Books/Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2005) Juvenile biography of the Minnesota-born illustrator and author of the classic children’s picture book Millions of Cats.

Winner, Minnesota Book Award for Children’s Nonfiction, 2006.

Chig and the Second Spread (Delacorte Press/Dell Yearling, 2003) The tallish tale of a small girl, this middle-grade novel follows the adventures of Minerva “Chig” Kalpin in Depression-era Indiana.

Starred review Kirkus.

Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People, NCSS-CBC, 2004.

Selected for Park Rapids, MN, Reads Together, March 2006.

Boston Globe Best Books of 2003.

Nominated for Young Hoosier Book Award, 2006-2007, intermediate (grades 4-6).

I Wonder As I Wander (Eerdmans, 2003) Illustrated by Ronald Himler.  Picture book delving into the mystery of Annie Morgan, the young girl who, in the midst of the Great Depression, sang for balladeer and composer John Jacob Niles a haunting Appalachian carol.

2005 Storytelling World Honor Book.

ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards Finalist 2004.

Bank Street College Best Children's Books of the Year 2004.

Contact me via email about school visits, book club visits, bookstore and conference appearances, and teaching at Young Author Conferences.

Book reviews, news, and more at http://story-slinger.blogspot.com/.