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List of contents
Series Foreword by Sharon Coatney and Sharron L. McElmeel
Part One: So Many Stories to Tell - Meet Deborah Hopkinson
Chapter 1: Nose in a Book
Chapter 2: History Must be Seen: Writing about the Past
Chapter 3: An Author's Process: Writing and Revision
Part Two: So Many Worlds to Explore: Discover Deborah Hopkinson's Books
Chapter 4: The Underground Railroad and the Civil War
Chapter 5: Windows to the Past: Historical Fiction Picture Books
Chapter 6: Young People in the Tumult of History
:Chapter 7: Real People, Real Lives
Chapter 8: Bluebirds in the Garden: Two Picture Books Celebrating the
Chapter 9: Biographies of Memorable People
Appendices
Bibliography and Awards
Index
About the Author
About the author
Deborah Hopkinson is the author of numerous award-winning books for children, including Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, winner of the International Reading Association Award, A Band of Angels, winner of the Golden Kite Award, Under the Quilt of Night, winner of the Washington State Book Award, Girl Wonder, winner of the Great Lakes Book Award and a Jane Addams Peace Award Honor Book, and Shutting out the Sky, an NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book, a Jane Addams Peace Award Honor Book, and a James Madison Book Award Honor. Deborah Hopkinson lives in Corvallis, Oregon, where she serves as director of foundation relations for the Oregon State University Foundation.
