Audrey Vernick is an American
children's book author whose works include many featuring lesser-known figures in
baseball history, including
Larry Doby,
Edith Houghton
Edith Grace Houghton (February 10, 1912 – February 2, 2013) was an American professional baseball player and scout. A former shortstop in women's baseball whose professional career began when she was ten years old, Houghton became the first fem ...
,
Effa Manley,
Max Patkin
Max Patkin (January 10, 1920 – October 30, 1999) was an American baseball player and clown, best known as the Clown Prince of Baseball (a play on "Crown Prince").
Patkin was the third "officially" crowned Clown Prince of Baseball, after Al Scha ...
, and the
Acerra brothers.
Selected works
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Scanlon, Liz Garton &
Audrey Vernick. ''The World's Best Class Plant''. Putnam, 2023. Illustrated by
Lynnor Bontigao Lynnor Bontigao is a Filipinos, Filipino-born author and illustrator of children's books.
Biography
Bontigao, born in the Philippines, moved to the United States and, when she could not find an art-related job, worked in finance in New York City. ...
. .
Awards
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California Young Reader Medal
The California Young Reader Medal is a set of five annual literary awards conferred upon picture books and fiction books selected by vote of California schoolchildren from a ballot prepared by committee. The program was established in 1974 with Int ...
(2015 for ''Brothers at Bat'', illustrated by Steven Salerno)
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Amelia Bloomer Book
Rise: A Feminist Book Project, formerly known as the Amelia Bloomer Project and compiled by the American Library Association, is an annual list of books with significant feminist content that are intended for readers from birth to age 18. The Amel ...
(2017, for ''The Kid From Diamond Street'')
ALA.org » AWARDSGRANTS » The Kid From Diamond Street: The Extraordinary Story of Baseball Legend Edith Houghton
American Library Association. Accessed August 29, 2022.
References
Living people
American children's writers
21st-century American women writers
American women children's writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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