by Annie Boochever | Awards, Fighter in Velvet Gloves
The books that appear in Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People list are annotated and were evaluated and selected by a Book Review Committee appointed by National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and assembled in cooperation with the Children’s Book...
by Annie Boochever | Awards, Fighter in Velvet Gloves
Are you looking for best books by or about American Indians? First Nations? American Indians in Children’s Literature chose Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich for Best Books Published in 2019! “A primary purpose of...
by Annie Boochever | Awards, Fighter in Velvet Gloves
I was so pleased and excited to receive this notification in my in-box yesterday. “Congratulations on receiving Top Honors. Each year Literary Classics recognizes the most distinguished books for children and young adults through their International and Top...
by Annie Boochever | Awards, Fighter in Velvet Gloves
I didn’t know how rigorous publication with a University Press would be until I began working with the University of Alaska Press on Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich. This is an enlightening article about that process,...
by Annie Boochever | Interviews
Traci Sorell is an award-winning children’s-YA author. She is also an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation who covers children’s-YA writing, illustration, publishing and other book news from Indigenous authors and illustrators for Cynsations, Cynthia Leitich...