Christy Hale – illustratör

Picture book biography about the pioneering woman farmer, who has introduced culinary herbs, greens, flowers, and wild foraged goods to Boston area chefs and eaters. The fifth of author Jacqueline Briggs Martin's award winning "Food Heroes" series. Farmer Eva Sommaripa founded Eva's Garden in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, a place "so close to the ocean, she can smell the sea, so close to woods she can talk to trees." More than 50 years later she has grown a big green garden life of friends and neighbors, creatures that crawl, fly and slither, eve microbes that create rich soil in the brown underground. Meet farmer Eva, and share the magic, beauty, and science of life on the farm and caring for the land. Farmer Eva's Green Garden Life is one of the first book that focuses on a woman farmer. It is also a story connecting farming with nature, ecology, and science. With an Afterword from Eva, Back Matter on • Women farmers• Eva's Recipe for Growing Pea Shoots• Information on critters that maintain soil health• Author's NoteResourcesJacqueline Briggs Martin’s many books include Snowflake Bentley, winner of the Caldecott medal. Farmer Eva is part of her "Food Heroes" series, which include Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table, Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious—and co-written with June Jo Lee—Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix and Sandor Katz and the Tiny Wild, and her newest book, Kimchi Taco Time. Jacqueline grew up on a dairy farm in Maine and now lives in Mount Vernon, Iowa. jacquelinebriggsmartin.com.Christy Hale has illustrated numerous children's books, including Our School Garden!, published by READERS to EATERS. She is also the author and illustrator of many books, most recently Copycat: Nature-Inspired Design Around the World, Water Land: Land and Water Forms Around the World and Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building. She lives in Palo Alto, California. christyhale.com.Eva Sommaripa is a pioneering farmer who started Eva’s Garden  more than 50 years ago in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts. She has introduced culinary herbs, greens, flowers, and wild foraged goods to Boston area chefs and eaters. She has introduced culinary herbs, greens, flowers, and wild foraged goods to Boston area chefs and eaters. Eva experiments with wild edibles and parts of plants that are not well known, and is exploring the microbes that make growing and eating healthier for humans and our planet. In 2014, she became the first farmer to receive Wellesley College's prestigious Alumnae Achievement Award. Eva’s Garden is the subject of the book, Wild Flavors, written by chef Didi Emmons...“Packed with deliciousness, this fifth volume in Readers to Eater's Food Heroes series will delight seekers of all ages and inspire future female farmers... An all-around inspiring purchase for public-library collections that will spark readers' involvement.” —Booklist`

**Winner of the Moonbeam Children''s Book Award Silver Medal for Non-Fiction —Picture Book** This Cambodian children''s book teaches that not even the most terrible brutality can destroy the human spirit. The Cambodian Dancer, a Cambodian book for children, is the true story of a Cambodian refugee — a dancer and teacher — who built a life in the U.S. after fleeing the Killing Fields of the Khmer Rouge. She then became a counselor to other Cambodian refugees and created a school of dance for children. Her gift of hope was to teach children in the Cambodian community the traditional dances of their country, so young people growing up far away from the land of their ancestors would know about Cambodian culture and customs. Through straightforward language and colorful illustrations, this multicultural children''s story communicates to children a sense of the joy, sadness, injustice, and triumph that lives on in young Cambodian Americans. It shows that it is possible to overcome great hardship and that a single decision can do much to heal oneself and others. This touching multicultural children''s book brings a message of positivity to a true story of human hope and resilience.

A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the YearAnsel Adams just couldn’t sit still. He felt trapped indoors and never walked anywhere—he ran. Even when he sat, his feet danced. But in nature, Ansel felt right at home. He fell in love with the gusting gales of the Golden Gate, the icy white of Yosemite Valley, and countless other remarkable natural sights in the national parks and beyond.When Ansel grew up, he created the iconic black-and-white nature photographs known around the world. From his early days in San Francisco to the height of his glory nationwide, this acclaimed picture book chronicles a restless boy's path to becoming the artist behind the images.An SCBWI Crystal Kite Award Winner