Praise for Mother Jones and Her Army of Mill Children: "Winter's affirmative text, paired with Carpenter's dramatic art featuring an insistent Mother, dramatically demonstrate both the injustice and determination." -- Booklist, starred review "Adroitly capture[s] both the grim reality of children at work and the irresistible hope of people coming together to demand change." -- Publishers Weekly "The theme--that progress is worth fighting for and may not show immediate success--is there for the taking." -- The Horn Book Praise for Jonah Winter's Elvis is King! : "Readers will want to pore over this thoroughly engaging volume." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review "A reprise collaboration between Winter and Red Nose Studio is indeed something to celebrate (see Here Comes the Garbage Barge, BCCB 4/10), and both author and illustration team are at peak performance in this sly, rollicking picture book bio of Elvis Presley and his rise from mic-shy blond tyke to teen dreamboat with product-infused raven hair who turned his stage-fright trembling into iconic sex appeal" -- Bulletin , starred review Praise for Nancy Carpenter's A Letter to My Teacher : "A valuable lesson in empathy, internalized and paid forward." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Hopkinson's moving epistolary text and Carpenter's emotionally incisive flashbacks chronicle the evolving relationship between an impulsive second grader and her life-changing teacher." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review.
Mother Jones and Her Army of Mill Children