Audrey Vernick is an American

children's book Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is classified by the intended age of the reade ...

author whose works include many featuring lesser-known figures in

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history, including

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, Edith Houghton,

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, and the Acerra brothers.

Selected works

* Scanlon, Liz Garton & Audrey Vernick. ''The World's Best Class Plant''. Putnam, 2023. Illustrated by Lynnor Bontigao. .

Awards

California Young Reader Medal The California Young Reader Medal is a set of five annual literary awards conferred upon picture books A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. With the narrative told primarily ...

(2015 for ''Brothers at Bat'', illustrated by Steven Salerno) * Amelia Bloomer Book (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 The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world. History 19th century ...

. Accessed August 29, 2022.

References

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