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Gloria Whelan

Gloria Whelan
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Gloria Whelan

Gloria Whelan is the awardwinning and critically acclaimed author of many books for children and young adults. She won the National Book Award for young people's literature for her novel Homeless Bird. A versatile author of historical and contemporary fiction for children and young adults, as well as short stories and poetry for adults, Whelan is, according to Liz Rosenberg in the Chicago Tribune, "an accomplished, graceful, and intelligent writer." Visit her online at gloriawhelan.com

Small Acts of Amazing Courage will be released on April 19, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
Apr 19, 2011
Small Acts of Amazing Courage is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Apr 19, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Small Acts of Amazing Courage
Apr 09, 2011

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Rohnert Park Patch, October 25, 2011
...Journey of Edward Tulane ," by Kate DiCamillo and illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline. " Homeless Bird ," by Gloria Whelan, about a girl from Inida who "dares to defy fate." " Dead is the New Black ," which Frazer is currently reading. A story about a...
Pocono Record, September 30, 2011
...Gorilla" is spot-on. One of many in the Busy Book series. "The Boy Who Wanted to Cook" by Gloria Whelan, illustrated by Steve Adams, Sleeping Bear Press, 2011, 36 pages, $16.95 hardcover. Read aloud: age 6 and older. Read yourself: age 8-9 and older....
Port Huron Times-Herald, September 4, 2011
...Books to buy The following books are available at bookstores. » "The Boy Who Wanted to Cook" by Gloria Whelan, illustrated by Steve Adams, Sleeping Bear Press, 2011, 36 pages, $16.95 hardcover » Read aloud: Ages 6 and older » Read yourself: Ages 8 and...
Daily Local News, September 4, 2011
...» View reader comments (0) » Comment on this story » "The Boy Who Wanted to Cook" by Gloria Whelan, illustrated by Steve Adams, Sleep ing Bear Press, 2011, 36 pages, $16.95 hardcover Read aloud: age 6 and older Read yourself: age 8 - 9 and older...
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, June 12, 2011
...summer. The first book to be discussed on Monday, June 27 will be “Chu Ju’s House” by Gloria Whelan. Other dates and books are as follows: Monday, July 11, “Willow Run” by Patricia Reilly Giff; Monday, July 25, “Listening for Lions” by...
Associated Content, June 9, 2011
...review of the children's book about France The Boy Who Wanted to Cook. It is authored by Gloria Whelan and illustrated by Steve Adams. It is published by Sleeping Bear Press and is due for release on September 9, 2011. I was provided a review copy of this...
Associated Content, June 9, 2011
...the children's book about Ireland Megan's Year: An Irish Traveler's Story. It is authored by Gloria Whelan and is published by Sleeping Bear Press. I was provided a review copy of this children's book by Sleeping Bear Press, but was under no obligation...
JUST BOOKS, October 3, 2011
...- Jeanette BakerRoom One - Andrew ClementsThe Dashwood Sisters Tell All - Beth PattilloOnce On This Island - Gloria Whelan...
Writing and Illustrating, September 22, 2011
...you’ll probably win the National Book Award! (I’m being facetious but two examples: Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan and Sold by Patricia McCormick!) After realizing all these things, I decided to take on the stereotype as a challenge. Don’t write...
Writing and Illustrating, September 22, 2011
...you’ll probably win the National Book Award! (I’m being facetious but two examples: Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan and Sold by Patricia McCormick!) After realizing all these things, I decided to take on the stereotype as a challenge. Don’t write...
From the Mixed-Up Files..., July 19, 2011
...won’t truly understand it until they see it through Nory Ryan’s eyes. Listening for Lions, by Gloria Whelan. It’s 1919 in British East Africa, and 13-year-old Rachel has lost her missionary parents in the influenza epidemic that’s ravaging the...
Becky's Book Reviews, June 17, 2011
...I have now read one more book. It was Small Acts of Amazing Courage by Gloria Whelan. And it was quite a book! I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who likes historical fiction. It's set in India and England in 1919. It is now...
Becky's Book Reviews, June 17, 2011
...I have now read one more book. It was Small Acts of Amazing Courage by Gloria Whelan. And it was quite a book! I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who likes historical fiction. It's set in India and England in 1919. It is now...
Becky's Book Reviews, June 17, 2011
...Saint Training by Elizabeth Fixmer The Rumpelstiltskin Problem by Vivian Vande Velde Small Acts of Amazing Courage by Gloria Whelan William's Midsummer Dreams by Zilpha Keatley Snyder The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic by Jennifer Trafton The...