Wendell Minor's Books
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Midnight RiderFourteen-year-old Hannah is an orphan living with her cruel aunt Phoebe in Salem, Massachusetts. Hannah recently lost her mother, and now her only...Read More
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Thunder from the SeaIt's 1929 and thirteen-year-old Tom Campbell has always wanted a real family with a real house and a dog of his very own. Since he was three years old,...Read More
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Ghost ShipThomas loves his summer visits to his grandmother's on Cape Cod. He spends his days wondering about the sailing ships of the past and imagining their...Read More -
The Red Badge of CourageWritten by Stephen Crane at the age of twenty-one, The Red Badge of Courage is one of the greatest war novels of all time -- so groundbreaking that...Read More
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Star in the StormA RISKY SECRETAll non-sheepherding dogs have been outlawed from the rocky coastal village where Maggie lives. Unwilling to give up her beloved...Read More
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GameZone, October 21, 2009
...was published by Simon & Schuster in November 2002. Her first children's book, Ghost Ship, illustrated by Wendell Minor, was published in April 2007 as a Paula Wiseman Book/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. She is co-author, with her daughter...
IGN.com, October 21, 2009
...was published by Simon & Schuster in November 2002. Her first children's book, Ghost Ship, illustrated by Wendell Minor, was published in April 2007 as a Paula Wiseman Book/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. She is co-author, with her daughter...
Worth Playing, October 21, 2009
...was published by Simon & Schuster in November 2002. Her first children's book, Ghost Ship, illustrated by Wendell Minor, was published in April 2007 as a Paula Wiseman Book/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. She is co-author, with her daughter...
Hartford Courant, October 16, 2009
...there and on loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Halloween-inspired art activities and a book-signing by illustrator Wendell Minor are part of the Family Day Sunday at the New Britain Museum of American Art, where Minor's show continues through...
Chicago Sun-Times, July 19, 2009
...quotations from dreamers at the bottoms of each page adds flavor that is just right for readers 7-10. Wendell Minor's gouache watercolor paintings include many detailed drawings of space vehicles done in circles and ovals that enhance the delicate and...
USA Today, July 13, 2009
...Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon. (The first, Neil Armstrong, is more reticent.) With paintings by Wendell Minor, it reviews the history of space exploration. Aldrin modestly notes that 'nearly 400,000 dedicated people worked on Project Apollo and...
San Francisco Chronicle, June 26, 2009
...nostalgic, this unassuming picture book conveys his wildest dream. Look to the Stars, by Buzz Aldrin; illustrated by Wendell Minor (Putnam; 40 pages; $17.99; ages 6-up). The second guy on the moon takes a long view of space exploration, moving from...
Pittsburgh Tribune Review, June 8, 2009
...Philomel, $16.99, 40 pages, ages 6 to 8. 'Look to the Stars,' by Buzz Aldrin, illustrations by Wendell Minor; Putnam, $17.99, 40 pages, ages 6 to 8. The landing of American astronauts on the moon 40 years ago next month is being observed with the release...
MSNBC, June 5, 2009
...redemption and the road ahead. Aldrin has also come out with his second children's book, (illustrated by Wendell Minor). Illustrator/author Brian Floca presents a beautiful children's book about humanity's first moon landing, suitable for ages 4 and...
Fulton County News, May 21, 2009
...Illustrator Wendell Minor and his wife and author, Florence, read their latest book, 'If You Were a Penguin,' to kids who came to the Fulton Theatre last Thursday to hear what the...
Chambersburg Public Opinion, April 29, 2009
...If you were a Penguin” is this year’s book. 'If You Were a Penguin' by Florence and Wendell Minor, is the 2009 selection of Pennsylvania's One Book, Every Young Child program, which promotes early literacy in pre-schoolers through interactive...
Cleveland Live, April 20, 2009
...enigmatic and beautiful creatures on earth' in or around 1992. %%bodybegin%%The Wolves are Back Jean Craig George and Wendell Minor Dutton, $16.99. Ages 7 and older. This picture book, with its gorgeous paintings, is balm after Turvey's book. After the...
Examiner.com, April 17, 2009
...Mifflin Harcourt) written by Rosa Jordan (published by Peachtree Publishers) written by Jean Craighead George and illustrated by Wendell Minor (published by Dutton Children?s Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group) written and illustrated by...
Bend Bulletin, March 20, 2009
...Tour America: A Journey Through Poems and Art. Her books have been beautifully illustrated by such luminaries as Wendell Minor and Stephen Jenkins and are not to be missed. These are just a few of the childrens and teen authors who were or are proud to...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 16, 2009
...runaway slave's journey to freedom. (6-8) Look to the Stars ($17.99) by Buzz Aldrin, illus. by Wendell Minor. On the 40th anniversary of his historic walk on the moon, this astronaut provides a guide to space exploration. (6-8) River of Dreams: The Story...
Cleveland Live, February 8, 2009
...95) is Robert Burleigh's story of one young boy and his father watching the funeral train pass. Wendell Minor's splendid gouache and watercolor illustrations capture the grief. A moving tale for ages 5-8; the paintings will captivate train lovers of all...
Berks-Mont News, February 6, 2009
...17. The day will be full of activities for young and old, including a visit from Florence and Wendell Minor, authors/illustrators of the 2009 Pa. One Book Every Young Child Reads, and the Library's Birthday Party with children's comedy/music performer...
San Francisco Chronicle, January 25, 2009
...how to reconstruct history and construct meaning from it. Abraham Lincoln Comes Home by Robert Burleigh; illustrated by Wendell Minor (Holt; 40 pages; $16.95; ages 6-10). In this somber picture book, a father and son travel by wagon to watch Lincoln's...
San Francisco Chronicle, January 24, 2009
...how to reconstruct history and construct meaning from it. Abraham Lincoln Comes Home by Robert Burleigh; illustrated by Wendell Minor (Holt; 40 pages; $16.95; ages 6-10). In this somber picture book, a father and son travel by wagon to watch Lincoln's...
YubaNet, December 8, 2008
...this variety, Brickman sculpted painted paper into colorful collages. The Wolves Are Back. Jean Craighead George, illustrated by Wendell Minor. Dutton Juvenile, New York, 2008. 32 pp. $16.95. The wolves of Yellowstone were once shot until they were...
Casual Gamer Chick, October 23, 2009
...was published by Simon & Schuster in November 2002. Her first children’s book, Ghost Ship, illustrated by Wendell Minor, was published in April 2007 as a Paula Wiseman Book/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. She is co-author, with her daughter...
Across the Page, October 8, 2009
...Jean Craighead George that manages to convey a total, inter-related eco-system with simplicity and clarity. The illustrations by Wendell Minor are terrific too. So, there’s the vote from the under-ten set. But I’m going to share my favorite...
Original Content, September 20, 2009
...Connor For Illustration: Baseball Hour , Bill Thomson , illustrator The Freedom Business , Deborah Dancy , illustrator The Wolves Are Back , Wendell Minor , illustrator And while I'm on the subject of Wendell Minor, he has an exhibit at The New Britain...
msnbc.com: Technology & Science, June 5, 2009
...ahead. Aldrin has also come out with his second children's book, "Look to the Stars" (illustrated by Wendell Minor). "Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11": Illustrator/author Brian Floca presents a beautiful children's book about humanity's first moon...
Cosmic Log, June 5, 2009
...ahead. Aldrin has also come out with his second children's book, "Look to the Stars" (illustrated by Wendell Minor). "Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11": Illustrator/author Brian Floca presents a beautiful children's book about humanity's first moon...
Becky's Book Reviews, April 8, 2009
...Dial. ISBN 9780803731004 [Suggested Grade Levels 6-12] 31.George, Jean Craighead. 2008. THE WOLVES ARE BACK. Ill. by Wendell Minor. New York: Dutton. ISBN 078052547945 [Suggested Grade Levels 2-7] 32.Gifford, Peggy. 2008. MOXY MAXWELL DOES NOT LOVE...
Becky's Book Reviews, April 8, 2009
...Dial. ISBN 9780803731004 [Suggested Grade Levels 6-12] 31.George, Jean Craighead. 2008. THE WOLVES ARE BACK. Ill. by Wendell Minor. New York: Dutton. ISBN 078052547945 [Suggested Grade Levels 2-7] 32.Gifford, Peggy. 2008. MOXY MAXWELL DOES NOT LOVE...
rocco, December 24, 2008
...Anne Page Johns, Go Taisce Duan: A Treasury of Irish Poems With Translation A Lucky Thing, Alice Schertle, Wendell Minor, Poems Art NEW BOOK A Pocketful of Poems Grimes, Nikki/ Steptoe, J Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem 1400065585 Arctic Heart: A Poem...
