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2022 - 2023 Nebraska Golden Sower Picture Book Award Nominee
The Perfectly Perfect Wish
Illustrated by Jessica Courtney-Tickle
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: February 04, 2020
Ages: 4 - 8
“Directly personal and visually dramatic.”—Booklist “Carries a deeper and more important message about considering others’ circumstances in light o...
2022 - 2023 Nebraska Golden Sower Chapter Book Award Nominee
The Million Dollar Race
This edition: Hardcover, 224 pages
Publication date: January 19, 2021
Ages: 8 - 12
“I dare you to predict the winner of The Million Dollar Race. OK, you dragged it out of me: it’s the READER!” —Jerry Spinelli, Newbery Award–winnin...
Ten Thousand Tries
This edition: Hardcover, 384 pages
Publication date: July 13, 2021
Ages: 8 - 12
A middle school soccer whiz’s determination to keep things from changing is tested when his father’s ALS symptoms worsen in this “heart-tugging and...