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shared by the children's picture book author **Jeanne Walker Harvey **

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7.04.2011

HAPPY 4th of JULY

It's a holiday! And True Tales & A Cherry On Top is taking a holiday from posting. Hope you enjoy the day!

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I write picture book biographies of creative people, and true stories about marine mammals under the ocean & boats above the ocean.

* BOATS ON THE BAY *

*MAYA LIN: Artist - Architect of Light and Lines*

* HONEY GIRL -The Hawaiian Monk Seal *

* MY HANDS SING THE BLUE - Romare Bearden's Childhood Journey *

* ASTRO THE STELLER SEA LION *

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Jeanne Walker Harvey

occupation: first and foremost... children's book author. Also SFMOMA (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) school group docent and Council Member, public library Board of Trustee member, former middle school Language Arts and Writing Workshop teacher, and high-tech attorney

home: North of Golden Gate Bridge

twitter: @JeanneWHarvey

email: jeanne_harvey at comcast.net
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represented by: the fabulous Deborah Warren of East West Literary Agency
loves: children's literature, SCBWI, the beauty and power of words, modern art and architecture, chocolate, exploring new places, adventures, hiking, flower gardens, zumba, modern dance classes, my wonderful family (especially my two amazing adult sons) and friends and adopted Marin Humane Society tabby cat AND writing a true tale ... with something more!

favorite word: serendipity

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picture book biography Jeanne Walker Harvey *FEARLESS FLYER* "CLOTH LULLABY* * THE FANTASTIC JUNGLES OF HENRI ROUSSEAU* *16 WORDS* *A BOWL OF PEACE* *A HOME FOR MR. EMERSON* *A MODERN MULTIPLICATRION PRIMER* *A PICTURE BOOK OF CESAR CHAVEZ* *A PRESIDENT FROM HAWAI'I* *A SPLASH OF RED* *A STORY ABOUT THE NATION'S FIRST WOMAN DETECTIVE* *A VOICE NAMED ARETHA* *A VOYAGE IN THE CLOUDS* *ABE LINCOLN'S DREAM* *ALICIA ALONSO* *ALL ABOARD* *ALL THE WAY TO AMERICA* *ALTHEA GIBSON* *AMELIA EARHART* *AN EYE FOR COLOR* *ANTSY ANSEL* *AROUND THE WORLD ON EIGHTY LEGS* *AS FAST AS WORDS COULD FLY* *AWAY WITH WORDS* *BACK OF THE BUS* *BALDERDASH* *BALLOONS OVER BROADWAY* *BARNUM'S BONES* *BECOMING BABE RUTH* *BEFORE SHE WAS HARRIET* *BEFORE THERE WAS MOZART* *BENNY GOODMAN & TEDDY WILSON* *BETSY ROSS* *BIBLIOBURRO* *BIG MACHINES* *BON APPETIT* *BORN AND BRED IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION* *BRICK BY BRICK* *BROTHERS AT BAT* *BY AND BY* *CARTER READS THE NEWSPAPER* *CHARLIE TAKES HIS SHOT* *COLORFUL DREAMER* *COME SEE THE EARTH TURN* *COUNTING ON KATHERINE* *DANCING HANDS* *DARK WAS THE NIGHT* *DAVE THE POTTER* *DIEGO RIVERA* *DJANGO* *DOROTHEA LANGE* *DOROTHEA'S EYES* *DRAWING FROM MEMORY* *DRAWING ON WALLS* *DREAM BUILDER* *DREAM SOMETHING BIG* *DREAMERS* *DRUM DREAM GIRL* *EARMUFFS FOR EVERYONE* *ELECTRICAL WIZARD* *ELIZA'S CHERRY TREES* *ELIZABETH STARTED ALL THE TROUBLE* *ELVIS IS KING* *EMILY AND CARLO* *EMMANUEL'S DREAM* *FAB FOUR FRIENDS* *FABULOUS* *FALLINGWATER* *FANCY PARTY GOWNS* *FAUJA SINGH KEEPS GOING* *FEARLESS RUN* *FEARLESS* *FIFTY CENTS AND A DREAM* *FINDING NARNIA* *FLYING SOLO* *FOR THE BIRDS* *FOR THE LOVE OF MUSIC* *FROM THE GOOD MOUNTAIN* *GEORGIA IN HAWAII* *GIRL ON A MOTORCYCLE* *GIRL RUNNING* *GLORIA TAKES A STAND* *GOOD FORTUNE* *GORDON PARKS* *GRACE HOPPER* *GRANDAD MANDELA* *GRANDMA GATEWOOD HIKES THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL* *GRANDPA CACAO* *HANDS AROUND THE LIBRARY* *HARD WORK BUT IT'S WORTH IT* *HARLEM'S LITTLE BLACKBIRD* *HEART ON FIRE* *HELEN'S BIG WORLD* *HERE COME THE GIRL SCOUTS* *HONEY GIRL THE HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL* *I AM FARMER* *I DREAMED OF FLYING* *IMOGEN* *IN THE BELLY OF AN OX* *IRA'S SHAKESPEARE DREAM* *IT BEGAN WITH A PAGE* *IT JES' HAPPENED* *JACKSON POLLOCK* *JAZZ AGE JOSEPHINE* *JAZZ DAY* *JEAN LAFITTE THE PIRATE* *JIM HENSON* *JIMI SOUNDS LIKE A RAINBOW* *JOAN OF ARC* *JOAN PROCTER DRAGON DOCTOR* *JUST BEHAVE PABLE PICASSO* *JUST BEING AUDREY* *KAMALA HARRIS* *KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE KID* *LEVI STRAUSS* *LIBBA* *LIFE IN THE OCEAN* *LIGHTS CAMERA ALICE* *LITTLE RED WRITING* *LOOK UP WITH ME* *LOST BOY* *LOUISA MAY'S BATTLE* *LUNA & ME* *MAGIC TRASH* *MAGRITTE'S MARVELOUS HAT* *MAKING THEIR VOICES HEARD* *MALALA'S MAGIC PENCIL* *MARCEL MARCEAU* *MARGARET AND THE MOON* *MARTIN AND MAHALIA* *MARTIN de PORRES* *MARY BLAIR'S UNIQUE FLAIR* *MARY WALKER WEARS THE PANTS* *MAXFIELD PARRISH* *MAYA LIN ARCHITECT OF LIGHT AND LINES* *ME FRIDA* *MELVIL DEWEY* *MIRACLE MUD* *MISS MARY REPORTING* *MISS MOORE THOUGHT OTHERWISE* *MISTER AND LADY DAY* *MONET PAINTS A DAY* *MRS. HARKNESS AND THE PANDA* *MY HANDS SING THE BLUES* *NACHO'S NACHOS* *NELSON MANDELA* *NICE WORK FRANKLIN* *NOAH WEBSTER AND HIS WORDS* *NURSE SOLDIER SPY* *ODETTA* *OLIVIA'S BIRDS* *ONE FUN DAY WITH LEWIS CARROLL* *ONE PLASTIC BAG* *ORANI* *ORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY JANE AUSTEN* *OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE* *OUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE* *OUT OF SCHOOL AND INTO NATURE* *OUT OF THIS WORLD* *PABLO NERUDA* *PAPA IS A POET* *PAPER SON* *PLANTING SEEDS* *PLAY BALL *QUEEN OF PHYSICS* *QUEEN OF THE FALLS* *QUEEN VICTORIA'S BATHING MACHINE* *RACHEL CARSON* *RESPECT* *RISE* *RUTH ASAWA: A SCULPTING LIFE* *SERENA* *SEWING THE RAINBOW* *SILENT STAR* *SING DON'T CRY* *SMILE* *SOAR ELINOR* *SOLVING THE PUZZLE UNDEr ThE SEA* *SOMETHING TO PROVE* *SONNY'S BRIDGE* *SPLIT SPLAT* *STAND UP AND SING" *STRONG AS SANDOW* *SUPERHEROES ARE EVERYWHERE* *THE 5 O'CLOCK BAND* *THE ARTIST WHO PAINTED A BLUE HORSE* *THE ASTRONAUT WHO PAINTED THE MOON* *THE BLUEST OF BLUES* *THE BOOK RESCUER* *THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND* *THE BOY WHO LOVED MATH* *THE BRAVEST WOMAN IN AMERICA* *THE BROTHERS KENNEDY* *THE CAT MAN OF ALEPPO* *THE CRAYON MAN* *THE EAST-WEST HOUSE* *THE EFFA MANLEY STORY* *THE EMILY SONNETS* *THE EXTRAORDINARY MARK TWAIN* *THE EXTRAORDINARY MUSIC OF MR IVES* *THE FABULOUS FLYING MACHINES* *THE FIREHOUSE LIGHT* *THE FIRST STEP* *THE FUNNIEST MAN IN BASEBALL* *THE HOUSE THAT JANE BUILT* *THE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT MARGARET WISE BROWN* *THE INCREDIBLE LIFE OF BALTO* *THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF THE MAN BEHIND THE MACHINES* *THE LEGENDARY MISS LENA HORNE* *THE MARVELOUS THING* *THE NUTCRACKER DOMES TO AMERICA* *THE POWER OF HER PEN* *THE PRICE OF FREEDOM* *THE SECRET KINGDOM* *THE SPY WHO PLAYED BASEBALL* *THE STORY OF AMAZING GRACE* *THE STORY OF JANET COLLINS* *THE STORY OF YOUNG FREDERICK DOUGLASS* *THE TREE LADY* *THE TRUE STORY OF JACQUELINE KENNEDY'S FIGHT FOR AN AMERICAN ICON* *THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN* *THE UNSUNG HERO OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION* *THE VAST WONDER OF THE WORLD* *THE WATCHER* *THE WATER PRINCESS* *THE WILLIAM HOY STORY* *THE WORLD IS NOT A RECTANGLE* *THOSE REBELS JOHN AND TOM* *THURGOOD* *TILLIE THE TERRIBLE SWEDE* *TOUCH THE SKY* *TROMBONE SHORTY* *VIVALDI'S FOUR SEASONS* *WHAT MISS MITCHELL SAW* *WHEN BOB MET WOODY* *WHEN I WAS EIGHT* *WHEN PAUL MET ARTIE* *WHEN SUE FOUND SUE* *WHEN THE BEAT WAS BORN* *WHO SAYS WOMEN CAN'T BE DOCTORS* *WRITE ON *WRITE ON MERCY* Calkins Creek Books *YOGI* *YOU ARE MY FRIEND* *YOU CAN'T DO THAT AMELIA* *YOU NEVER HEARD OF WILLIE MAYS* *enormous SMALLNESS*

:: children's nonfiction sites to visit ::

International Reading Association (IRA)

Highlights Foundation Nonfiction Workshops

Nonfiction Monday
Children's Lit Network
KidLitosphere
SCBWI

NCTE Orbis Pictus Award
The Classroom Bookshelf

The Uncommon Corps

STAY TUNED FOR 2022 when two more of my picture book bios will be published!

DRESSING UP THE STARS about the artist, ALMA THOMAS...

and ABLAZE WITH COLOR about the movie costume designer, EDITH HEAD!

Below are my latest picture books...

MAYA LIN:
Artist-Architect
of Light and Lines
A biography and story of the creation of the Vietnam War Memorial
Illus. by Dow Phumiruk
(Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt)

HONEY GIRL - The
Hawaiian Monk Seal
A true rescue story
of a Hawaiian superstar
marine mammal, a member of an endangered species

MY HANDS SING THE BLUES

Jazz-infused text and beautiful collages bring the early inspirations of the renowned American artist, Romare Bearden, to life.

Illustrated by

Elizabeth Zunon

Publisher: Marshall Cavendish/Two Lions

Tells the true tale of a stellar Steller sea lion, a threatened species. Only days old when found orphaned, Astro is cared for at The Marine Mammal Center. The book tells of his journey to his current home at the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut.

Illustrated by

Shennen Bersani

Arbordale Publishing

(formerly Sylvan Dell)

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