Steve Sheinkin

•  Young adult and middle grade nonfiction author

  • New book ©2019 Born to Fly: The First Women’s Air Race Across America

  • Bomb: The Race to Build – and Steal – the Most Dangerous Weapon

  • The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights

  • Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War

  • Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle School Football Team

  • Lincoln’s Grave Robbers

  • The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Adventure Story

Susan  L. Roth

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•  Children’s author & cut-n-torn paper illustrator

  • New book ©2019 Birds of a Feather: Bowerbirds and Me

  • New book ©2019 Malala Yousafzai: Warrior With Words

  • Every Month is a New Year: Celebrations Around the World

  • Playing with Osito Jugando Con Baby Bear

  • See You Later, Amigo: An American Border Tale

  • Parrots Over Puerto Rico

  • Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg & Three Cups of Tea

  • Do Re Mi, If You Can Read Music, Thank Guido D’Arrezo

Author/Illustrator of 55 Books
Primary medium: Collage

Timothy Walker

Educational Theorist, Timothy Walker is a former American teacher who now teaches 5th grade in Helsinki, Finland. He is the author of Teach Like Finland: 33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms, which focuses on promoting creativity, agency, joy, and love of learning.

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• New book © Dec. 2019 In Teachers We Trust: The Finnish Way to World-Class Schools
• Teach Like Finland: 33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms

Elizabeth Zunon

• Children’s multi-textile artist-illustrator

  • New book ©2019 Grandpa Cocoa: A Tale of Chocolate, From Farm to Family 

  • The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

  • My Hands Sing the Blues: Romare Bearden’s Childhood Journey

  • Lala Salama: A Tanzanian Lullaby 

  • One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of Gambia

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