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Ann Bausum |
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Ann Bausum writes about U.S. history for young people from her home in Beloit, Wisconsin, and speaks at schools across the country about her work as a children’s book author. In 2010 her eighth title with National Geographic Children's Books was released to starred reviews: Unraveling Freedom: The Battle for Democracy on the Home Front during World War One. National Geographic will publish her next book in early 2012: Marching to the Mountaintop: How Poverty, Race, and Civil Rights Set the Stage for Martin Luther King’s Final Hours. Ann’s books earn frequent recognition from librarians, peers, and reviewers. Denied, Detained, Deported received the Carter G. Woodson Award (secondary level) from the National Council for the Social Studies in 2010. Her 2007 book Muckrakers earned the Golden Kite Award as best nonfiction book of the year from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Freedom Riders (2006) gained Sibert Honor designation from the American Library Association, and With Courage and Cloth (2004) received the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award as the year’s best book on social justice issues for older readers. These and other titles by her appear on numerous lists of recommended and notable books, as well. Other books by Ann include titles about the nation’s chief executives and their spouses—Our Country’s Presidents (2009, 3rd edition) and Our Country’s First Ladies (2007)—as well as a photobiography about the intrepid explorer Roy Chapman Andrews (Dragon Bones and Dinosaur Eggs, 2000).
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