Frank Morrison (illustrator) explained
Occupation: | Illustrator |
Period: | 2004-present |
Birth Place: | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
Awards: | |
Notable Works: | |
Frank Morrison (born 1971 in Boston)[1] is an American illustrator of children's literature and graffiti artist.
Before becoming an illustrator, Morrison travelled globally personally as a breakdancer with The Sugarhill Gang.[2] [3]
Morrison published his first book, Brenda C. Roberts's Jazzy Miz Mozetta, with Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2004. His illustrators for the book won him the 2005 John Steptoe Award for New Talent (Illustrator). He has since illustrated over 35 published, including fiction and non-fiction picture books, books for early readers, and middle grade books. In 2022, he published his debut book as a writer and illustrator, Kick Push, with Bloomsbury USA. Since publishing his first book, he has received many awards and honors, including winning a Crystal Kite Award and two Coretta Scott King Awards in addition to the John Steptoe Award.
As of 2024, Morrison lives with his wife and five children in Atlanta.[4]
Awards and honors
Fourteen of Morrison's books are Junior Library Guild selections: ¡Jonron! (Out of the Ballpark) (2007);[5] Keena Ford and the Second Grade Mix-Up (2008);[6] Keena Ford and the Secret Journal Mix-Up (2010);[7] Long Shot (2010);[8] The Quickest Kid in Clarksville (2016);[9] How Sweet the Sound (2018);[10] March Forward, Girl (2018);[11] Starstruck (2018);[12] The Roots of Rap (2019);[13] Above the Rim (2020);[14] Kick Push (2022);[15] Uncle John's City Garden (2022);[16] How Do You Spell Unfair? (2023);[17] and My Block Looks Like (2024).[18]
In 2015, the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) included Little Melba and Her Big Trombone on their list of the year's Notable Children's Books.[19]
In 2016, Booklist included The Quickest Kid in Clarksville on their list of the "Top 10 Sports Books for Youth".[20]
In 2017, Clayton Byrd Goes Underground was on Booklist's list of the "Top 10 Arts Books for Youth".[21] The following year, they included it on their "Top 10 Diverse Fiction for Older and Middle Readers" list,[22] and the ALSC named it among the year's Notable Children Books.[23]
In 2018, Booklist included How Sweet the Sound on their "Top 10 Religion & Spirituality for Youth" list.[24] The same year, the New York Public Library named March Forward, Girl among the best books of the year. The following year, the ALSC named both March Forward, Girl and Let the Children March among the year's Notable Children's Books.[25]
In 2019, The Roots of Rap was named one of the best books of the year by the Chicago Public Library,[26] Kirkus Reviews,[27] and the New York Public Library.[28] Booklist also included it on their list of the "Top 10 Arts Books for Youth".[29]
In 2020, Booklist included R-E-S-P-E-C-T on their list of the "Top 10 Arts Books for Youth".[30] The same year, they included Above the Rim on their "Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth" list.[31] The following year, it was on Booklist's "Top 10 Sports Books for Youth" list,[32] and the ALSC named it a Notable Children's Book.[33]
In 2023, Booklist included Breaking to the Beat! on their lists of the "Top 10 Sports Books for Youth" and "Top 10 Arts Books for Youth".[34] [35] The same year, they included How Do You Spell Unfair? on their "Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth" list.[36] Kirkus Reviews also named it among the best picture books of 2023,[37] and Bank Street College of Education named it a book of outstanding merit merit for children ages five to nine in 2024.[38] That year, the ALSC and International Literacy Association (CL/R SIG) named it a notable children's book,[39] [40] and Booklist named it among the "Top 10 History Books for Youth".[41]
Publications
As author
Picture books (fiction)
- Book: Kick Push . 2022 . Bloomsbury . 978-1-5476-0592-7. [56]
As illustrator
Early reader (fiction)
- Book: Thomson, Melissa . Keena Ford and the Second Grade Mix Up . 2008 . Dial Books . 978-0-803-73263-6.
- Book: Thomson, Melissa . Keena Ford and the Secret Journal Mix-Up . 2010 . Dial Books . 978-0-803-73465-4.
Early reader (nonfiction)
- Book: Weinstein, Muriel Harris . Play, Louis, Play!: The True Story of a Boy and His Horn . 2010 . Bloomsbury . 978-1-599-90375-0. [57]
- Book: Smith Jr., Charles R. . Stars in the Shadows: The Negro League All-Star Game of 1934 . 2012 . Atheneum Books for Young Readers . 978-0-689-86638-8. [58]
- Book: DePrince, Michaela . Ballerina Dreams: From Orphan to Dancer . 2014 . Random House Books for Young Readers . 978-0-385-75515-3. Michaela DePrince. DePrince. Elaine. [59]
Middle grade (fiction)
- Book: Williams-Garcia, Rita . Rita Williams-Garcia . Clayton Byrd Goes Underground . 2017 . Quill Tree Books . 978-0-062-21591-8. [60]
- Book: Zoboi, Ibi . Ibi Zoboi . My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich . 2019 . Dutton Books for Young Readers . 978-0-399-18735-3. [61]
Middle grade (nonfiction)
- Book: Grimes, Nikki . Nikki Grimes . One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance . 2017 . Bloomsbury . 978-1-619-63554-8. [62]
- Book: Beals, Melba Pattillo . Melba Pattillo Beals . March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine . 2018 . Clarion Books . 978-1-328-88212-7. [63]
Picture books (fiction)
- Book: Roberts, Brenda C. . Jazzy Miz Mozetta . 2004 . Farrar, Straus and Giroux . 978-0-374-33674-5. [64]
- Book: Taylor, Debbie A. . Sweet Music in Harlem . 2004 . Lee & Low . 978-1-58430-165-3. [65]
- Book: Norman, Lissette . My Feet Are Laughing . 2006 . Farrar, Straus and Giroux . 978-0-374-35096-3. [66]
- Book: Queen Latifah . Queen of the Scene . 2006 . HarperCollins . 978-0-06-077856-9. Queen Latifah. [67]
- Book: Rodriguez, Alex . Out of the Ballpark . 2007 . HarperCollins . 978-0-06-115197-2. Alex Rodriguez. [68]
- Book: Abrahams, Peter . Quacky Baseball . 2011 . HarperCollins . 978-0-06-122978-7. [69]
- Book: Barrett, Mary Brigid . Shoebox Sam . 2011 . Zonderkidz . 978-0-310-71549-8. [70]
- Book: Schofield-Morrison, Connie . I Got the Rhythm . 2014 . Bloomsbury . 978-1-619-63178-6. [71]
- Book: Miller, Pat Zietlow . The Quickest Kid in Clarksville . 2017 . Chronicle . 978-1-4521-2936-5. [72]
- Book: London, C. Alexander . The Adventures of Wrong Man and Power Girl! . 2018 . Philomel Books . 978-0-399-54893-2. [73]
- Book: Schofield-Morrison, Connie . I Got the School Spirit . 2020 . Bloomsbury . 978-1-5476-0261-2. [74]
- Book: Harper, Janelle . My Block Looks Like . 2020 . Viking Press . 978-0-593-52630-9. [75]
- Book: Ford, Bernette G. . Uncle John’s City Garden . 2022 . Holiday House . 978-0-8234-4786-2. Bernette Ford. [76]
- Book: Acevedo, Linda J. . Breaking to the Beat! . 2023 . Lee & Low Books . 978-164-379639-0. [77]
Picture books (nonfiction)
- Book: Taylor, Gaylia . George Crum and the Saratoga Chip . 2006 . Lee & Low Books . 978-1-584-30255-1. [78]
Notes and References
- Web site: Frank Morrison Art Gallery . 2024-06-07 . The Black Art Depot . en.
- Web site: Morrison, Frank 1971– . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240330111540/https://www.encyclopedia.com/children/scholarly-magazines/morrison-frank-1971 . March 30, 2024 . 2024-06-06 . Encyclopedia.com.
- Web site: Gaetano . Siân . 2021-02-01 . Frank Morrison: Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner . 2024-06-07 . . December 3, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221203150456/https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3913 . live .
- Web site: Frank Morrison . 2024-06-07 . Frank Morrison Studio . en.
- Web site: ¡Jonron! (Out of the Ballpark) . 2024-06-06 . . en . February 27, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240227223049/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/jonron-out-of-the-ballpark-9780061151972j . live .
- Web site: Keena Ford and the Second Grade Mix-Up . 2024-06-06 . . en.
- Web site: Keena Ford and the Secret Journal Mix-Up . 2024-06-06 . . en . June 7, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240607133716/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/keena-ford-and-the-secret-journal-mix-up-9780803734654j . live .
- Web site: Long Shot: Never Too Small to Dream Big . 2024-06-06 . . en . June 6, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240606151122/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/long-shot-never-too-small-to-dream-big-9781416950790j . live .
- Web site: The Quickest Kid in Clarksville . 2024-06-06 . . en . June 6, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240606151133/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/the-quickest-kid-in-clarksville-9781452129365j . live .
- Web site: How Sweet the Sound: The Story of Amazing Grace . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240603002315/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/how-sweet-the-sound-the-story-of-8220-am-9781481472067j . June 3, 2024 . 2024-06-03 . . en.
- Web site: March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine . 2024-06-06 . . en . June 6, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240606151057/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/march-forward-girl-from-young-warrior-to-9781328882127j . live .
- Web site: Starstruck: The Cosmic Journey of Neil deGrasse Tyson . 2024-06-06 . . en . June 6, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240606151141/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/starstruck-the-cosmic-journey-of-neil-de-9780399550256j . live .
- Web site: The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240603002314/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/the-roots-of-rap-16-bars-on-the-4-pillar-9781499804119j . June 3, 2024 . 2024-06-02 . . en.
- Web site: Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball . 2024-06-06 . . en . June 6, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240606151123/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/above-the-rim-how-elgin-baylor-changed-b-9781419741081j . live .
- Web site: Kick Push: Be Your Epic Self . 2024-06-06 . . en . June 6, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240606151137/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/kick-push-be-your-epic-self-9781547605927j . live .
- Web site: Uncle John's City Garden . 2024-06-06 . . en . June 6, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240606151123/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/uncle-john-s-city-garden-9780823447862j . live .
- Web site: How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240225161502/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/how-do-you-spell-unfair-macnolia-cox-and-9781536215540j . February 25, 2024 . 2024-06-03 . . en.
- Web site: My Block Looks Like . 2024-06-06 . . en . June 6, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240606151641/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/my-block-looks-like-9780593526309j . live .
- Web site: 2015-03-15 . Notable Children's Books: 2015 . 2024-06-06 . . October 18, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211018163214/https://www.booklistonline.com/Notable-Children-s-Books/pid=7361802 . live .
- Web site: Smith . Julia . 2016-09-01 . Top 10 Sports Books for Youth: 2016 . 2024-06-06 . . November 28, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211128184332/https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=8373845 . live .
- Web site: Hunter . Sarah . 2017-10-15 . Top 10 Arts Books for Youth: 2017 . 2024-06-06 . . June 7, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240607021041/https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9141050 . live .
- Web site: Cooper . Ilene . 2018-02-01 . Top 10 Diverse Fiction for Older and Middle Readers: 2018 . 2024-06-06 . . June 7, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240607022553/https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9350947 . live .
- Web site: 2018-04-01 . Notable Children's Books: 2018 . 2024-06-06 . . December 14, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221214154514/https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9456399 . live .
- Web site: Cooper . Ilene . 2018-11-15 . Top 10 Religion & Spirituality for Youth: 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211208214815/https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9711116 . December 8, 2021 . 2024-06-02 . Booklist.
- Web site: 2019-03-15 . Notable Children's Books: 2019 . 2024-06-06 . . March 7, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240307221753/https://www.booklistonline.com/Notable-Children-s-Books/pid=9716549 . live .
- Web site: ChiPubLib_Kids . Best Informational Books for Younger Readers of 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220928193541/https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/list/share/200049033/1526324139 . September 28, 2022 . 2024-06-02 . . en-US.
- Web site: Best of 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240602204729/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/best-of/2019/picture-books/books/ . June 2, 2024 . 2024-06-02 . . en.
- Web site: Best Books for Kids 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230308132527/https://www.nypl.org/books-more/recommendations/best-books/kids . March 8, 2023 . 2024-06-03 . . en.
- Web site: Hunter . Sarah . 2019-10-15 . Top 10 Arts Books for Youth: 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220126103909/https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9726633 . January 26, 2022 . 2024-06-02 . Booklist.
- Web site: Khuri . Ronny . 2020-10-15 . Top 10 Arts Books for Youth: 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220122153404/https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9740579 . January 22, 2022 . 2024-06-02 . Booklist.
- Web site: 2021-01-01 . Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2020 . 2024-06-06 . . January 31, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220131155419/https://www.booklistonline.com/Booklist-Editors-Choice/pid=9743352 . live .
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- Web site: 2021-03-15 . Notable Children's Books: 2021 . 2024-06-06 . . March 18, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240318013207/https://www.booklistonline.com/Notable-Children-s-Books/pid=9745857 . live .
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- Web site: Hunter . Sarah . 2023-10-15 . Top 10 Arts Books for Youth: 2023 . 2024-06-06 . . June 7, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240607133806/https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9786652 . live .
- Web site: 2023-12-01 . Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2023 . 2024-06-06 . . March 20, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240320173333/https://www.booklistonline.com/Booklist-Editors-Choice/pid=9788260 . live .
- Web site: Best of 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240210183136/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/best-of/2023/picture-books/books/ . February 10, 2024 . 2024-06-02 . . en.
- Web site: The Best Children's Book of the Year, 2024 Edition, Five to Nine . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240602204035/https://s3.amazonaws.com/bankstreet-wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2024-BBL-Five-to-Nine-section-for-web-FINAL-revised-6-May-2024.pdf . June 2, 2024 . 2024-06-02 . Bank Street College of Education.
- Web site: 2024-03-15 . Notable Children's Books: 2024 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240515205529/https://www.booklistonline.com/Notable-Children-s-Books/pid=9793026 . May 15, 2024 . 2024-06-02 . Booklist.
- Web site: NBGS Lists . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240602210732/https://www.clrsig.org/nbgs-lists.html . June 2, 2024 . 2024-06-02 . CL/R SIG . en.
- Web site: Khuri . Ronny . 2024-02-01 . Top 10 History Books for Youth . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240602204041/https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9790930 . June 2, 2024 . 2024-06-02 . Booklist.
- Web site: CLEL Bell Winners . 2024-06-07 . Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy . en-US . February 22, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240222050836/https://www.clel.org/clel-bell-awards/past-winners/ . live .
- Web site: 2015-02-02 . Coretta Scott King Honor Books: 2015 . 2024-06-06 . . May 18, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220518012150/https://www.booklistonline.com/Coretta-Scott-King-Honor-Books/pid=7358046 . live .
- Web site: Washington . Arlene . February 6, 2015 . 2015 Image Winners . May 11, 2016 . . April 27, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160427142348/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/naacp-image-awards-2015-winners-771018 . live .
- Web site: NCTE Orbis Pictus Award . 2024-06-07 . . 3 . March 16, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230316165707/http://ncte.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/OP_Winners_2010-Present.pdf . live .
- Web site: 2017-05-19 . Awards: SCBWI Crystal Kite; Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse . 2024-06-07 . . December 25, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221225031307/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3005 . live .
- Web site: National Book Awards 2017 . 2022-01-24 . National Book Foundation . en-US . September 22, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230922014612/https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-2017/ . live .
- Web site: 2019-01-01 . Coretta Scott King Honor Books: 2019 . 2024-06-06 . . June 7, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240607022532/https://www.booklistonline.com/Coretta-Scott-King-Honor-Books/pid=9716233 . live .
- Web site: 2020-01-22 . Awards: Golden Kite Winners . 2024-06-07 . . November 3, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221103033852/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3659 . live .
- Web site: 2021-01-26 . ALA's Youth Media Award Winners . 2024-06-07 . . January 24, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240124144009/https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3909 . live .
- Web site: Bosselman . Haley . March 28, 2021 . NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Televised Winners List . April 6, 2021 . . April 12, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210412143639/https://variety.com/2021/awards/news/2021-naacp-image-awards-winners-list-1234939378/ . live .
- Web site: Past Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Winners . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230114195845/https://www.hbook.com/story/past-boston-globe-horn-book-award-winners . January 14, 2023 . 2024-06-02 . The Horn Book.
- Web site: Gaetano . Siân . 2023-02-06 . CSK Illustrator Award Winner Frank Morrison . 2024-06-07 . . March 30, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230330025654/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4410 . live .
- Web site: 2023-02-06 . Awards: SCBWI Golden Kite Finalists . 2024-06-07 . . March 30, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230330025654/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4410 . live .
- Web site: 2023-11-22 . Awards: Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Winner; Jane Addams Children's Picture Book Finalists . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240602204209/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4613 . June 2, 2024 . 2024-06-02 . Shelf Awareness.
- Web site: 2021-10-28 . Kick Push by . 2024-06-06 . . June 2, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240602015445/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781547605927 . live .
- Web site: 2011-02-01 . Play, Louis, Play! The True Story of a Boy and His Horn . 2024-06-06 . . June 7, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240607022532/https://www.booklistonline.com/Play-Louis-Play-The-True-Story-of-a-Boy-and-His-Horn-Muriel-Harris-Weinstein/pid=4443343 . live .
- Web site: 2012-02-06 . Stars in the Shadows: The Negro League All-Star Game of 1934 by Charles R. Smith, Jr. . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240606012650/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780689866388 . June 6, 2024 . 2024-06-06 . Publishers Weekly.
- Web site: Edmundson . Martha . 2014-11-01 . Ballerina Dreams: From Orphan to Dancer . 2024-06-06 . . March 23, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170323115915/https://www.booklistonline.com/Ballerina-Dreams-From-Orphan-to-Dancer-Michaela-DePrince/pid=6921134 . live .
- Web site: Cooper . Ilene . 2017-03-15 . Clayton Bird Goes Underground . 2024-06-07 . . June 7, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240607133745/https://www.booklistonline.com/Clayton-Byrd-Goes-Underground-Rita-WilliamsGarcia/pid=8688601 . live .
- Web site: Carroll . Henry . 2019-12-23 . TFK Reads: My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich . 2024-06-07 . . en . October 23, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211023202218/https://www.timeforkids.com/g34/tfk-reads-life-ice-cream-sandwich/ . live .
- Web site: Venkatraman . Padma . 2017-11-06 . One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance . 2024-06-07 . Social Justice Books . en-US . October 4, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231004160541/https://socialjusticebooks.org/one-last-word-wisdom-harlem-renaissance/ . live .
- Web site: 2017-11-13 . March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine by Melba Pattillo Beals . 2024-06-06 . . June 2, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240602015445/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781328882127 . live .
- Web site: 2005-01-03 . JAZZY MIZ MOZETTA by Brenda C. Roberts . 2024-06-06 . . June 6, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240606012649/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780374336745 . live .
- Web site: 2004-05-24 . SWEET MUSIC IN HARLEM by Debbie A. Taylor . 2024-06-06 . . November 28, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221128183411/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781584301653 . live .
- Web site: 2006-05-22 . My Feet Are Laughing by Lissette Norman . 2024-06-06 . . June 6, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240606012651/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780374350963 . live .
- Web site: 2006-10-02 . Queen of the Scene by Queen Latifah . 2024-06-06 . . June 6, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240606012650/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780060778569 . live .
- Web site: 2007-02-05 . Out of the Ballpark by Alex Rodriguez . 2024-06-06 . . June 6, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240606012652/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780061151972 . live .
- Web site: 2011-01-24 . Quacky Baseball by Peter Abrahams . 2024-06-06 . . June 6, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240606012701/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780061229787 . live .
- Web site: July 2011 . Shoebox Sam . 2024-06-06 . . June 7, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240607133718/https://www.booklistonline.com/Shoebox-Sam-Mary-Brigid-Barrett/pid=4851309 . live .
- Web site: 2014-04-21 . I Got the Rhythm by Connie Schofield-Morrison, Consuela Morrison . 2024-06-06 . . June 6, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240606012649/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781619631786 . live .
- Web site: 2016-02-08 . The Quickest Kid in Clarksville by Pat Zietlow Miller . 2024-06-06 . . June 6, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240606012653/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781452129365 . live .
- Web site: 2018-04-16 . The Adventures of Wrong Man and Power Girl! by C Alexander London . 2024-06-06 . . June 2, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240602015447/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780399548932 . live .
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