Grades
PreK - 8
Meet Barbara Kerley
Barbara Kerley's award-winning biographies include What to Do About Alice?, The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy), and Those Rebels, John & Tom, illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham, and The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins and Walt Whitman: Words for America, both illustrated by Brian Selznick. Her books are consistently praised for their lively prose, meticulous research, and artistic presentation style. Kerley lives in Portland, Oregon. You can learn more about her online at www.barbarakerley.com.
Conference and Festival Appearances
Barbara is available for conference appearances.
For more information, please contact Barbara Kerley at barbara@barbarakerley.com or www.barbarakerley.com
Honorarium
$1,000 a day plus travel expenses.
Featured Books
$6.50
save to wishlistBrimming with affection and wit, this spirited biography gives readers a peek into family life inside the White House as it tells the story of Theodore Roosevelt's feisty daughter, Alice.
$6.71$8.95
save to wishlistThis extraordinary true story introduces readers to the unforgettable Waterhouse Hawkins: Victorian artist and visionary who built the world's first life-size models of dinosaurs!
$5.21$6.95
save to wishlistOne World, One Day uses exquisite, moving photographs and Barbara Kerley's poetic text to convey a simple yet profound concept: we are one global family.
$5.96$7.95
save to wishlistBarbara Kerley teams with the National Geographic Society to create a bright, colorful look at how people around the world collect, chill, and drink water.
$8.21$10.95
save to wishlistIn a journal she kept under her pillow, Susy Clemens documented her world-famous father, Mark Twain—from his habits (good and bad!), to his writing routine, to their family's colorful home life.
Ordering Books
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