Up & Down
A Junior Library Guild Selection
Aaron and Alexander : the Most Famous Duel In American History
School Library Journal ¡ï 07/01/2015 Gr 3¨C5¡ªBrown has taken on a formidable task in trying to present this controversial incident in American history to a picture book audience. Brown begins by describing the childhoods of Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, emphasizing the parallels between their lives. Both were orphans, and both were extremely intelligent, entering […]
He Has Shot the President!
Publishers Weekly ★ 01/27/2014 The fifth book in the Actual Times series is a sober account of the assassination of President Lincoln. Booth “believed that robbing the Union of the president’s leadership would cripple the North and save the South,†writes Brown; the assassination takes place early on, and the brunt of the book follows […]
The Great American Dust Bowl
From the Publisher "From its enticing, dramatic cover to its brown endpapers to a comical Grant Wood-esque final image, this is a worthy contribution to the nonfiction shelves." —Kirkus, starred review
America Is Under Attack : September 11, 2001 : the Day the Towers Fell
School Library Journal Gr 3 6—Specifically addressing young readers with no memory of that tragic day, America combines news reports with published eyewitness accounts. Brown's compelling narrative chronologically recounts the morning's events in a tone both straightforward and compassionate, without resorting to sensationalism. Brown's watercolor illustrations, covering most of each spread, mirror this voice, conveying […]