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DOREEN RAPPAPORT
Doreen
Rappaport is a writer of juvenile fiction and non-fiction. She
specializes in multicultural storytelling and history, emphasizing
stories of empowerment. Prior
to becoming an author, she developed educational programs from concept
through manufacture and taught music and reading in elementary and
junior high schools in New York City and New Rochelle. Doreen
co-conceived America
Discovers the World, a multimedia exhibit on James Ricalton, a
nineteenth-century stereo photographer.
Sponsored by the New Jersey State Museum and funded by the
National Endowment for the Humanities, this exhibit traveled to five
museums in the U.S. Children's Book Publications Include:
No
More! Stories and Songs of Slave Resistance.
Illustrated
by Bryan Collier. Candlewick,
Feb. 2002. Weaving
together first-person accounts by historical figures, traditional black
spirituals and vignettes of composites of actual people, Rappaport
creates an affecting, multitextured chronicle of slavery in America.
Publishers
Weekly. Martin’s
Big Words:
The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Illustrated by Bryan Collier.
Hyperion, 2001. With
its powerful art and pulsing words, this is a great book to share and
read aloud many times.
Starred review, Booklist.
(New York Public Library l00 Best Books of
2001; Childs Magazine, Best Children’s Book Award
recipient; New York Times Ten Best Illustrated Books, 2001; Blue
Ribbon list, Bulletin Center for Children’s Books, Children’s
Books of Distinction, Riverbank Review) Freedom
River.
Illustrated by Bryan
Collier. Hyperion, 2000.
Rappaport recounts one incident on the Underground Railroad in tones
that echo a family tale being passed down. This volume is a model of
excellence in picture-book making.
Kirkus.
(Coretta Scott
King Honor Book, 2000; ALA Notable Book, 2000; Maryland Black-Eyed Susan
Nominee) Dirt
on Their Skirts: The Story of the Young Women Who Won the World
Championship.
Illustrated by E. B. Lewis. Dial Books for Young Readers, 2000. With its economy of language and telling period
details, this book provides an exciting slices of sports history and
appealing bit of Americana, and vividly conveys the spirit of one great
little girl.
Starred Review,
School
Library Journal. (CCBC, Choices
2001; Top 10 Youth Sports Books, 2000. Booklist) The
Flight of Red Bird. Dial Books for Young Readers, 1997. The
New King.
Dial Books for Young Readers, 1995. The
Long-Haired Girl. Dial
Books for Young Readers, 1994. Be
The Judge, Be the Jury. [Series]
HarperCollins, 1992-1993. Includes
the following titles:
Tinker
vs. Des Moines. (Notable
Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, National Council for the Social Studies,1994)
The
Alger Hiss Trial. (Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social
Studies, National Council for
the Social Studies, 1994.
The
Lizzie Borden Trial. (Trumpet Book Club,1993-1998; New York
Public Library, Books for the Teenage,1993)
The
Sacco Vanzetti Trial. Living Dangerously:
American Women Who Risk
Their
Lives
for
Adventure.
HarperCollins,1991.
(Children's BookAward Masterlist, Children's Literature
Association of
Utah,1993-94) The
Journey of Meng.
Dial Books for Young
Readers, 1991. Escape from Slavery. HarperCollins, 1991; paperback, 1998. (Indiana’s Young Hoosier Award Nominee,1995-96; Tennessee’s Volunteer State Board Award Masterlist,1994-95; Weekly Reader Book Club, 1992-1995; Garden State Book Award Masterlist,1993; Sequoyah Children's Book Award Masterlist, Oklahoma,1993-94; Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award Nominee, 1993-94; Children's Book Award Masterlist, Children's Literature Association of Utah,1992-93; Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, NCSS,1991) an
Wo
American
Women:
Their Lives In Their Words.
HarperCollins, 1990; paperback, 1992. (American Library Association,
Best Books for Young Adults,1992; Fanfare Honor
List, Horn Book,1991; Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies,
National Council of Social Studies,1990; New York Public Library,
Best Book for Young Adults,1990) The
Boston Coffee Party.
HarperCollins, 1988; paperback, HarperCollins. Trouble
at the Mines. HarperCollins,1987; Paperback, Bantam,1990.
(Jane
Addams Honor Books,1988; New York Public Library, 100 Books to Read and
Share,1987) We
Are The Many: A Picture Book of Native Americans.
HarperCollins,
Fall 2002. Victory
or Death! Stories of the American Revolution. HarperCollins, Spring 2003. Off
to America: A Picture Book of Jewish Americans.
HarperCollins, Fall 2003. Free
At Last: Stories and Songs
of a New Era.
Candlewick Press, Spring 2004. Additional Grants and Awards: Mary Anderson Center for The Arts, November 1995, October 1994, September 1993. Virginia
Center for the Creative Arts, February 1993. America Discovers the World. The
National Endowment for the Humanities.
1981-85. James Ricalton’s Travels
on Next to Nothing. New Jersey Committee for the Humanities,
1979-80.
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