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Doreen Rappaport is the author of several children's books including American Women: Their Lives in Their Words, a 1990 Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies and Trouble at the Mines, an Honor Book for the 1988 Jane Addams Children's Book Award. Her newest book, Martin's Big Words, illustrated by Bryan Collier, has recently been named an Honor Book for the Caldecott Award and is on the NY public library's 100 best books of 2001.

She visited North Harrison Elementary February 27 & 28, 2002. During that time, she conducted writing workshops with the children and teachers.

The following books written by Doreen Rappaport are available for circulation from the
N.H.E. Library.

	With the Revolutionary War on, times are hard in colonial Boston. Greedy Merchant Thomas doesn't make things any easier. He overcharges for sugar. Then he locks up all the coffee so he can overcharge for that, too! But young Sarah Homans comes up with a plan to teach Merchant Thomas a lesson he'll never forget. Reading Level - 1.9 Reading Counts Quiz - 2 points
Margaret experiences the excitement of watching the 1946 championship game of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League as it goes into extra innings. Reading Level - 3.8 Reading Counts Quiz - 2 points
	Five accounts of black slaves who managed to escape to freedom during the period preceding the Civil War.
This book describes an incident in the life of John Parker, an ex-slave who became a successful businessman in Ripley, Ohio, and who repeatedly rised his life to help other slaves escape to freedom. Reading Level - 3.1 Reading Counts Quiz - 2 points	Honor Book Coretta Scott King Award
	This story is a Chinese tale in which a woman goes in search of her husband who has been forced to be a slave for a cruel king.
Six stories of American women who defied social convention to undertake dangerous adventures
	Ah-mei challenges the God of Thunder so her parched village will have water for planting crops.
With its powerful art and pulsing words, this is a great book to share and read aloud many times. NEWS FLASH Martin's Big Words just won a Caldecott Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor.	Childs Magazine, Best Children's Book Award, 2001
	Young Prince Rakoto learns to cope with his father's death