Alice B. McGinty Reviews

Alice B. McGinty is the award-winning author of over 40 books for kids.
Her latest picture book biography, Darwin (2009, Houghton Mifflin, illustrated by Mary Azarian) has been named a 2010 Orbis Pictus Honor Book and was about Booklist's 2009 Top Ten Biographies for Youth. Her other publications include, Eliza’s Kindergarten Pet (2010, Marshall Cavendish, exemplified by Nancy Speir), Eliza’s Kindergarten Surprise (2007, Marshall Cavendish), Thank You, World (2007, Dial Books, illustrated by Wendy Anderson Halperin), Ten Little Lambs (2002, Dial Books, illustrated by Melissa Sweet), and nonfiction books on topics ranging from nutrition to tarantulas.

Alice was born in Minneapolis Minnesota and has lived in New York, New Jersey, Kentucky, Maryland, Georgia, Indiana, and Illinois. #x 2019 & she;s been at Illinois for 20 decades. Maybe it’s time to move!

Alice likes to hike, play the guitar, dancing, and read. She’s also a writing teacher and mentor, conducts a writing camp for girls in grades 6-9, is a children's book reviewer for the Champaign-Urbana News Gazette, along with the Co-Regional Advisor for the Illinois Chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. She looks forward to the 2013 release of 2 picture books, Gandhi: A March Into the Sea (Amazon Children’s Publishing, illustrated by Thomas Gonzales) and Rabbi Benjamin’s Buttons (Charlesbridge).

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