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# Deborah Hopkinson

award winning author of fiction and nonfiction for children and teens

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- [Home](https://deborahhopkinson.com/) - A native of Lowell, Massachusetts, Deborah Hopkinson is the award-winning author of seventy books for young readers including picture books, middle grade historical fiction, Little Golden Book biographies, and long form nonfiction.
- [Small Places Close to Home](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/small-places-close-to-home/) - Small Places Close to Home A Child’s Declaration of Rights What is this book about? The rights of chil­dren—and of all liv­ing things—begin in small places, close to home. This is a poet­ic and mov­ing adap­ta­tion of U.N. Uni­ver­sal Dec­la­ra­tion of Human Rights in hon­or of its sev­en­ty-fifth anniversary. In back­yards and city parks, in school and at
- [Middle Grade Historical Fiction](https://deborahhopkinson.com/book_categories/middle_grade_historical_fiction/) - Middle Grade Historical Fiction Click on any cov­er to dis­cov­er more about the book. In alpha­bet­i­cal order
- [Lucky](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/lucky/) - Lucky’s Home for Lost and Hungry Dogs What is this book about? Lucky and her broth­er Win­ston are born into a wealthy Vic­to­ri­an home, but they are not pure­bred poo­dles like their show-win­ning moth­er. When the own­ers real­ize their lack of pedi­gree, the pups are cast out on the snowy streets to fend for them­selves. It’s
- [Take Cover](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/take_cover/) - Take Cover What is this book about? When the World War II Blitz begins, two kids search des­per­ate­ly for their fam­i­lies as Nazi bombs rain down on London. Char­lie “Sneak” Sawyer nev­er want­ed to leave Lon­don, despite his uneasy rela­tion­ship with his grand­fa­ther. But when the orders come for chil­dren to evac­u­ate as the world teeters
- [Titanic Voices](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/titanic_voices/) - Titanic Voices from the Disaster What is this book about? Sched­uled to coin­cide with the 100th anniver­sary of the trag­ic sink­ing of the Titan­ic, a top­ic that con­tin­ues to haunt and thrill read­ers to this day, this book by crit­i­cal­ly acclaimed author Deb­o­rah Hop­kin­son weaves togeth­er the voic­es and sto­ries of real Titan­ic sur­vivors and wit­ness­es
- [Educators' Resources](https://deborahhopkinson.com/educators_resources/) - Educators’ Resources Cinderella and a Mouse Called Fred Col­or­ing sheet: Ella in her fan­cy dress (PDF) Col­or­ing sheet: Once in a pump­kin patch (PDF) Col­or­ing sheet: It was a fairy­tale end­ing after all (PDF) Col­or­ing sheet: The Fair (PDF) Col­or­ing sheet: Watch out, Fred! (PDF) D‑Day: The World War II Invasion that Changed History Edu­ca­tors’ Guide
- [How I Became a Spy](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/how_i_became_a_spy/) - How I Became a Spy A Mystery of WWII London What is this book about? Bertie Brad­shaw nev­er set out to become a spy. He nev­er imag­ined traips­ing around war-torn Lon­don, solv­ing ciphers, prac­tic­ing sur­veil­lance, and search­ing for a trai­tor to the Allied forces. He cer­tain­ly nev­er expect­ed that a strong-willed Amer­i­can girl named Eleanor would play
- [Great Trouble](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/great_trouble/) - The Great Trouble A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel What is this book about? Eel has trou­bles of his own: As an orphan and a “mud­lark,” he spends his days in the filthy Riv­er Thames, search­ing for bits of things to sell. He’s being hunt­ed by Fish­eye Bill Tyler, and
- [D-Day](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/d-day/) - D‑Day The World War II Invasion That Changed History What is this book about? The WWII inva­sion known as D‑Day was the largest mil­i­tary endeav­or in his­to­ry. By June 6, 1944, Hitler and his allies had a strong grip on the Euro­pean con­ti­nent, where Nazi Ger­many was engaged in the mass exter­mi­na­tion of the Jew­ish peo­ple. The
- [My Little Golden Book about Dolly Parton](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/dolly_parton/) - My Little Golden Book about Dolly Parton What is this book about? What’s not to love about Dol­ly Par­ton? The mul­ti-tal­ent­ed enter­tain­er is gen­er­ous, hum­ble, smart, and fun­ny. This Lit­tle Gold­en Book biog­ra­phy shares how some­one from incred­i­bly poor begin­nings can blos­som and per­se­vere to become an award-win­ning song­writer and singer, actress, author, lit­er­a­cy advo­cate —
- [Dolly Parton Baby Edition](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/dolly_parton_baby_edition/) - Dolly Parton Baby Edition What is this book about? Every­body loves Dol­ly and now babies can, too! This board book edi­tion of the best-sell­ing Lit­tle Gold­en Book Biog­ra­phy has short­er, sim­pler text that’s just right for the lit­tlest fans!Intro­duce babies and tod­dlers to the beloved coun­try music icon, Dol­ly Par­ton. From her child­hood in Ten­nessee to
- [Dolly Parton Ultimate Fan Edition](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/dolly_parton_ultimate/) - Dolly Parton Ultimate Fan Edition Little Golden Book Biography What is this book about? There’s no one else like Dol­ly Par­ton! Read all about Dolly’s inspir­ing jour­ney — from her hum­ble begin­nings in rur­al Ten­nessee to her rise as a coun­try music leg­end, song­writer, actress, phil­an­thropist, and cul­tur­al icon. Fans will love the 22 new bonus
- [Little Golden Books](https://deborahhopkinson.com/book_categories/little_golden_books/) - Little Golden Books Click on any cov­er to dis­cov­er more about the book.
- [They Battled in Blizzards](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/they_battled_in_blizzards/) - They Battled in Blizzards World War II Close Up What is this book about? In the dead of win­ter, deep in the For­est of Ardennes, as the dev­as­ta­tion of World War II drew to a close, a des­per­ate Nazi army launch­es a sur­prise attack on Allied forces in the ear­ly morn­ing hours of Decem­ber 16th. As the ground
- [Trim Saves the Day](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/trim_saves_the_day/) - Trim Saves the Day What is this book about? One small kit­ten learns about the great big world as he sets sail with his fel­low ship­mates, ani­mal and human, in this his­tor­i­cal fic­tion inter­me­di­ate read­er.When Trim trips over a nap­ping dog, lit­tle does he know that soon he’ll set sail and begin learn­ing how to be a
- [They Saved the Stallions](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/they_saved_the_stallions/) - They Saved the Stallions World War II Close Up What is this book about? Deb­o­rah Hop­kin­son deft­ly brings to life the thrilling true sto­ry of the des­per­ate fight to save the world-famous Span­ish Rid­ing School in Vien­na and its beloved Lip­iz­zan­er hors­es dur­ing World War II. In the clos­ing months of World War II, Amer­i­can bombs rained down
- [On a Summer Night](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/on_a_summer_night/) - On a Summer Night What is this book about? Step into the qui­et mag­ic of this cel­e­bra­tion of sum­mer night­time and the mys­tery of a world lit dif­fer­ent­ly by the moon. On a sum­mer night, the world is still. Even the crick­ets think it’s too hot to sing. But all at once, a girl wakes. In the
- [Evidence](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/evidence/) - Evidence! How Dr. John Snow Solved the Mystery of Cholera What is this book about? The incred­i­ble true sto­ry of the doc­tor who traced Lon­don’s cholera out­break to a sin­gle water pump, and went on to save count­less lives through his ground­break­ing research! Dr. John Snow is one of the most influ­en­tial doc­tors and researchers in
- [Awards](https://deborahhopkinson.com/awards/) - Awards, Honors, and Press Nation­al Awards | Nation­al Lists | State Awards & Lists | Press A selec­tion of awards, hon­ors, and praise for Deb­o­rah’s books. National Awards ALA/ALSC Robert F. Sib­ert Infor­ma­tion­al Book Medal Hon­or (Titan­ic: Voic­es from the Dis­as­ter) Bank Street Col­lege of Edu­ca­tion Cook Prize Hon­or (Fol­low the Moon Home) Boston Globe/Horn Book Hon­or Book
- [Nonfiction](https://deborahhopkinson.com/book_categories/nonfiction/) - Nonfiction Click on any cov­er to dis­cov­er more about the book. In alpha­bet­i­cal order
- [Up Before Daybreak](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/up_before_daybreak/) - Up Before Daybreak Cotton and People in America Awards and Accolades ALA Notable Book Carter G. Wood­son Honor Junior Library Guild selection Phoenix Award, Chil­dren’s Lit­er­a­ture Association What is this book about? In this stun­ning non­fic­tion vol­ume, author Deb­o­rah Hop­kin­son weaves the sto­ries of slaves, share­crop­pers, and mill work­ers into a tapes­try illu­mi­nat­ing the his­to­ry of cot­ton
- [World War II Nonfiction](https://deborahhopkinson.com/book_categories/world_war_ii_nonfiction/) - World War II Nonfiction Click on any cov­er to dis­cov­er more about the book. In alpha­bet­i­cal order
- [Who Was Charles Darwin?](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/who_was_charles_darwin/) - Who Was Charles Darwin? What is this book about? As a young boy, Charles Dar­win hat­ed school and was often scold­ed for con­duct­ing “use­less” exper­i­ments. Yet his pas­sion for the nat­ur­al world was so strong that he suf­fered through ter­ri­ble sea­sick­ness dur­ing his five-year voy­age aboard The Bea­gle. Dar­win col­lect­ed new crea­tures from the coasts of
- [What is the Women's Rights Movement?](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/what_is_the_womens_rights_movement/) - What is the Women’s Rights Movement? What is this book about? The sto­ry of Girl Pow­er! Learn about the remark­able women who changed US history. From Susan B. Antho­ny and Eliz­a­beth Cady Stan­ton to Glo­ria Steinem and Hillary Clin­ton, women through­out US his­to­ry have fought for equal­i­ty. In the nine­teenth and ear­ly twen­ti­eth cen­turies, women were
- [We Must Not Forget](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/we_must_not_forget/) - We Must Not Forget Holocaust Stories of Survival and Resistance What is this book about? Deb­o­rah Hop­kin­son unearths the hero­ic sto­ries of Jew­ish sur­vivors from dif­fer­ent coun­tries so that we may nev­er for­get the past. As World War II raged, mil­lions of young Jew­ish peo­ple were caught up in the hor­rors of the Nazis’ Final Solu­tion. Many
- [We Had to Be Brave](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/we_had_to_be_brave/) - We Had to Be Brave Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport Awards and Accolades Kirkus Reviews Best Book NCTE Orbis Pic­tus rec­om­mend­ed book Syd­ney Tay­lor Book Award Notable Title What is this book about? Ruth David was grow­ing up in a small vil­lage in Ger­many when Adolf Hitler rose to pow­er in the 1930s. Under the Nazi Par­ty,
- [Under the Bodhi Tree](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/under_the_bodhi_tree/) - Under the Bodhi Tree a Story of the Buddha What is this book about? Who was the Buddha? Once upon a time in ancient India, a prince was born. His name was Sid­dhartha, and one day he would inher­it a pow­er­ful king­dom. His father tried to pro­tect him from the suf­fer­ing and hard­ship beyond the palace walls,
- [Trim Sets Sail](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/trim-sets-sail/) - Trim Sets Sail What is this book about? One small kit­ten learns about the great big world as he sets sail with his fel­low ship­mates, ani­mal and human, in this his­tor­i­cal fic­tion inter­me­di­ate read­er.When Trim trips over a nap­ping dog, lit­tle does he know that soon he’ll set sail and begin learn­ing how to be a ship’s
- [Trim Sails the Storm](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/trim_sails_the_storm/) - Trim Sails the Storm What is this book about? One small kit­ten learns about the great big world as he set sail with his fel­low ship­mates, ani­mal and human, in this his­tor­i­cal fic­tion inter­me­di­ate reader. Trim has learned a lot about life at sea. He under­stands the dai­ly rou­tines and the respon­si­bil­i­ties of each crew mem­ber, and
- [Trim Helps Out](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/trim-helps-out/) - Trim Helps Out What is this book about? One small kit­ten learns about the great big world as he sets sail with his fel­low ship­mates, ani­mal and human, in this his­tor­i­cal fic­tion inter­me­di­ate read­er.Trim is eager to do a good job on his first day as ship’s cat—but what is his job? All around him, mem­bers of
- [Tony Bennett: A Little Golden Book Biography](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/tony_bennett/) - Tony Bennett A Little Golden Book Biography What is this book about? Help your lit­tle one dream big with a Lit­tle Gold­en Book biog­ra­phy about Tony Ben­nett, the leg­endary croon­er of pop and jazz clas­sics, includ­ing “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.” Tony Bennett—beloved and award-win­ning singer and painter whose voice has touched people’s hearts—is
- [Critique Services](https://deborahhopkinson.com/critique_services/) - Critique Services I’m not an edi­tor, and can’t promise that my feed­back will help you get your work pub­lished. But I do work with some of the best in the busi­ness! I love help­ing oth­er writ­ers, both pub­lished and not yet published. My port­fo­lio includes near­ly 70 pic­ture books, mid­dle grade fic­tion, long form non­fic­tion,
- [Deadliest Hurricanes Then and Now](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/deadliest_hurricanes_then_and_now/) - The Deadliest Hurricanes Then and Now What is this book about? As a hur­ri­cane gath­ered in the Caribbean, blue skies cov­ered Galve­ston, Texas. Sci­en­tists knew a storm was com­ing. But none of them were able to pre­pare Galve­ston for the force of the hur­ri­cane that hit on Sep­tem­ber 8, 1900. The water from the storm surge pulled hous­es
- [Deadliest Fires Then and Now](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/deadliest-fires-then-and-now/) - The Deadliest Fires Then and Now What is this book about? As the sun sank over the town of Peshti­go, Wis­con­sin, one warm Octo­ber night in 1871, a smoky haze hung in the dry air. There had been lit­tle rain, and small fires had been rolling through town con­tin­u­ous­ly since the sum­mer. For weeks the peo­ple had
- [Deadliest Diseases Then and Now](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/deadliest_diseases_then_and_now/) - The Deadliest Diseases Then and Now What is this book about? The dead­ly out­break of plague known as the Great Mor­tal­i­ty, which struck Europe in the mid 1300s and raged for four cen­turies, wiped out more than 25 mil­lion peo­ple in the course of just two years. With its vicious onslaught, life changed for mil­lions of peo­ple
- [Shutting Out the Sky](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/shutting_out_the_sky/) - Shutting Out the Sky Life in the Tenements of New York, 1880 to 1924 What is this book about? Author Hop­kin­son recounts the lives of five immi­grants to New York’s Low­er East Side through oral his­to­ries and engag­ing nar­ra­tive. We hear Roman­ian-born Mar­cus Rav­age’s dis­ap­point­ment when his aunt push­es him out­side to ped­dle choco­lates on the street. And
- [Calendar](https://deborahhopkinson.com/calendar/) - Calendar Author Vis­its, In-Per­son and Vir­tu­al … book­ing now! Where I’m Going Jul 11–12, 2024 Brigham Young Uni­ver­si­tyBooks for Young Read­ers Con­fer­enceAuthor pre­sen­ta­tions, break­fast Q&A, book signings Where I’ve Been Nov 17–19, 2023 Nation­al Coun­cil of Teach­ers of Eng­lish Con­fer­ence (NCTE) Nov 16, 2023 K‑8 School in Gahan­na, OH Author Vis­its Nov 14, 2023 Author Vis­it with Deb­o­rah Hop­kin­son Tues­day, 7:00 pmWor­thing­ton
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- [Determined Dreamer](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/determined_dreamer/) - Determined Dreamer The Story of Marie Curie What is this book about? Before Marie Curie was the first woman in France to earn the high­est degree in physics, before she dis­cov­ered two new radioac­tive elements, and became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (and then the first per­son to win two!) — she was a lit­tle girl
- [Women's History](https://deborahhopkinson.com/book_categories/womens_history/) - Women’s History Click on any cov­er to dis­cov­er more about the book. In alpha­bet­i­cal order
- [Picture Books](https://deborahhopkinson.com/book_categories/picture_books/) - Picture Books Click on any cov­er to dis­cov­er more about the book. In alpha­bet­i­cal order
- [Early Chapter Books](https://deborahhopkinson.com/book_categories/early-chapter-books/) - Early Chapter Books Click on any cov­er to dis­cov­er more about the book. In alpha­bet­i­cal order
- [Thanks to Frances Perkins](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/thanks_to_frances_perkins/) - Thanks to Frances Perkins Fighter for Workers’ Rights What is this book about? At 31, Frances Perkins wit­nessed the Tri­an­gle Waist Fac­to­ry fire in 1911, one of the worst indus­tri­al dis­as­ters in Unit­ed States his­to­ry. The event for­ev­er changed her, and she ded­i­cat­ed her­self to the fight for work­ers’ rights.When she became Sec­re­tary of Labor in
- [The Story of a Story](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/story_of_a_story/) - The Story of a Story What is this book about? If you’ve ever tried to write a sto­ry of your own, you know it’s not as easy as it looks. Words get tan­gled, pen­cils get bro­ken, piles of pages get crum­pled up. It’s so much eas­i­er just to read all the love­ly sto­ries oth­er peo­ple have writ­ten.
- [Sky Boys](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/sky_boys/) - Sky Boys How They Built the Empire State Building What is this book about? A riv­et­ing brick-by-brick account of how one of the most amaz­ing accom­plish­ments in Amer­i­can archi­tec­ture came to be. It’s 1930 and times are tough for Pop and his son. But look! On the cor­ner of 34th Street and 5th Avenue, a build­ing
- [Race Against Death](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/race_against_death/) - Race Against Death The Greatest POW Rescue of World War II What is this book about? A thrilling account of the most dar­ing World War II res­cue mis­sion, lib­er­at­ing hun­dreds of Amer­i­can pris­on­ers of war. Fol­low­ing the bomb­ing of Pearl Har­bor, Amer­i­ca entered World War II, and a new the­ater of bat­tle opened up in the Pacif­ic. But
- [Plot to Kill a Queen](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/plot-to-kill-a-queen/) - The Plot to Kill a Queen What is this book about? A well-craft­ed mys­tery about an intre­pid young girl’s quest to foil a plot to assas­si­nate Queen Eliz­a­beth I. Emil­ia Bas­sano is a girl who rel­ish­es the music of words. Although she plays the lute and writes poet­ry, Emil­ia nur­tures a dream: to hear her words come alive
- [Ordinary Extraordinary Jane Austen](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/ordinary_extraordinary_jane_austen/) - Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen The Story of Six Novels, Three Notebooks, a Writing Box, and One Clever Girl What is this book about? It is a truth uni­ver­sal­ly acknowl­edged that Jane Austen is one of our great­est writers. But before that, she was just an ordi­nary girl. In fact, young Jane was a bit qui­et and shy;
- [Only One](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/only_one/) - Only One What is this book about? This lyri­cal, envi­ron­men­tal­ly focused pic­ture book show­cas­es the unique beau­ty of our one and only universe–its galax­ies, stars, and planets–as well as our one and only Earth and the pre­cious life it contains. Join one girl as she leads her friends to a tree-plant­i­ng cer­e­mo­ny. Along the way, she
- [My Little Golden Book about Betty White](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/betty_white/) - My Little Golden Book about Betty White What is this book about? This Lit­tle Gold­en Book about Bet­ty White — tele­vi­sion star, come­di­an, ani­mal lover, and game show com­peti­tor — is a cel­e­bra­tion of the beloved woman! A great read-aloud for young girls and boys — as well as their par­ents and grand­par­ents who grew up watch­ing
- [Mindful Day](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/mindful_day/) - Mindful Day What is this book about? A bird fluffs his feath­ers and greets the day with a song. You taste the bright pop of a berry on your tongue, sweet as sum­mer. Rain­drops pat­ter down on your hands and face. When we slow down and pay close atten­tion, we learn what it means to be mind­ful.
- [Maria's Comet](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/marias_comet/) - Maria’s Comet What is this book about? Maria longs to be an astronomer and imag­ines all the strange worlds she can trav­el to by look­ing though her papa’s tele­scope. One night Maria gets her chance to look through the tele­scope. For the first time, she sees the night sky stretch­ing end­less­ly above her, and her dream
- [A Letter to My Teacher](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/letter_to_my_teacher/) - A Letter to My Teacher What is this book about? Dear Teacher, When­ev­er I had some­thing to tell you, I tugged on your shirt and whis­pered in your ear. This time I’m writ­ing a letter. So begins this heart­felt pic­ture book about a girl who prefers run­ning and jump­ing to lis­ten­ing and learning—and the teacher who
- [Knit Your Bit](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/knit_your_bit/) - Knit Your Bit A World War I Story What is this book about? Mikey’s dad has left home to fight over­seas dur­ing World War I, and Mikey wants to do some­thing BIG to help. When his teacher sug­gests that the class par­tic­i­pate in a knit­ting bee in Cen­tral Park to knit cloth­ing for the troops, Mikey and his
- [Into the Firestorm](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/into_the_firestorm/) - Into the Firestorm A Novel of San Francisco, 1906 What is this book about? “I believe I can just see you on the streets of that bright city.” Gran’s gone now, but her words live on with Nicholas Dray, almost twelve, as he makes his way from the hot cot­ton fields to that Queen of Cities:
- [Hear My Sorrow](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/hear_my_sorrow/) - Hear My Sorrow The Diary of Angela Denoto, A Shirtwaist Worker, New York City, 1909 What is this book about? Four­teen-year-old Angela Deno­to and her fam­i­ly have arrived in New York City from their vil­lage in Italy to find them­selves set­tled in a small ten­e­ment apart­ment on the Low­er East Side. When her father is no longer able
- [Happy Earth Day!](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/happy_earth_day/) - Happy Earth Day! What is this book about? A fact-filled Lit­tle Gold­en Book about Earth Day—what it is, why it’s impor­tant, and sug­ges­tions for things kids can do to help pro­tect and heal our plan­et.Earth Day is cel­e­brat­ed on April 22 each year, but this Lit­tle Gold­en Book about the his­to­ry and impor­tance of Earth Day will
- [Girl Wonder](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/girl-wonder/) - Girl Wonder A Baseball Story in Nine Innings What is this book about? Alta Weiss was born to play base­ball, sim­ple as that. From the age of two, when she hurls a corn­cob at a pesky tom­cat, folks in her small Ohio town know one thing for sure: She may be a girl, but she’s got
- [Follow the Moon Home](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/follow_the_moon_home/) - Follow the Moon Home A Story of One Idea, Thirty Kids, and One Hundred Sea Turtles What is this book about? A tri­umphant sto­ry of envi­ron­men­tal activism, com­mu­ni­ty, and friend­ship: Acclaimed activist Philippe Cousteau and renowned author Deb­o­rah Hop­kin­son team up to offer a sto­ry of the pow­er­ful dif­fer­ence young peo­ple can make in the world. Meet
- [Fatal Throne](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/fatal_throne/) - Fatal Throne The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All What is this book about? The trag­ic lives of Hen­ry VIII and his six wives are reimag­ined by sev­en acclaimed and best­selling authors in this riv­et­ing nov­el, per­fect for fans of Wolf Hall and Net­flix’s The Crown. He was King Hen­ry VIII, a charis­mat­ic and extrav­a­gant ruler obsessed with both his
- [Fannie in the Kitchen](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/fannie_in_the_kitchen/) - Fannie in the Kitchen The Whole Story from Soup to Nuts of How Fannie Farmer Invented Recipes with Precise Measurements What is this book about? Mar­cia was try­ing to help her mama. So maybe bal­anc­ing on top of a tow­er of chairs to dip can­dles was­n’t such a good idea. And per­haps her bis­cuits worked bet­ter
- [Dr Jonas Salk A Little Golden Book Biography](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/jonas_salk/) - Dr. Jonas Salk: A Little Golden Book Biography What is this book about? This Lit­tle Gold­en Book about Dr. Jonas Salk—virologist and one of the pio­neers of the first suc­cess­ful polio vaccine—is an inspir­ing read-aloud for young chil­dren with an inter­est in STEM-relat­ed topics. author, Deb­o­rah Hop­kin­sonillus­tra­tor, Dave Sza­layLit­tle Gold­en BooksPen­guin Ran­dom Houseages 4 and up,
- [Dive!](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/dive/) - Dive! World War II Stories of Sailors & Submarines in the Pacific What is this book about? Dive! World War II Sto­ries of Sailors & Sub­marines in the Pacif­ic tells the incred­i­ble sto­ry of Amer­i­ca’s lit­tle known “war with­in a war” — US sub­ma­rine war­fare dur­ing World War II. Fol­low­ing the attack on Pearl Har­bor, the US entered
- [Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/abe_lincoln_crosses_creek/) - Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek A Tall Thin Tale What is this book about? In this pic­ture book of his­tor­i­cal fic­tion about our 16th pres­i­dent of the Unit­ed States, we read the tale of two boys who get them­selves into more trou­ble than bear cubs in a can­dy store dur­ing the year 1816. Abe is only sev­en years
- [Annie and Helen](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/annie_and_helen/) - Annie and Helen What is this book about? Author Deb­o­rah Hop­kin­son and illus­tra­tor Raúl Colón present the sto­ry of Helen Keller in a fresh and orig­i­nal way that is per­fect for young chil­dren. Focus­ing on the rela­tion­ship between Helen and her teacher, Annie Sul­li­van, the book is inter­spersed with excerpts of Annie’s let­ters home, writ­ten as she
- [Apples to Oregon](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/apples_to_oregon/) - Apples to Oregon Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (and Children) Across the Plains What is this book about? When Papa decides to pull up roots and move from Iowa to Ore­gon, he can’t bear to leave his pre­cious apple trees behind. Or
- [Band of Angels](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/band_of_angels/) - A Band of Angels What is this book about? A Band of Angels is fic­tion, but it is based on real events and peo­ple. The char­ac­ter of Ella was inspired by Ella Shep­pard Moore, who was born Feb­ru­ary 4, 1851, in Nashville, Ten­nessee. Her father was able to free him­self and young Ella from slav­ery, but before
- [A Bandit's Tale](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/bandits_tale/) - A Bandit’s Tale The Muddled Misadventures of a Pickpocket What is this book about? Eleven-year-old Roc­co is an Ital­ian immi­grant who finds him­self alone in New York City after he’s sold to a padrone by his pover­ty-strick­en par­ents. While work­ing as a street musi­cian, he meets the boys of the infa­mous Ban­dits’ Roost, who teach him
- [Beatrix Potter and the Unfortunate Tale of a Borrowed Guinea Pig](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/beatrix_potter_guinea_pig/) - Beatrix Potter and the Unfortunate Tale of a Borrowed Guinea Pig What is this book about? Pub­lished to hon­or the 150th anniver­sary of her birth, this sto­ry stars a young Beat­rix Pot­ter, cre­ator of The Tale of Peter Rab­bit and many oth­er clas­sic children’s books. Mas­ter of the his­tor­i­cal fic­tion pic­ture book, Hop­kin­son takes read­ers back to Vic­to­ri­an
- [Birdie's Lighthouse](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/birdies_lighthouse/) - Birdie’s Lighthouse What is this book about? When her fam­i­ly moves to a tiny and des­o­late island off the coast of Maine, Birdie watch­es her father, the light-keep­er, close­ly as he tends the lights. But one stormy night, her father is tak­en ill, and only Birdie knows how to keep the light­house­’s strong beam run­ning. Will
- [A Boy Called Dickens](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/boy_called_dickens/) - A Boy Called Dickens What is this book about? For years Dick­ens kept the sto­ry of his own child­hood a secret. Yet it is a sto­ry worth telling. For it helps us remem­ber how much we all might lose when a child’s dreams don’t come true … As a child, Dick­ens was forced to live on
- [Butterflies Belong Here](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/butterflies_belong_here/) - Butterflies Belong Here A Story of One Idea, Thirty Kids, and a World of Butterflies What is this book about? But­ter­flies Belong Here is a pow­er­ful sto­ry of every­day activism and hope. In this mov­ing sto­ry of com­mu­ni­ty con­ser­va­tion, a recent­ly immi­grat­ed girl finds a home in a new place and a way to help oth­er
- [Carter Reads the Newspaper](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/carter_reads_the_newspaper/) - Carter Reads the Newspaper What is this book about? “Carter G. Wood­son did­n’t just read his­to­ry. He changed it.” As the father of Black His­to­ry Month, he spent his life intro­duc­ing oth­ers to the his­to­ry of his people. Carter G. Wood­son was born to two for­mer­ly enslaved peo­ple ten years after the end of the Civ­il
- [Courage and Defiance](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/courage_defiance/) - Courage & Defiance Stories of Spies, Saboteurs, andSurvivors in World War II Denmark What is this book about? The remark­able sto­ry of the Dan­ish resis­tance and res­cue of over 7,000 Jews dur­ing WWII. When the Nazis invad­ed Den­mark on Tues­day, April 9, 1940, the peo­ple of this tiny coun­try to the north of Ger­many awoke to a dev­as­tat­ing
- [Cinderella and a Mouse Called Fred](https://deborahhopkinson.com/books/cinderella_fred/) - Cinderella and a Mouse Called Fred What is this book about? If you thought you knew the fairy tale Cin­derel­la, think again! Did you know that the fairy god­moth­er was actu­al­ly grouchy? Or that the rodent she trans­formed into the coach’s horse was named Fred? Or that Cin­derel­la hid from the prince when he came look­ing for her with that uncom­fort­able
- [Nature and the Environment](https://deborahhopkinson.com/book_categories/nature/) - Nature and the Environment Click on any cov­er to dis­cov­er more about the book. In alpha­bet­i­cal order But­ter­flies Belong Here Fol­low the Moon Home Hap­py Earth Day(com­ing 2/14/23) Only One Who Was Charles Darwin?
- [Virtual Visits](https://deborahhopkinson.com/speaking/virtual_visits/) - Virtual Author Visits Zooming into History and Action While there’s noth­ing quite like an in-per­son author vis­it, vir­tu­al ses­sions offer flex­i­bil­i­ty and afford­abil­i­ty. Also, when stu­dents par­tic­i­pate in their class­rooms, they are often able to see and hear bet­ter than in a large crowd­ed gym. I enjoy pre­sent­ing to stu­dents from pre‑K through mid­dle school. As
- [School Visits and Library Appearances](https://deborahhopkinson.com/speaking/school_library/) - School Visits and Library Appearances I enjoy pre­sent­ing to stu­dents from pre‑K through mid­dle school. As the author of dozens of books, from pic­ture books to long form non­fic­tion for old­er read­ers, I try to tai­lor each ses­sion to your school or library’s need. Dur­ing March I often do a Women’s His­to­ry Month. Oth­er themes
- [Conferences](https://deborahhopkinson.com/speaking/conferences/) - Conferences I love to speak to teach­ers, librar­i­ans, pre-ser­vice teach­ers, and writ­ers. My books cov­er a wide range of top­ics, from social reform, activism, the his­to­ry of med­i­cine, and World War II, mak­ing them per­fect for mak­er, STEM, STEAM, STREAM, and CCSS con­nec­tions. In my pre­sen­ta­tions I focus on visu­al lit­er­a­cy and help­ing stu­dents devel­op
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- [About](https://deborahhopkinson.com/about/) - About Deborah You are wel­come to use these pho­tos and bios in any pub­lic­i­ty or mar­ket­ing mate­ri­als for con­fer­ences, appear­ances, or articles. Biography, Version 1 Deb­o­rah Hop­kin­son is the award-win­ning author of sev­en­ty books for young read­ers includ­ing pic­ture books, mid­dle grade his­tor­i­cal fic­tion, Lit­tle Gold­en Book biogra­phies, and long form non­fic­tion. Her titles have
- [Kids' Activities](https://deborahhopkinson.com/kids_activities/) - Kids’ Activities Read the books, then express your­self! Have fun! Cinderella and a Mouse Called Fred Col­or­ing sheet: Ella in her fan­cy dress (PDF) Col­or­ing sheet: Once in a pump­kin patch (PDF) Col­or­ing sheet: It was a fairy­tale end­ing after all (PDF) Col­or­ing sheet: The Fair (PDF) Col­or­ing sheet: Watch out, Fred! (PDF) A Letter to
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