Lisa Rogers
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Lisa Rogers is an award-winning author who was inspired to write for children during her career as an elementary school librarian. One of four sisters, Lisa grew up on the beach in New Jersey. She loves to write poetry, paint, kayak, swim, run, and have adventures with her family and rescue hound dog, Rory.
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Lisa received degrees in English Literature from Boston College and The College of William & Mary, and a master's in library science from Southern Connecticut State University. Her books have received several starred reviews and honors, including the Golden Kite Honor Award and the Julia Ward Howe Award.
Besides her picture books, Lisa's poetry appeares in Friends and Anemones: Ocean Poems for Children and Gnomes & Ungnomes: Poems of Hidden Creatures (Writers’ Loft Press) and is the title poem in If I Could Choose A Best Day: Poems of Possibility (Candlewick, 2025). Four picture book biographies are forthcoming, including Woody's Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and "Where the Red Fern Grows," (Astra/Calkins Creek, 2025).
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A former daily news reporter and editor, Lisa lives outside Boston within cheering distance of the Boston Marathon, which she has run four times.
Joan Mitchell Paints
a Symphony
Called "simply marvelous" by Kirkus Reviews in its starred review, this beautifully illustrated STEAM picture book celebrates the creative process of pioneering American abstract painter Joan Mitchell. But she doesn’t paint the valley’s flowers and meadows. She paints a feeling about them—abundance, freedom, liveliness—creating a harmonious blend of drips, splashes, and brushstrokes in rainbow colors. When the paint dries, it’s time to share her valley with the world.
It’s 1983, and Mitchell is in her studio outside Paris, transforming her emotions and memories into a symphony of colors and shapes. Inspired by her friend’s description of an idyllic hidden valley in France, Mitchell creates 21 massive paintings—her Grande Vallée series —bursting with vibrant, energizing hues.
Perfect for all kinds of young creators!
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Beautiful Noise:
The Music of John Cage
Open this unique picture book and meet John Cage, the pioneering, inspiring composer who believed all sound—from the crash of a slamming door to the whirr of a blender to the whoosh of the wind—was music.Told in second person and paired with exciting illustrations as innovative as Cage's music, this picture book celebrates the genius of a musician who always stayed true to his artistic vision.
Winner of the SCBWI Golden Kite Honor Award for picture book text, a Crystal Kite Award Finalist, and a Julia Ward Howe Award Notable Book. Starred reviews from Booklist, Horn Book, and Publishers Weekly.
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