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Silent Star: The Story of Deaf Major Leaguer William Hoy


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No. of pages 40

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Great for age 6-12 years

 

This book has been graded for interest at 6-11 years.

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Lee & Low Books .

Adam Gustavson is a graduate of Rowan University and the Master of Fine Arts Illustration program at the School of Visual Arts in New York. In addition to illustrating picture books, he currently teaches at Passaic County Community College and Seton Hall University. He lives and paints in West Orange, New Jersey, with his wife, their children, several guitars, and a ferret named Gracie. Bill Wise is the author of the picture book biography Louis Sockalexis , Native American Baseball Pioneer (Lee & Low Books), which was awarded the National Council for Social Studies Carter G. Woodson Elementary Book Award and the International Reading Association Children's Book Award for Primary Nonfiction. Silent Star, the Story of Deaf Major Leaguer William Hoy (Lee & Low Books), also a picture book biography, was named one of the Best Children's Books of the Year, Outstanding Merit by Bank Street College of Education in 2013. Bill lives in Gorham, ME.

This book has been nominated for the following award:

Alabama Camellia Award
This book was recognised in the Grades 4-5 category by the Alabama Camellia Award.

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