Balderdash!: John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children's Books
By Michelle Markel and Nancy Carpenter
4/5
()
About this ebook
Michelle Markel
Michelle Markel loves writing narrative nonfiction. She’s the author of Brave Girl, which won the Bank Street Flora Stieglitz Straus Award and the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award for Younger Children, and was also chosen as an NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book. Some of her recent titles include Hillary Rodham Clinton: Some Girls Are Born to Lead (on the Amelia Bloomer Project List of feminist literature) and Balderdash!: John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children’s Books. She lives in Woodland Hills, California. You can visit her online at michellemarkel.com.
Read more from Michelle Markel
Tomfoolery!: Randolph Caldecott and the Rambunctious Coming-of-Age of Children's Books Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBalderdash!: John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children's Books Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to Balderdash!
Related ebooks
The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z. Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bus to the Badlands Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWondrous Rex Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ladybugs for Loretta Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAfter the Rain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beyond the Wall Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Secret Life of Sam Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The International House of Dereliction Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Pond Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Midnight Children Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tracking Tortoises: The Mission to Save a Galápagos Giant Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEek, You Reek!: Poems about Animals That Stink, Stank, Stunk Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Blue Cat of Castle Town Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Mermaid in the Millpond Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Pearl Hunter Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Like Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions from Around the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Haunted House Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Helen Keller's Best Friend Belle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Octopus Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Mystery of the Colour Thief Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRiver of Dust: The Life-Giving Link Between North Africa and the Amazon Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Hen for Izzy Pippik Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Skunked!: Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sun & Spoon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Who Gives a Hoot?: Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Sky of Afghanistan Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Like Magic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Knight of the Cape Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Read Aloud Factor: How to Create the Habit That Boosts Your Baby's Brain Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Children's Biography & Autobiography For You
Little House on the Prairie Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hitler's Last Days: The Death of the Nazi Regime and the World's Most Notorious Dictator Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5On the Banks of Plum Creek Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Farmer Boy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Little House in the Big Woods Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Long Winter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5By the Shores of Silver Lake Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Little Town on the Prairie Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The First Four Years Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Farewell to Manzanar Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5These Happy Golden Years Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hiding Place Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shoe Dog: Young Readers Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5So Far from the Bamboo Grove Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Cross and the Switchblade: The True Story of One Man's Fearless Faith Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Prairie Girl: The Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Distance Between Us: Young Reader Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Complete Story of Sadako Sasaki: and the Thousand Paper Cranes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Guys Read: True Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Little House Book of Wisdom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Amanda Gorman: Inspiring Hope with Poetry Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLincoln: A Photobiography Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Balderdash!
17 ratings1 review
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5As someone who has a great interest in the history of children's literature, and who has done some research into the earlier centuries of that history, I was quite excited to discover that there was a picture-book biography of John Newbery, the eighteenth-century British publisher who did so much to popularize books for the young. Unfortunately, almost everything about the book - with the notable exception of Nancy Carpenter's expressive and amusing illustrations - was a disappointment for me. To understand why this is so, and why I am panning a book that seems beloved by every other online reviewer, one should know a few things about me.