Joan Sandin is een kinderboekenschrijfster en -illustratrice wiens werken zich vaak verdiepen in de immigrantenervaring. Haar betrokkenheid bij dit thema was geworteld in haar familiegeschiedenis, waarbij haar grootvader emigreerde van Zweden naar Wisconsin. Sandin besteedde tijd aan wonen in Zweden en deed uitgebreid onderzoek om haar geliefde klassieke boeken te maken die deze reis verkennen.
Linnea has visited Claude Monet's garden! In Paris, she got to see many of his actual paintings. Now she understands what it means for a painter to be called an Impressionist. This innovative art book for children contains full-color photos of many of Monet's famous paintings.
This lively sequel to The Long Way to a New Land follows the fortunes of Carl Erik’s family from New York City to the farmlands of Minnesota. "Historically accurate; will attract competent primary-grade readers and will be equally suitable for less able readers in intermediate grades." —SLJ.1990 The USA Through Children's Books (ALA)Children's Books of 1989 (Library of Congress)1989 Children's Books (NY Public Library)
"El Monstruo!" Every day is the same for Pablo's father. Then one afternoon the ground growls, hisses smoke, and swallows up his plow. A volcano is erupting in the middle of his cornfield!