Nancy Churnin is the award-winning author of eight picture book biographies: The William Hoy Story: How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game; Manjhi Moves a Mountain; Charlie Takes His Shot: How Charlie Sifford Broke the Color Barrier in Golf; Irving Berlin, the Immigrant Boy Who Made America Sing; The Queen and the First Christmas Tree: Queen Charlotte’s Gift to England; For Spacious Skies: Katharine Lee Bates and ‘America the Beautiful’ and Beautiful Shades of Brown, How Laura Wheeler Waring Painted Her World. Collectively her books have won a Sydney Taylor Notable, the South Asia Book Award, two Notable Social Studies Books for Young Readers, the Silver Eureka, the ILA-CBC Children’s Choices list, Junior Library Guild and more. A former theater critic for The Dallas Morning News, Nancy is a graduate of Harvard University, with a master’s from Columbia University School of Journalism. She lives in North Texas with her husband and a dog named Dog.
Can one woman transform a forgotten day into a cherished tradition?
A man carves a mountain path, transforming his village's future.
A refugee transforms American music with unforgettable tunes.
Discover how a queen's festive idea sparked a beloved holiday tradition.
Two lives, one year: hope and dreams defy prejudice and violence.
Can Lila revive Halloween's spirit in a new land without turnips?
A deaf baseball player changes the game with hand signals, overcoming prejudice and adversity.
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Can one woman transform a forgotten day into a cherished tradition?
Can Lila revive Halloween's spirit in a new land without turnips?
Discover the story behind 'America the Beautiful' and its visionary creator.
Two lives, one year: hope and dreams defy prejudice and violence.
Discover how a queen's festive idea sparked a beloved holiday tradition.
A refugee transforms American music with unforgettable tunes.
A golfer challenges racial barriers to change the game forever.
A man carves a mountain path, transforming his village's future.
A deaf baseball player changes the game with hand signals, overcoming prejudice and adversity.
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The authors and illustrators who share the credits across Nancy Churnin's books.
