Carolyn Yoder is editorial director ofCalkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers. Calkins Creek specializes in books about American history, and, as you will see below, they take a refreshingly broad view of just what that history encompasses and how to write about it.
Award-winning children s book author Jim Murphy, best known for his carefully researched nonfiction documenting dramatic events in history, died suddenly on May 1; he was 74.