Jennifer Armstrong Books In Order

Pets, Inc. Books In Order

  1. Puppy Project (1990)
  2. Too Many Pets (1990)
  3. Hilary to the Rescue (1990)
  4. That Champion Chimp (1990)

Wild Rose Inn Books In Order

  1. Bridie of the Wild Rose Inn (1994)
  2. Ann of the Wild Rose Inn (1994)
  3. Emily of the Wild Rose Inn (1994)
  4. Laura of the Wild Rose Inn (1994)
  5. Claire of the Wild Rose Inn (1994)
  6. Grace of the Wild Rose Inn (1994)

Mary Mehan Books In Order

  1. The Dreams of Mairhe Mehan (1996)
  2. Mary Mehan Awake (1997)
  3. Becoming Mary Mehan (2002)

Fire-Us Books In Order

  1. The Kindling (2002)
  2. The Keepers of the Flame (2002)
  3. The Kiln (2003)

Novels

  1. Steal Away (1992)
  2. Black-Eyed Susan (1995)
  3. Patrick Doyle Is Full of Blarney (1996)
  4. Foolish Gretel (1997)
  5. Lili the Brave (1997)
  6. For the Birds (1998)
  7. My Very Own Octopus (1999)
  8. Saint Wolf (1999)
  9. Open The Door (2000)

Collections

  1. What a Song Can Do (2004)

Picture Books

  1. Hugh Can Do (1992)
  2. Chin Yu Min and the Ginger Cat (1993)
  3. Little Salt Lick and the Sun King (1994)
  4. That Terrible Baby (1994)
  5. The Whittler’s Tale (1994)
  6. King Crow (1995)
  7. Wan Hu Is in the Stars (1995)
  8. The Snowball (1996)
  9. Sunshine, Moonshine (1997)
  10. Pockets (1998)
  11. Pierre’s Dream (1999)
  12. Magnus at the Fire (2005)
  13. Once Upon a Banana (2006)

Non fiction

  1. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World (1998)
  2. In My Hands (1999)
  3. Spirit of Endurance (2000)
  4. Thomas Jefferson (2000)
  5. Theodore Roosevelt (2001)
  6. Shattered (2002)
  7. A Three-Minute Speech (2002)
  8. The American Story (2006)
  9. Photo by Brady (2013)
  10. The True Story Behind Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (2013)

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Jennifer Armstrong Books Overview

Becoming Mary Mehan

Jennifer Armstrong’s two masterful novels about Mary Mehan are now together in one volume. Set against the pivotal events of the American Civil War, The Dreams of Mairhe Mehan depicts an Irish immigrant girl and her family, struggling to find their place in a country at war with itself. In a starred review, Kirkus Reviews said, Armstrong mixes vision and reality with breathtaking virtuosity, salting Mairhe s narrative with poetic turns of phrase, snatches of song, story, and history. Mary Mehan Awake takes up Mary s story after the war when, much like the broken country, Mary must begin a journey of emotional and physical renewal. Of this book, The Horn Book Magazine said, The story unfolds effortlessly and richly. It s The Secret Garden for an older audience, with friendship and nature gratifyingly providing healing and wholeness. This new Readers Circle edition includes an interview with the author discussing her ideas about how history is remembered and recorded, and the obligations and opportunities of the historical novelist.

The Kindling

It is the year 2007. The world has been wiped out by a deadly plague that killed all the adults. Without them, children perished of hunger and disease. No more people, no more electricity, no more civilization just mildewed houses, overgrown yards, and abandoned cars. Yet on a highway strip outside a small town in Florida, the words ‘We’re Still Here’ are painted in letters big enough to be seen from an airplane although no planes ever cross the empty sky. Miraculously, seven children have survived among the ruins. They cannot remember their names, their families, or much else from the Before Time. But they have forged a new family, with new names: Mommy, Hunter, Teacher, Action Figure, Teddy Bear, Baby, and Doll. They must face each day with enough hope to endure and the strength to realize that there may be nothing out there worth living for. Then one day, a new kid shows up on their doorstep and changes everything. He invites them to join him on a dangerous journey to Washington, to find a man called President if he’s still alive and seek the answers to the mystery at the heart of the Fire us. In this first book of the Fire us Trilogy, Jennifer Armstrong and Nancy Butcher weave a compelling post apocalyptic tale, luring readers into a world that is inventive enough to intrigue, yet true enough to believe.

The Keepers of the Flame

Cory put her hands to her face. She was covered with layers of gauze, and she tore at it, layer after layer shedding in her hands as she hurried onward. The rocks in the path were bones and grinning skulls. This was what she had been stumbling over, and what her dress had been catching on. Panicked, she looked up. Five years after a deadly plague killed all the Grown ups, the world’s population has nearly vanished. Civilization is gone, and the children who outlived their parents have mostly perished of hunger or disease. But ten children survived, and have forged a new family, a new life, and together traveled up the coast of Florida, searching for answers. To their shock, they’ve found a group of adults, the only Grown ups they’ve seen for years, living in an abandoned shopping mall. The Grown ups seem delighted to see the children, and welcome them to the brave new world they’ve made for themselves a place with comforts the family had forgotten: cupcakes, clean clothes, adults to depend on. But something is terribly wrong. This friendly community is not what it appears. Can they find out the truth before it’s too late?In this second book of the Fire us Trilogy, Jennifer Armstrong and Nancy Butcher return to the post apocalyptic world they created in The Kindling, as the family searches for the dark truth at the heart of the Fire us.

The Kiln

They are not alone. After most of the world’s population was wiped out by a deadly plague five years ago, this small group of children formed a family. They’ve taken care of each other, scavenging food from deserted supermarkets, fighting off the wild animals that prowl soccer fields and schools. The children thought they were the only ones left. Then they came across the Keepers, the first Grown ups they’d seen for years, living in an abandoned shopping mall. The Keepers offered fresh food, clean beds, and security. But what looked like safety was instead the worst danger the family had yet faced. Now the family is once again on the road. But if they want to reach the end of their journey, if they want to solve the mystery of what happened and who is to blame, they must head straight into danger to Pisgah, the heart of the Keepers’ power. In this stunning conclusion to the Fire us Trilogy, Jennifer Armstrong and Nancy Butcher return to the post apocalyptic world they created in The Kindling and The Keepers of the Flame, as the family discovers the dark secret that changed their world forever.

Steal Away

Two girls, one black, the other white, flee from the South to the North in a novel set during the Civil War. H. PW. K.

Black-Eyed Susan

A lyrical novel about a day in the life of a young pioneer girl growing up on the Dakota prairie is now available in a Knopf Paperback edition. This widely praised and beautifully crafted tale deftly evokes the vast expanse of the American West, the hardships faced by pioneer families, and the strong bonds of family and community.

My Very Own Octopus

A boy imagines what fun he would have with a pet octopus.

Open The Door

Open The Door‘ is a collection of four stories and three songs of traditional Celtic origin by Jennifer Armstrong. She performs a startling rendition of W. B. Yeats’ ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree,’ as well as ‘Wild Mountain Thyme,’ and the title song, ‘Open The Door‘. Her telling of ‘Brigid O’Malley’ follows a young woman on her journey to find her own story and a sincere love for it. ‘The Fishwife and the Changeling’ explores the value and love of family. In ‘The Marriage Basket,’ a melding of African and Scottish tales speaks to the need to love oneself before one can truly love another. Be you child or adult, listening for yourself or with a partner, ‘Open The Door‘ will lead you on an exploration of love for family, one’s self, and the natural world.

What a Song Can Do

This compelling collection of stories explores the powerful impact that music has in our lives especially in the lives of teens. Each story strikes a new note: Ron Koertge introduces us to the boys in the band the marching band; Joseph Bruchac contributes a Native American boy with no rhythm whatsoever; Jennifer Armstrong writes about what was perhaps the first battle of the bands during the American Civl War; and David Levithan offers up a love song that speaks powerfully to an unintended audience. But while each story is different, they combine into a harmonic song of praise for the depths music can reach in us, and the power it has to bind us together. From the Hardcover edition.

Chin Yu Min and the Ginger Cat

Illus. in full color. When Chin Yu Min’s wealthy husband drowns, her life of

idleness comes to an end until she meets a mysterious ginger cat fishing with

his long tail. Striking illustrations complement this original folktale of a

haughty widow whose life is transformed by friendship. ‘Recommended not only

for general picture book collections, but also for special collections aimed at

older readers and promoted through read alouds and storytelling.’ Booklist.

Wan Hu Is in the Stars

Dreaming of traveling to the stars, Wan Hu is so distracted that he forgets to put on his shoes and becomes the target of ridicule, but decides he will undertake any risk to accomplish his goal.

The Snowball

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A small snowball gets bumped by a skier and rolls down the hill growing in size and picking up people as it goes.

Sunshine, Moonshine

The sun and the moon shine down on a young boy as he spends a day by the sea. ‘Sun shines on the mountains, sun shines on the sea. Sun shines on my pillow, and says wake up to me.’

Pockets

The somber, hard working people of an isolated town on the plains plythrough life in the drabbest of gray clothes until, in the linings of theirPockets, they begin to discover lavishly embroidered pictures of far awayplaces, sewn there by a mysterious young woman who has recently arrived andtaken up work as the town’s seamstress. Exploring these stitched visions ofproud ships and sparkling oceans, of golden towers and distant cities, ofbuccaneers, sea serpents, and gold the austere townspeople find themselvestransformed. A husband and wife suddenly fall in love again, brightly coloredflags appear on rooftops, houses are painted in azure and crimson, dances areheld…
Pockets is Jennifer Armstrong’s tale of people made new by theirimaginations, and of the mysterious young seamstress who brings this about. Herluxurious storytelling is equaled by the rich palette and exuberance of MaryGrandPr ‘s illustrations.

Pierre’s Dream

When Pierre wakes from his daily nap to find himself in the midst of a traveling circus, he thinks he’s dreaming. He bravely tames the lion, walks the tightrope, juggles flaming hoops, and more, because, ‘as it was his dream, or so he thought, he had no fear.’ At the end of a full but tiring day, Pierre resumes his nap under an olive tree. But this time he wakes to find the circus gone except for some small mementos that suggest he hadn’t been dreaming at all…
. In this highly unusual and engaging tale, a multi award winning author and highly acclaimed illustrator join their powerful forces to show how marvelous life can be when we conquer our fears. Lively prose is perfectly matched by bold, vibrant images that invite children to return again and again.

Magnus at the Fire

Magnus lives and works at the Broadway Firehouse. He knows that when the fire alarm clangs, he and his partners, Billy and Sparks, are supposed to spring into action. Without them the firemen would never be able to move the gigantic steam pumper. And without a pumper the crew wouldn’t be able to put out fires. Then one day the captain drives into the firehouse on a loud, newfangled contraption called a motorized fire truck. It doesn’t need horses to pull it to a fire. So just like that, Magnus, Sparks, and Billy are out of a job. A little history, a little humor, and a whole lot of heart are artfully blended in this rousing tale of one high spirited horse who can’t accept being put out to pasture. And thank goodness! Because it’s this steadfast sense of duty that ultimately saves the day.

Once Upon a Banana

Everyday signs serve as captions for this pictorial tale of what happens after a man tosses a banana peel into the garbage can and misses.

Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World

Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World vividly recreates one of the most extraordinary adventure stories in history. In August 1914, Ernest Shackleton and 27 men sailed from England in an attempt to become the first team of explorers to cross the Antarctic continent from one side to the other. Five months later and still 100 miles from land, their ship, Endurance, became trapped. The expedition survived an Antarctic winter in the icebound ship, then, after Endurance sank, five months camped on the ice followed by a perilous boat journey through storms and icebergs to remote and unvisited Elephnat Island, 600 miles from Cape Horn. From there, their only hope was for someone to fetch help. In a dramatic climax to this amazing survival story, Shackleton and five others navigated 800 miles of the treacherous open ocean in a 20 foot boat and then hiked across the unmapped, glacier strewn interior of South Georgia Island to a whaling station. In August 1916, 19 months after Endurance first became icebound, Shackleton led a rescue party back to Elephant Island for his men. Jennifer Armstrong narrates these almost unbelievable events with vigor, an eye for detail, and an appreciation of the marvelous leadership of Ernest Shackleton, who brought home every one of his men alive. With them survived a remarkable archive of photographs of the expedition, more than forty of which are reproduced here.

In My Hands

Irene Gut was just seventeen in 1939, when the Germans and the Russians divided and devoured her native Poland. In an instant her life would be transformed distilled to flight, capture, escape, and hiding. After being rounded up outside of church one Sunday, Irene was put to work for the German Army. Her blond hair, her blue eyes, her youth these bought her the relative safe job of kitchen helper and waitress in an officers’ dining room. But behind this Aryan mask, Irene began to wage her own war. She picked up snatches of conversation along with the Na*zi’s dirty dishes and passed the information to Jews in the ghetto. She raided the German Warenhaus for food and blankets. She smuggled Jews from the work camp into the forest. And , when she was made the housekeeper for a Na*zi Major, she managed to hide twelve people in the baseme*nt of his home and to keep them safe there until the Germans’ defeat. Irene Gut Updyke has received many honors for her actions: Israel’s Medal of Honor, recognition from the Vatican, a permanent place in the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. But this memoir, masterfully written by Jennifer Armstrong, strips away the laudatory titles Holocaust Rescuer, Righteous Gentile and reveals the woman herself. Just a girl, really. A girl who saw evil around her and chose to defy it. A girl who proves that the actions of one good person can make a difference; that the will to protect is every bit as powerful as the will to destroy. Ms. Opdyke began to share her story only recently after hearing the holocaust denounced as a hoax, or propaganda. She now travels the country, speaking about her experiences. Her favorite audience is young people people who are now the same age she was when the war began. These are the people who are now the same age she was when the war began. These are the people Irene most hopes to empower with the message that each of us can, and must, decide for ourselves what is good and what is evil, and behave accordingly.

Spirit of Endurance

In August 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton set out from England in an attempt to lead the first expedition across the Antarctic continent. What followed was one of the most extraordinary survival stories in history: a ship trapped and then wrecked by ice; an expedition marooned, first on the constantly shifting Antarctic pack, then on a remote, uninhabited island; a daring open boat journey across the world’s most violent ocean; a trek over unmapped mountains; and finally an amazing rescue. Jennifer Armstrong’s Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World received widespread praise and won the Orbis Pictus Award. Now she tells the Endurance story for a younger audience, in an oversize format with color paintings re creating the detail and drama of the expedition’s ordeal.

Thomas Jefferson

In fictionalized letters between a president and a child who lived during his administration, events, places, personalities, and the spirit of a time come alive. At the beginning of the 1800s, America was a brand new country and President Thomas Jefferson architect, musician, scholar, inventor, and family man was at the helm. Amelia Hornsby, the 12 year old fictitious letter writer of this Dear Mr. President book, lives in Philadelphia. When she suspects that someone is spying on Jefferson, she writes to warn him. The ‘spy’ turns out to be Jefferson’s personal secretary, Meriwether Lewis, preparing for the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition. Once Amelia learns the secret, she and the president continue to correspond as a tumultuous time in American history unfolds. The Dear Mr. President series features: meticulous research; award winning children’s book authors; extensive photographs; maps, primary source material, timelines, and presidential profiles; and elegant design. After reading each book or while reading the letters children can explore the subjects further at the Winslow Press virtual library winslowpress. com, where they are encouraged to ask questions, seek further information, and interact with both the past and the present. Prompts throughout each book lead readers to the Web site if they wish to learn more about a particular idea raised in the letters.

Theodore Roosevelt

In fictionalized letters between a president and a child who lived during his administration, events, places, personalities, and the spirit of a time come alive. At the turn of the 20th century, industrial cities from Maine to Virginia ran on coal dug from mines. In this fictional account, Frank Kovacs’s father has been injured, and Frank, at age 8, must quit school and begin work in the mines. Frank knows that anyone can write to the president so, when he is 13, he does. President Theodore Roosevelt promptly responds. Thus begins the exchange between Frank, describing his life in the mines, and the president, expressing concern for a boy the age of one of his sons. Young readers will be moved by Frank’s plight, gain insight into the 26th president of the United States, and learn about the issues of his time. The Dear Mr. President series features: meticulous research; award winning children’s book authors; extensive photographs; maps, primary source material, timelines, and presidential profiles; and elegant design. After reading each book or while reading the letters children can explore the subjects further at the Winslow Press virtual library winslowpress. com, where they are encouraged to ask questions, seek further information, and interact with both the past and the present. Prompts throughout each book lead readers to the Web site if they wish to learn more about a particular idea raised in the letters.

Shattered

This collection, written by 12 noted young authors, examines all of the war’s implications for young people from those caught in the line of fire to the children of the veterans of wars long past. As bullets ring and bombs are dropped, children watch mostly from the sidelines, but occasionally in the direct line of fire. Unaware of the political issues or power struggles behind the battle, all they know are the human, emotional consequences of this thing called war. Critically acclaimed author Jennifer Armstrong brings together 12 powerful voices in young people’s literature to explore the realities of war from a child’s perspective. The settings vary widely the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, an attempted coup in Venezuela, the American Civil War, crisis in the Middle East but the effects are largely the same. In war, no life is ever left untouched. In war, lives are Shattered.

A Three-Minute Speech

Four score and seven years ago…
So begins one of the most important speeches in the history of the United States Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Given on a cold November day, it wasn’t much of a speech, really just a few remarks. Not meant to be remembered. But these few remarks have been remembered. Why? What was the true meaning behind them? Where did they come from? Why is it so important that we never forget what President Lincoln said on that cold November day?

The American Story

This magnificent treasury tells the story of America through 100 true tales. Some are tales of triumph the midnight ride of Paul Revere, the Wright brothers taking to the air, Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon. Some are tales of tragedy the fate of the Donner party, the great fire in Chicago, the eruption of Mt. Saint Helens. There are stories of inventors and athletes, and abolitionists and artists, stories about struggling for freedom again and again, in so many ways. With full color illustrations on nearly every page and short, exciting stories, this book is perfect for browsing by the entire family. Notes at the end of each story direct readers to related stories, and a guide to thematic story arcs offers readers and teachers an easy way to follow their particular interests throughout the book.A treasure trove of a book that belongs in every home. From the Hardcover edition.

Photo by Brady

Mathew B. Brady was already a famous photographer by the time the Civil War began. But the war gave Brady something else: The chance to make a RECORD OF A WAR this war in a way that had never been done before: WITH TRUE TO LIFE PICTURES INSTEAD OF JUST WORDS. He hired field photographers to travel with the troops, equipped them with cameras and wagons filled with supplies, and sent them out with the directive to make a visual record of the war and to show people scenes they could have only read about before. The pictures the field photographers sent back were HAUNTING, BEAUTIFUL, DEVASTATING, AND TOTALLY UNFORGETTABLE. And thousands of them included the notation ‘Photo by Brady.’ Though Brady didn’t actually take the photographs, he was the genius behind them. His vision and foresight gave the country images that not only touched the people at the time, but have gone on to leave an indelible mark on the collective memory of this country. And the name of Mathew Brady will always be remembered with them. In Photo by Brady, Jennifer Armstrong tells the story of the Civil War as seen through the lenses of its recorders. It is a moving and elegant look at the brutal and deadly time.

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