Michelle Markel

When Clara arrived in America, she couldn't speak English. She didn't know that young women had to go to work, that they traded an education for long hours of labor, that she was expected to grow up fast. But that didn't stop Clara. She went to night school, spent hours studying English, and helped support her family by sewing in a shirtwaist factory. Clara never quit, and she never accepted that girls should be treated poorly and paid little. Fed...

A child's biography of French artist Henri Rousseau, who spent his life as a toll collector, but created unheralded masterpieces in his spare time.

Chronicles the life of Marc Chagall, a celebrated twentieth-century artist who was born in Russia.

"Inspired by the classic Tiffany's primer on manners for teens, this is a modern and humorous take on table etiquette that shows young readers what to do and what not to do at a formal dinner party"-- "A mischievous modern manners primer for kids Inspired by the classic Tiffany's primer on manners for teens and featuring a familiar cast of characters, Terrific Table Manners is a modern take on table etiquette that follows the course of a proper dinner-party...