Jean L. S. Patrick | new york journal of books

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Jean L. S. Patrick is the award-winning author of several books for children, including the The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth.

She is also the author of If I Had a Snowplow; Cows, Cats, and Kids: A Veterinarian’s Family at Work; Who Carved the Mountain? The Story of Mount Rushmore; Face to Face with Mount Rushmore, and several other pieces of nonfiction.

Ms. Patrick has written a weekly children’s book column for the Mitchell (SD) Daily Republic since 1989. She also served as the Regional Advisor for the Dakotas for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) from 2003–2009.

She has degrees in English from Luther College and Kansas State University. She is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research.

When Ms. Patrick is not writing, researching, or reviewing, she gives presentations at schools and conferences throughout the country.

Books by Jean L. S. Patrick

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The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth (On My Own History (Hardcover))

Cows, Cats, and Kids

Who Carved the Mountain?: The Story of Mount Rushmore

Book Reviews by Jean L. S. Patrick

Author(s):

Marianne Richmond

Genre(s):

2-5

The Night Night Book (Marianne Richmond)

April 26, 2011

Reviewed by:

Jean L. S. Patrick

On the surface, The Night Night Book by Marianne Richmond, looks like just another bedtime book.

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Author(s):

Marisabina Russo

Genre(s):

2-5

A Very Big Bunny

October 1, 2010

Reviewed by:

Jean L. S. Patrick

Bunny books have the reputation for being sweet and innocent. However, A Very Big Bunny, by Marisabina Russo, examines the social cruelty of a first-grade classroom.

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Image of Shake, Rattle & Turn That Noise Down!: How Elvis Shook Up Music, Me & Mom

Author(s):

Mark Alan Stamaty

Genre(s):

Graphic Novels & Comics

Shake, Rattle & Turn That Noise Down!: How Elvis Shook Up Music, Me & Mom

October 1, 2010

Reviewed by:

Jean L. S. Patrick

The title says it all. Shake, Rattle and Turn That Noise Down! How Elvis Shook Up Music, Me and Mom is a true story straight from author-cartoonist Mark Alan Stamaty’s boyhood.

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Image of Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave

Author(s):

Laban Carrick Hill

Genre(s):

3-7

Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave

October 1, 2010

Reviewed by:

Jean L. S. Patrick

When you think about slavery, pottery is probably not the first thing that comes to mind. Yet slaves helped make the functional items needed on plantations.

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Image of The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary: How Greg Heffley Went Hollywood, Revised and Expanded Edition (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) (More from the Wimpy World)

Author(s):

Jeff Kinney

Genre(s):

8-12

The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary: How Greg Heffley Went Hollywood, Revised and Expanded Edition (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)

October 1, 2010

Reviewed by:

Jean L. S. Patrick

If you’re around kids, you’ve probably heard of Greg Heffley—the star of the Wimpy Kid series. Hands down, he’s the most famous children’s book character of the twenty-first century.

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