Most Popular Books by Deborah Hopkinson

QUI ÉTAIT BOUDDHA ? UN PRINCE ? UN DIEU ? UN SAGE ? OU UNE PERSONNE COMME TOI ET MOI ? Il était une fois la naissance d’un prince en Inde ancienne. Son père voulait le protéger de ce qui se passait au-delà des murs de son palais mais, comme tous les enfants, il rêvait de découvrir le monde. Sous l''arbre de Bouddha raconte l’histoire d’un enfant et son cheminement vers la paix intérieure. Cette introduction poétique à l’histoire de Bouddha est parfaite pour tous les enfants férus d''aventures et curieux des grandes figures du monde.

Hopkinson and Ford capture the inspiring story of the first African-American First Lady, in this beautiful picture-book biography. Full color.

A biography of Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor in the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the first woman cabinet member.

Before Marie Curie was the first woman in France to earn the highest degree in physics, before she discovered two new radioactive elements, and became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (and then the first person to win two!).

Time is running out. It will take a daring band of American soldiers along with horse lovers to pull off a secret mission to save the Lipizzaners from certain destruction. United by their love of horses, these unsung heroes risked their lives to preserve the majesty of this rare breed.

One penny. In the hot, mean summer of 1933, a penny is enough to buy caramels or red hots or peppermint sticks or licorice strings. Is it enough to buy Miss Elsie''s Strawberry Farm? There''s only one way to find out. Davey takes a deep breath and shouts, "One penny for Strawberry Farm!" Set during the Great Depression, and illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Rachel Isadora, Saving Strawberry Farm brings Davey''s Midwestern town to life as friends and neighbors plan to save the farm the only way they can -- with a secret penny auction!

This stunning picture book offers a riveting account of African--American explorer Matthew Henson''s 1909 journey to the North Pole with Admiral Peary. Many know the story of Robert Peary''s great 1909 expedition to reach the North Pole. Yet few people know that Peary was joined on this grueling, history--making journey by fellow explorer Matthew Henson. Henson was born just after the Civil War, a time when slavery had been abolished, but few opportunities were available for black people. Even as a child, he exhibited a yearning for adventure, and at the age of only thirteen, he embarked on a five--year voyage sailing the seven seas and learning navigation, history, and mathematics. Henson''s greatest adventure began when he accepted an invitation from Robert Peary to join his expedition to the North Pole. The team endured storms, shifting ice, wind, injuries, accidents, and unimaginable cold. Finally on April 1, Peary, Henson, and four Inuit men began the final 133--mile push to the Pole. Readers will share in the excitement and drama of this remarkable adventure as award--winning author Deborah Hopkinson pays tribute to a great but under--recognized figure from America''s past. Illustrator Stephen Alcorn''s large--format, stylized ink--and--watercolor illustrations capture all the action. Excerpts from Henson''s expedition diaries, a time line, and an epilogue place the story in its historical context.

An immigrant girl explains how she learned English by reading about Monarch butterflies, and how, troubled by their decline, she got her classmates and neighbors together to build a butterfly garden.

While Papa is off fighting on the Missouri border, Charlie is left in charge of the family in their remote cabin in Bleeding Kansas and so must keep everyone safe when a fierce prairie blizzard growls and rages outside their door.

The diary of a ten-year-old girl who moves with her family in 1855 from a town on the Maine coast to rugged Turtle Island where her father is to be the lighthouse keeper.

When the World War II Blitz begins, two kids search desperately for their families as Nazi bombs rain down on London. Charlie "Sneak" Sawyer never wanted to leave London, despite his uneasy relationship with his grandfather. But when the orders come for children to evacuate as the world teeters on the brink of war, Grandad insists Charlie leaves with the rest. Months pass; the expected bombing of London doesn''t happen, and kids begin drifting back from the countryside. After a year spent toiling for a grumpy farmer, Charlie''s had enough. He decides to sneak home to London, whatever it takes. Shortly before he turns thirteen, Charlie does just that, only to be waylaid by Lucie Marie Meadows, a precocious eight-year-old girl with golden eyes. A girl who might be able to see ghosts. A girl who''s keeping secrets. Charlie and Lucie arrive in London the afternoon of September 7, 1940--the very afternoon when Nazi planes cross the sky and drop their first deadly loads. The Blitz has begun. Suddenly, London is a fiery, smoking maze of rubble, danger, and chaos. The explosions are so terrifying even the ghost of a WWI soldier roams the theater he haunts, unable to rest. Somehow, with a rescued dog called Smoke, Charlie and Lucie must search for answers--and the people they love. Award-winning author Deborah Hopkinson weaves together a remarkable tale that is at once a rollicking, hair-raising adventure and a moving story about family, courage, and the heroism of everyday people during the devastating Blitz.

Read about the importance of cotton in America''s history and learn about the lives of people who picked it and worked with it.

"Critically acclaimed Sibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson brings to bold life the remarkable story of the Danish resistance and rescue of over 7,000 Jews during WWII. When the Nazis invaded Denmark on Tuesday, April 9, 1940, the people of this tiny country to the north of Germany awoke to a devastating surprise. The government of Denmark surrendered quietly, and the Danes were ordered to go about their daily lives as if nothing had changed. But everything had changed. Award-winning author Deborah Hopkinson traces the stories of the heroic young men and women who would not stand by as their country was occupied by a dangerous enemy. Rather, they fought back. Some were spies, passing tactical information to the British; some were saboteurs, who aimed to hamper and impede Nazi operations in Denmark; and 95% of the Jewish population of Denmark were survivors, rescued by their fellow countrymen, who had the courage and conscience that drove them to act. With her talent for digging deep in her research and weaving real voices into her narratives, Hopkinson reveals the thrilling truth behind one of WWII''s most daring resistance movements"--

While tension over slavery grows in Kansas Territory, causing the Underground Railroad to shut down, and Papa is away, hiding from a false arrest, Charlie and his family risk everything to hide a runaway slave girl in their cabin.

As a young girl, budding astronomer Maria Mitchell dreams of searching the night sky and some day finding a new comet.

O segundo livro da série ''Quem Foi?'' apresenta Charles Darwin e suas teorias e descobertas para o público infanto-juvenil. A proposta de imersão no universo de Darwin é reforçada por ilustrações, verbetes e uma bibliografia sugerida no final da obra.

A letter from someone who was once an exasperating second-grader reveals her experiences with a teacher who brought out the best in her.