Edith Hope Fine is a full-time writer of children's books and stories. Fine's Under the Lemon Moon, published by Lee & Low Books, was a Parents' Choice Award Honor book. Fine lives in Encinitas, California. To find out more, visit Edith Hope Fine's Web site at edithfine.com. Edith, along with co-author Judith Pinkerton Josephson, have created a special site for the Lee & Low Books title Armando and the Blue Tarp School at bluetarpschool.com.
Judith Pinkerton Josephson is a full-time writer of children's books and stories. Josephson's Growing Up in World War II won first place in the San Diego Book Awards. She lives in Encinitas, California. To find out more, visit Judith Pinkerton Josephson's Web site at judithjosephson.com. Judith, along with co-author Edith Hope Fine, have set up a special site for the Lee & Low Books title Armando and the Blue Tarp School at bluetarpschool.com.
Hern�n Sosa was born in Argentina and raised in Paraguay. He received a degree in visual communications from the Colorado Institute of Art. He currently works as an illustrator of children's books and as a graphic designer focusing mostly on magazines. Sosa and his wife live in Denver, Colorado. His website is coroflot.com/hernansosaillustration.
"This affecting tale-of a plein-air schoolroom in a deeply
impoverished neighborhood populated by pepenadores (trash
pickers)-springs from the real deal. . . . The simplicity of the
story is what lets it run deep, its bite of realism; no sermons are
being delivered here, just a door thrown open to life under reduced
circumstances (though Sosa's artwork, with its look of leaded
glass, conveys a benevolent quality to the proceedings). Without
patronizing, Se�or David defines the essence of humanitarianism,
while the pepenadores, ever searching for beauty in the beast, find
gold-and prize it." -- Kirkus Reviews "This poignant picture book
narrated by a young boy is based on a true story of a New York City
teacher who set up a school on a blue tarp spread on the ground
near a garbage dump in Tijuana, Mexico.... Without melodrama,
Armando's story shows what poverty means and the hope that things
can change." -- Booklist "The well-written text will be an
eye-opener for children who take school for granted." -- School
Library JournalBest Children's Books of the Year - Bank Street
College of Education
CCBC Choices - Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
California Young Reader Medal Nominee
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