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Carmella Van Vleet

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Hello!

                                                                                                                              

Welcome to my website. I'm Carmella. I write books for curious kids and ones who like to read funny, heartfelt stories about surprising yourself. 



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Book news coming your way! :-)

                                                 Now available in paperback


FROZEN IN TIME: WHAT ICE CORES CAN TEACH US ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE


 A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

Starred review from School Library Journal    

NPR's Science Friday Best Books for Kids List 2024

School Library Journal’s Best Nonfiction for Middle School List 2024


Order now here from Holiday House.






 

                                                             

 "YOU GOTTA MEET MR. PIERCE!" The Storied Life of Folk Artist Elijah Pierce

  co-authored with Chiquita Mullins Lee & Illustrated by Jennifer Mack-Watkins  has received 3 starred reviews.  


It's also been selected by the Ohio Center for the Book to represent Ohio in the Great Reads From Great Place initiative at the 2024 National Book Festival in Washington, DC!


As well as a 2024 Ohioana Book Award finalist! 


Other honors: 


 2023 Booklist Editor's Choice list 

 Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books of 2023  Black Caucus ALA Best of the Best 2023 list for grades K-4 , Black Caucus ALA Honor book 2024

Cooperative Children's Book Center University of Wisconsin-Madison Choices 2024

 Children’s and Youth Literary Awards Honoree 2024



Check out more at Kokila Books.


                            Now available in paperback 


NOTHING IS LITTLE was reviewed in The New York Times 


And it's got some nominations: 


2023 Ohioana Book Award Finalist


2024 Rhode Island Children's Book Award for grades 3-5 


Find it at Holiday House 

 

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