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Mara Rockliff

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Mara Rockliff is the author of many well-loved books for children. Her newest picture book is All at Once Upon a Time, about which Booklist warns, "Be prepared for this amusing storytime selection to be requested over and over."

Among her best-known titles are Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France, winner of the Cook Prize and an Orbis Pictus Honor; Around America to Win the Vote: Two Suffragists, a Kitten, and 10,000 Miles, distributed to schools and libraries across the country by the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission; and Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which in 2023 received a Sibert Honor from the American Library Association.

Under the pen name Lewis B. Montgomery, ...more

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Mara Rockliff My path was a bit unusual, because I worked in school publishing for many years, so my first illustrated books were textbooks and easy readers.

Are yo…mǰMy path was a bit unusual, because I worked in school publishing for many years, so my first illustrated books were textbooks and easy readers.

Are you interested in publishing a book for kids? There is a lot of great, free, helpful information out there. I recommend the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), starting here: .

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