Christy Hale

Books by this author

Nature has inspired countless designs from the umbrella to space saving and naturally cooled buildings. Short poetry (Japanese tanka) accompanies a handsome illustration of the object that inspired the human invention shown in a photograph on the opposing page. Additional information is carefully presented at the end as are additional resources.

Copycat: Nature-Inspired Design Around the World

Christy Hale

Age Level:

6-9

Genre:

Poetry

Published:

2022

Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building

Christy Hale

Age Level:

6-9

Genre:

Poetry

Books by this illustrator

Antsy Ansel: Ansel Adams, a Life in Nature

Cindy Jenson-Elliott

Illustrator:

Christy Hale

Age Level:

6-9

Genre:

Nonfiction, Biography

Product Description: Upon the arrival of her new baby brother, Elizabeti decides she needs a doll she can care for the way her mother cares for the new baby. After looking around her village, Elizabeti finds the perfect doll to love, and names her Eva. When Mama changes the new baby’s diaper, Elizabeti changes Eva. When Mama sings to the baby, Elizabeti sings to Eva. And one day when Eva turns up lost, Elizabeti realizes just how much she loves her special doll. Set in contemporary Tanzania, this universal tale of love and tenderness that will touch readers of all ages.

Elizabeti’s Doll

Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen

Illustrator:

Christy Hale

Age Level:

6-9

Product Description: Elizabeti was excited and fidgety on her first day of school as she admired her school uniform and shoes and walked to school with her older sister. Once there, though, Elizabeti becomes shy, wishing she had not come. Elizabeti is not sure at all she wants to return, but once she finds that she can use her knowledge at home, she decides to return. While warm watercolors depict a child’s first day of school in Tanzania and the text is sprinkled with Swahili words, the emotions conveyed are universal.

Elizabeti’s School

Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen

Illustrator:

Christy Hale

Age Level:

3-6

“In her first work of fiction for children, Kirk introduces the generations-old connection between the Mohawk people and steelworking. John Cloud, who lives on a reservation, misses his father and uncle during their weeks working construction sites in Manhattan. John’s first visit to the city brings both strange sights (‘There were traffic lights where John thought trees should be’) and deepening pride when he witnesses his father’s agile figure high atop the incomplete Empire State Building.” — Booklist