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Montrew Dunham

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MONTREW DUNHAM is the author of a number of historical biographies for young readers in the popular Childhood of Famous American Series, and has also written two books about the history of Downers Grove, IL, "Downers Grove 1832 to 1982" and "Downers Grove Revisited". She was named Historian of the Year in 2013 by the Downers Grove Historical Society. Dunham first learned to love history as a Latin student at Butler University where she earned her B.A. degree. Her Master's degree is from Northwestern University.

More recently, she has written the novels "Abigail's Secret"...

Doug Cushman

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Since 1978 Doug Cushman has illustrated over 125 children's books, thirty or so of which he wrote as well. Among his many honors he has gained a place on the New York Times Children's Best Sellers list and on the 2003 Children's Literature Choice list. The first book of his popular beginning reader series featuring Aunt Eater was a Reading Rainbow Book. He has received a National Cartoonist's Society Reuben Award for Book Illustration, the 2004 Christopher Award for his book illustrations, a 2007 and 2010 Maryland Blue Crab Award and the 2009 California Young Readers Medal. He illustrated the best...