Kathleen Krull

Once books kick-start their brains, girls change history. Discover the foundation of reading that empowered some of the world’s most influential women in this informative and inspirational illustrated middle grade collection of twenty biographies. What do Cleopatra, Audre Lorde, and Taylor Swift have in common? They’re all influential women who grew up doing one very important thing: reading. This collection...

Did you know that kings and queens wore fake beards in ancient Egypt? Or that hair was used in medicine at the height of the Incan Empire? Or that Queen Elizabeth I had more than 80 wigs in various shades of red? Big Wig by Kathleen Krull and Peter Malone starts at the dawn of history and brings us up...

Did you know that Edgar Allan Poe wrote with a cat on his shoulders? That a dog saved Pablo Neruda’s life? Or that Mark Twain had a cat named Bambino? Writers and Their Pets tells these stories and many more with full-colour illustrations and a chirpy narrative that will delight literary buffs, history lovers, and animal enthusiasts. Writers and Their...

She gave up everything: her home, her possessions, even her real name. She called herself Peace Pilgrim, put on her sneakers, and started off on her quest to walk thousands of miles all around America. Step by step, mile after mile, Peace Pilgrim travelled tirelessly, inviting everyone she met to consider a world where each person and each nation chooses...