Larry Dane Brimner
Larry Dane Brimner (born November 5, 1949) is an American teacher, presenter, and prolific author of over 150 children's books, ranging from fantasy stories for young children to nonfiction works for older readers, many focusing on civil rights themes.[1][2][3] Notable awards include the 2008 Jane Addams Children's Book Award for We Are One: The Story of Bayard Rustin, the 2011 Orbis Pictus Honor for Birmingham Sunday, and the 2018 Robert F. Sibert Medal for Twelve Days in May.[1][2][6]
children's literature
nonfiction
civil rights
Black & White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor
Accused!: The Trials of the Scottsboro Boys: Lies, Prejudice, and the Fourteenth Amendment
Birmingham Sunday
What Good Is a Tree? (Rookie Readers)
The Noodle Game (Rookie Choices)
Strike!: The Farm Workers' Fight for Their Rights
Merry Christmas, Old Armadillo
We Are One: The Story of Bayard Rustin
The Rain Wizard: The Amazing, Mysterious, True Life of Charles Mallory Hatfield
Subway: The Story of Tunnels, Tubes, and Tracks
The Big, Beautiful, Brown Box (Rookie Choices)
The Sidewalk Patrol (Rookie Choices)
Geysers (True Books: Earth Science)
Mountain Biking (First Book)
Angel Island (Cornerstones of Freedom)
Bobsledding and the Luge (True Books: Sports)
Molly Pitcher (Tall Tales)
Mercury (True Books: Space)
Trick or Treat, Old Armadillo
Chief Crazy Horse: Following a Vision (American Heroes (Benchmark))
Rumble Bus (Magic Door to Learning)
Booker T. Washington: Getting Into the Schoolhouse (American Heroes (Benchmark))
Calamity Jane (Imagination Series: Tall Tales)
Sammy's Something Sweet (Magic Door to Learning)