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Jo Ellen Bogart is the author of many best-selling children’s books, including Jeremiah Learns to Read, Daniel’s Dog, and Gifts. She has degrees in elementary education and psychology from the University of Texas, and she now writes full time. Jo Ellen has won the Ruth Schwartz Award and has been shortlisted for the Mr. Christie’s Book Award. Her first book for Tundra was a biography of Maud Lewis called Capturing Joy: The Story of Maud Lewis. Born in Houston, Texas, she now lives in a pet-filled home in Guelph, Ontario.
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Big and Small, Room for All
Written by Jo Ellen Bogart
Illustrated by Gillian Newland
Hardcover | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Concepts; Juvenile Nonfiction - Concepts - Size & Shape | 978-0-88776-891-0 (0-88776-891-1) | April 2009 | 20.99
A captivating look at how a child, fits into the great, big universe around us.
“Big sky, big sky, what is bigger than the sky?”
In this clever concept book for young readers, award-winning author Jo Ellen Bogart explores the size of animate and inanimate objects and their place in the universe. She... [read more]
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Capturing Joy
Written by Jo Ellen Bogart
Illustrated by Mark Lang
Hardcover | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Biography & Autobiography - Art; Juvenile Nonfiction - Art - Painting | 978-0-88776-568-1 (0-88776-568-8) | March 2002 | 19.99
Maud Lewis was born into a loving Nova Scotia family who accepted her physical limitations. When her parents died and she was forced to find her own way in the world, she married and set up a modest household in a small cabin. Despite the hardships she faced, she was able... [read more]
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Emily Carr
Written by Jo Ellen Bogart
Illustrated by Maxwell Newhouse
Hardcover | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Biography & Autobiography - Art; Juvenile Nonfiction - Biography & Autobiography - Historical; Juvenile Nonfiction - Art - Painting | 978-0-88776-640-4 (0-88776-640-4) | September 2003 | 24.99
Shortlisted for the 2005-2006 Red Cedar Book Award, Nonfiction
Selected as Honour Book by the Children's Literature Roundtable Information Book of the Year
The brilliant artist Emily Carr lived at the edge. When she was born, in 1871, Victoria, British Columbia was a small, insular place. She was at the edge of a... [read more]
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