My Name is Aviva

Brief Description: "Aviva isn't happy with her unusual name until she hears the wonderful things her great-grandmother, who she was named in honor of, did"--Marc Notes: Aviva isn't happy with her unusual name until she hears the wonderful things her great-grandmother, who she was named in honor of, did--; Provided by publisher. Review Citations:

Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2015 (EAN 9781467726542, Library Binding)

Contributor Bio:  Newman, Leslea Leslea Newman is the author of more than sixty books for readers of all ages, including the children s classic Heather Has Two Mommies, as well as the young adult novel Jailbait, the middle-grade novel Hachiko Waits, and the adult poetry collection Still Life with Buddy. Her award-winning short story A Letter to Harvey Milk has been adapted for the stage. She has been awarded poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Massachusetts Artists Foundation and is on the faculty of Spalding University s MFA brief-residency in writing program. She is also a former poet laureate of Northampton, Massachusetts. In addition, she works closely with the Matthew Shepard Foundation as a member of their speakers bureau. She has visited schools all over the country giving her presentation He Continues to Make a Difference: The Story of Matthew Shepard. Leslea Newman lives in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Contributor Bio:  Jatkowska, Ag Melissa Wiley is the author of "Inch and Roly Make a Wish "and other books for children, including "The Prairie Thief" and two series of novels about the ancestors of Laura Ingalls Wilder. She lives in San Diego with her comic-book-writing husband, a half dozen kids, and about 3,000 books. She blogs about her family's reading life at Here in the Bonny Glen: MelissaWiley.com/blog.