FICTION COLLECTIONS
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BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR
"More like a performance piece than conventional fiction...a terrific charging solo." National Public Radio “The colorful diversity of a great city’s people” Booklist
“Three lush and evocative novellas” Publishers Weekly "Poignant examples of cultural conflict and cooperation." San Francisco Chronicle Instant download as ebook or pdf
The Mayor of New Orleans: Just Talking Jazz 2011 edition YOUNG ADULT
“Accessible and affecting historical fiction” School Library Journal “Full of period detail and vivid sensory writing” Kirkus “Heart rending novel” The Horn Book Best Books for Young Adults Nomination ALA 1998 American Booksellers Association Pick of the Lists 1997 MELINDE, German translation of Melitte Cecilie Dressler Verlag: Hamburg, 1999 PICTURE BOOKS
“An especially appealing book that offers children vicarious enjoyment of this special day." School Library Journal
“Poetic words and stunning light-filled watercolors express the rhythm and feeling” Booklist “Shaik’s clever, agile celebration of New Orleans jazz is a compact cultural history” Kirkus Parent’s Choice Recommended Title Dial Books for Young Readers, Spring 1998 |
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