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Martin Provensen

MARTIN PROVENSEN (1916–1987) and his wife, Alice, illustrated more than fifty books for children, including Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm and numerous Little Golden Books, such as The Color Kittens and Katie the Kitten. In 1984, they won the Caldecott Medal for The Glorious Fight, which they wrote and illustrated together.
Katie the Kitten
The Golden Mother Goose
Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses
The Fuzzy Duckling
The Color Kittens
The Glorious Flight

Books

Katie the Kitten
The Golden Mother Goose
Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses
The Fuzzy Duckling
The Color Kittens
The Glorious Flight

Books for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Each May, we honor the stories, histories, and cultures of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Below is a selection of acclaimed fiction and nonfiction books by AANHPI creators to share with your students this month and throughout the year. Find our full collection of titles for Higher Education here.

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