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Sherri L. Smith

Sherri L. Smith is not a pilot, but she makes an excellent passenger (unless it’s a very small plane). She is the author of numerous acclaimed fiction and nonfiction books for young people, including Flygirl, the winner of the California Book Awards’ Gold Medal; The Blossom and the Firefly, the winner of the Golden Kite Award from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators; Orleans; and Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen? She teaches creative writing at Hamline University. Born in Chicago, Sherri now lives in Los Angeles. Learn more at SherriLSmith.com and follow her on Twitter @Sherri_L_Smith.
Serena Williams: A Who HQ Illustrated Biography
Candace, the Universe, and Everything
American Wings
What Was Reconstruction?
Misty Copeland: A Little Golden Book Biography
What Was the Harlem Renaissance?
The Blossom and the Firefly
What Is the Civil Rights Movement?
Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen?
Pasadena
The Toymaker's Apprentice
Orleans
Flygirl
Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet
Sparrow

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Books

Serena Williams: A Who HQ Illustrated Biography
Candace, the Universe, and Everything
American Wings
What Was Reconstruction?
Misty Copeland: A Little Golden Book Biography
What Was the Harlem Renaissance?
The Blossom and the Firefly
What Is the Civil Rights Movement?
Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen?
Pasadena
The Toymaker's Apprentice
Orleans
Flygirl
Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet
Sparrow

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Meet The Author: Sherri L. Smith (PASADENA)

Sherri L. Smith (author of Pasadena) | What I'm Reading

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