Dust Devil

Illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky
Ebook
On sale Sep 14, 2010 | 48 Pages | 9780375982699
Here is the thrilling, thigh-slapping companion to Swamp Angel, the beloved Caldecott Honor–winning picture book.

Swamp Angel has a reputation as the greatest woodswoman and wildest wildcat in all of Tennessee. But when she grows too big for that state, she moves to Montana, a place so sizeable, even Angel can fit in. It’s there that she wrestles a raging storm to the ground and, at its center, finds herself a sidekick—a horse she names Dust Devil. And when Backward Bart, the orneriest, ugliest outlaw ever known, starts terrorizing the prairie, seems like Angel and Dust Devil may be the only ones strong enough to stop him.

Dust Devil received four starred reviews and was named a New York Times Notable Children's Book of the Year and an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Winner. Children will be captivated by the beauty and exaggerated humor of Paul Zelinsky’s American primitive–style paintings and the wit and energy of Anne Isaacs’s unparalleled storytelling. Here is an original folktale starring an extraordinary gal who is as feisty as she is funny and as courageous as she is kind.
  • WINNER
    New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
  • WINNER | 2010
    Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best books
  • WINNER | 2010
    New York Public Library Book for Reading and Sharing
  • WINNER | 2010
    New York Times Notable Book
  • WINNER | 2010
    School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
  • NOMINEE
    Bank Street Child Study Children's Book Award
  • NOMINEE
    Indiana Young Hoosier Award
  • NOMINEE
    New York State Charlotte Award
  • NOMINEE
    Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award
  • FINALIST
    Bank Street Child Study Children's Book Award
  • HONOR
    Irma Simonton Black Award
  • NOMINEE | 2014
    Georgia Children's Book Award
  • HONOR | 2010
    Oppenheim Toy Portfolio
Anne Isaacs was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. She feels most at home in rural environments, such as the redwood forest near her Santa Cruz, California, home, where she lives with her husband and three children. The family has built their own treehouse, which they share with several squirrels and blue jays. Isaacs is the author of the Caldecott Honor Book Swamp Angel, and her other works include Cat Up a Tree and Treehouse Tales. View titles by Anne Isaacs
© Paul O. Zelinsky
Paul O. Zelinsky was born in Evanston, Illinois. He attended Yale University, where he took a course with Maurice Sendak, which later inspired him to pursue a career in children's books. He went on to receive a graduate degree in painting from Tyler School of Art, in Philadelphia and Rome. His first book was published in 1978. Among many other awards and prizes, he received the 1998 Caldecott Medal for his illustrated retelling of Rapunzel, as well as Caldecott Honors for three of his books: Hansel and Gretel (1985), Rumpelstiltskin (1987), and Swamp Angel (1995). Paul Zelinsky lives in New York with his wife, Deborah. View titles by Paul O. Zelinsky

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Here is the thrilling, thigh-slapping companion to Swamp Angel, the beloved Caldecott Honor–winning picture book.

Swamp Angel has a reputation as the greatest woodswoman and wildest wildcat in all of Tennessee. But when she grows too big for that state, she moves to Montana, a place so sizeable, even Angel can fit in. It’s there that she wrestles a raging storm to the ground and, at its center, finds herself a sidekick—a horse she names Dust Devil. And when Backward Bart, the orneriest, ugliest outlaw ever known, starts terrorizing the prairie, seems like Angel and Dust Devil may be the only ones strong enough to stop him.

Dust Devil received four starred reviews and was named a New York Times Notable Children's Book of the Year and an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Winner. Children will be captivated by the beauty and exaggerated humor of Paul Zelinsky’s American primitive–style paintings and the wit and energy of Anne Isaacs’s unparalleled storytelling. Here is an original folktale starring an extraordinary gal who is as feisty as she is funny and as courageous as she is kind.

Awards

  • WINNER
    New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
  • WINNER | 2010
    Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best books
  • WINNER | 2010
    New York Public Library Book for Reading and Sharing
  • WINNER | 2010
    New York Times Notable Book
  • WINNER | 2010
    School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
  • NOMINEE
    Bank Street Child Study Children's Book Award
  • NOMINEE
    Indiana Young Hoosier Award
  • NOMINEE
    New York State Charlotte Award
  • NOMINEE
    Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award
  • FINALIST
    Bank Street Child Study Children's Book Award
  • HONOR
    Irma Simonton Black Award
  • NOMINEE | 2014
    Georgia Children's Book Award
  • HONOR | 2010
    Oppenheim Toy Portfolio

Author

Anne Isaacs was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. She feels most at home in rural environments, such as the redwood forest near her Santa Cruz, California, home, where she lives with her husband and three children. The family has built their own treehouse, which they share with several squirrels and blue jays. Isaacs is the author of the Caldecott Honor Book Swamp Angel, and her other works include Cat Up a Tree and Treehouse Tales. View titles by Anne Isaacs
© Paul O. Zelinsky
Paul O. Zelinsky was born in Evanston, Illinois. He attended Yale University, where he took a course with Maurice Sendak, which later inspired him to pursue a career in children's books. He went on to receive a graduate degree in painting from Tyler School of Art, in Philadelphia and Rome. His first book was published in 1978. Among many other awards and prizes, he received the 1998 Caldecott Medal for his illustrated retelling of Rapunzel, as well as Caldecott Honors for three of his books: Hansel and Gretel (1985), Rumpelstiltskin (1987), and Swamp Angel (1995). Paul Zelinsky lives in New York with his wife, Deborah. View titles by Paul O. Zelinsky

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