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Christy Mihaly

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Christy Mihaly is a children's author and former lawyer. Her civics-themed informational books include OUR CONGRESS (Albert Whitman 2024), THE SUPREME COURT AND US (Albert Whitman 2022), and FREE FOR YOU AND ME: What Our First Amendment Means (2020).

Other works include Barefoot Books WATER: A Deep Dive of Discovery (2021), which takes young readers on a round-the-world tour of our planet's precious and powerful water; PATIENCE, PATCHES!, (2022) a tale about a dog and a new baby; MEL BROOKS: A Little Golden Book Biography (2024); HEY, HEY, HAY! (A Tale of Bales and the Machines That Make Them) (Holiday House 2018), and DIET FOR A CHANGING CLIMATE: Food for Thought (Lerner/TFCB 2018), which seeks to inspire older kids to action with facts an ...more

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	Hey, Hey, Hay!: A Tale of Bales and the Machines That Make Them by Christy Mihaly (Goodreads Author), Joe Cepeda (Illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 138 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Patience, Patches! by Christy Mihaly (Goodreads Author), Sheryl Murray (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Free for You and Me: What Our First Amendment Means by Christy Mihaly (Goodreads Author), Manu Montoya (Illustrations) 4.36 avg rating — 92 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Supreme Court and Us by Christy Mihaly (Goodreads Author), Neely Daggett (Illustrator) 4.10 avg rating — 63 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Barefoot Books Water by Christy Mihaly (Goodreads Author), Mariona Cabassa (Illustrator) 4.19 avg rating — 37 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mel Brooks: A Little Golden Book Biography (Little Golden Book Biographies) by Christy Mihaly (Goodreads Author), Kelly Kennedy (Illustrator) 4.55 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Music and Silence: The Passion and Protest of Pablo Casals (Incredible Lives for Young Readers by Christy Mihaly (Goodreads Author), Mariona Cabassa (Illustrator) 4.48 avg rating — 21 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Congress by Christy Mihaly (Goodreads Author), Doruntina Beqiraj (illustrator) 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Californias Redwood Forest 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All About Apps (Cutting-Edge Technology) (Cutting-Edge Technology (Paperback)) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Finding Inspiration ... Under My Nose

Where do writers find ideas? All around us! The idea for my forthcoming picture book took over my brain as I was in the middle of writing an utterly unrelated biography.

In the fall of 2013, I got serious about my long-term plan of writing books for children. I focused on nonfiction picture books. That same time, we moved out of our house in town and into the country, next to a beautiful hayfie Read more of this blog post »

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