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Karen Bush Gibson

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Born

in St. Louis, The United States

Website

http://www.gibson4writing.com

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Genre

Children's, Nonfiction, Mystery

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Karen Bush Gibson (also known as K.B. Gibson and Karen Gibson) has been writing, well, forever. She has written a little bit of everything, but got her start writing articles and features for magazines. Karen began writing children's nonfiction in 2001 with Capstone and loves bringing nonfiction to life for kids. Since then, she has worked with several publishers, including Chicago Review Press and Nomad Press. Karen has more than 30 books published (stopped counting at 30) and stays so busy that she's having trouble returning to her other love, mystery writing. "A Class on Murder" was released in 2012. ...more

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	Women in Space: 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures (7) (Women of Action) 3.59 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2014 — 9 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
	Women Aviators: 26 Stories of Pioneer Flights, Daring Missions, and Record-Setting Journeys (4) (Women of Action) 3.74 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2013 — 7 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
	Native American History for Kids: With 21 Activities (35) (For Kids series) 4.12 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	A Class on Murder 3.18 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2012	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
	Texas History for Kids: Lone Star Lives and Legends, with 21 Activities (57) (For Kids series) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2015 — 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 Oregon Trail: The Journey Across the Country From Lewis and Clark to the Transcontinental Railroad With 25 Projects by Karen Bush Gibson (Goodreads Author), Tom Casteel (Illustrations) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — 5 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
	Ancient Babylon 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Marine Biology: Cool Women Who Dive by Karen Bush Gibson (Goodreads Author), Lena Chandhok (Illustrations) 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — 6 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
	Gutsy Girls Go For Science: Paleontologists: With Stem Projects for Kids by Karen Bush Gibson (Goodreads Author), Hui Li (Illustrations) 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2019 — 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
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Today is Bessie Coleman’s birthday. She was the first African American pilot to be licensed. Many years ago, I saw her photo and read a summary of her all too brief life in a museum. I was immediately hooked!

I read everything I could about her. How she learned French in order to go to flight school in France because American flight schools wouldn’t accept women or people of color. How she got tha Read more of this blog post »

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