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Don Brown


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Don Brown is the award-winning author and illustrator of many picture book biographies. He has been widely praised for his resonant storytelling and his delicate watercolor paintings that evoke the excitement, humor, pain, and joy of lives lived with passion. School Library Journal has called him "a current pacesetter who has put the finishing touches on the standards for storyographies." He lives in New York with his family. ...more

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Starred Reviews for 83 DAYS IN MARIUPOL

★ “An important piece of history in progress is captured here, and readers will not fail to be moved.” — School Library Journal (starred review)

★ “Bolstered with robust source notes, this is a flawless book about a senseless atrocity.” — Booklist (starred review)

★ “Brown offers up an intensely powerful graphic novel that humanizes an overwhelming tragedy. [His] masterful composition layers the emo

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Average rating: 3.97 · 27,803 ratings · 5,251 reviews · 48 distinct works • Similar authors
Drowned City: Hurricane Kat...
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The Unwanted: Stories of th...
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The Great American Dust Bow...
3.92 avg rating — 3,306 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions
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Fever Year: The Killer Flu ...
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America Is Under Attack: Se...
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83 Days in Mariupol: A War ...
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Odd Boy Out: Young Albert E...
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Series by Don Brown

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