Books in series
#16
My Little Golden Book About Balto
2019
Help your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography all about the brave sled dog Balto! The perfect introduction to nonfiction for preschoolers!
Travel alongside Balto, the famous sled dog, as he races across frozen Alaska in 1925 with lifesaving medicine! This exciting true tale of a heroic dog will thrill young boys and girls. Full of engaging colorful artwork and little-known facts—including what happened to Balto in his later years—My Little Golden Book About Balto will be read again and again!
#28
My Little Golden Book About Betty White
2021
Help your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography about America's First Lady of Television, Betty White! The perfect introduction to nonfiction for preschoolers!
This Little Golden Book about Betty White—television star, comedian, animal lover, and game show competitor—is a celebration of the beloved woman! A great read-aloud for young girls and boys—as well as their parents and grandparents who grew up watching Betty on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls.
Look for Little Golden Book biographies about these other inspiring people: Dolly Parton, Kamala Harris, Frida Kahlo, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Jackie Robinson, Martin Luther King Jr., Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Johnny Appleseed.
Authors
Deborah Hopkinson
Author · 63 books
I write nonfiction and historical fiction, picture books, and Golden Books. I speak at school, libraries, and conferences. I also love to garden and offer manuscript critiques. (Deborahhopkinson@yahoo.com) NEW books in 2023 include RACE AGAINST DEATH: The Greatest POW Rescue of WWII, which has three starred reviews; CINDERELLA AND A MOUSE CALLED FRED, illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Paul O. Zelinsky, which has a star from Kirkus; TRIM SETS SAIL and TRIM HELPS OUT, Junior Library Guild selections; THE PLOT to Kill a QUEEN and SMALL PLACES, CLOSE to HOME, a picture book inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I live in Oregon.
