Guest Author Don Brown

Meet author and illustrator Don Brown at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10 in the lower level meeting room of the Oshkosh Public Library. Book sales and signing will follow. Brown's appearance at the Library is part of Bookfest 2005.

Don Brown is a professional illustrator/author. His first children's book, “Ruth Law Thrills a Nation,” was a Reading Rainbow feature selection and an NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies. His second book, “Alice Ramsey’s Grand Adventure,” received starred reviews in Kirkus Reviews and School Library Journal.

School Library Journal has called him "a current pacesetter who has put the finishing touches on the standards for storyographies." His most recent book, “Rare Treasure,” was selected as a NCSS-CBC Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies.

Books Written and Illustrated by Don Brown:

Ruth Law Thrills a Nation. Ticknor & Fields, 1993

Alice Ramsey's Grand Adventure. Houghton, 1997

One Giant Leap: The Story of Neil Armstrong. Houghton, 1998

Rare Treasure: Mary Anning and Her Remarkable Discoveries. Houghton, 1999

Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa. Houghton, 2000

For more information, visit his official website.