Chicago children's author Kate Hannigan writes fiction and nonfiction for young readers. A former newspaper journalist, Kate's nonfiction picture book biography A Lady Has the Floor earned four starred reviews. Visit katehannigan.com. Raised in Wales, Rebecca Gibbon moved to Herefordshire after being based in London for many years. Rebecca took her foundation course at the Cardiff School of Art & Design, followed by a BA in graphic design at Liverpool School of Art. After graduating, she took an MA in illustration at the Royal College of Art. Visitinstagram.com/rebecca.gibbon.
"In this swiftly paced picture book adventure, Hannigan traces the
1889-1890 circumnavigation of the globe undertaken by two intrepid
women journalists...In acrylic inks and colored pencil, Gibbon
provides brightly colored, intricately doodle-like accompaniment as
numbered spreads portray the women's impressively conveyed
journeys." -Publishers Weekly
"On November 18, 1889, two journalists left New York separately,
each determined to circle the globe. Few women worked as
journalists, and fewer would have
dared to take such a difficult journey alone....the journalists'
travels made the world seem smaller, while demonstrating the
capabilities of women....Varied in composition, the mixed-media
artwork illustrates the travelers' experiences and their times
effectively. A spirited, historical picture book." -Booklist
"Two creative, energetic women set out on an around-the-world
journalists' dream assignment in this book....The pages are
colorful and have lovely landmarks of the locations Bly and Bisland
pass through during their travels....This empowering...[and]
unusual story with its driven women and epic tour belongs on the
biography shelves, but the adventure shelves, too." -School Library
Journal
"The real-life story of two intrepid female journalists and their
competition to circumnavigate the globe. Hannigan recounts the
hair-raising, breakneck race, including the challenges each women
faced-seasickness, late ships, surly sailors, and more...The
acrylic ink and colored pencil illustrations are colorful with fine
details. ...[T]here's much to love in this historic tale of female
derring-do." -Kirkus Reviews
"Hannigan's text and Gibbon's ink and colored pencil
illustrations...effectively compare and contrast the personalities
of the racers. A host of brief, breathless quotations from
periodicals, commentators, and the subjects themselves offer
insight into how the race was experienced by late
nineteenth-century media consumers. An author's note alerts readers
that the staged frenemy coverage masked just how much Bly and
Bisland had in common, from obstacles both faced as women working
in male-dominated journalism to their deaths by pneumonia and their
interments in the same cemetery. Also included are brief
biographies of ten female investigative journalists from the
nineteenth to twenty-first centuries, a chatty note by Gibbons on
her research, and a bibliography." -The Bulletin of the Center for
Children's Books
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