Authors >
Jerdine Nolen

Jerdine Nolen
Photo credit: Pat Cummings

Jerdine Nolen

Jerdine Nolen is the author of many award-winning books for children, including Eliza’s Freedom Road, illustrated by Shadra Strickland; Raising Dragons, illustrated by Elise Primavera, which received the Christopher Award; and Harvey Potter’s Balloon Farm, illustrated by Mark Buehner, which won the Kentucky Bluegrass Award. She and Kadir Nelson collaborated on Thunder Rose, which School Library Journal called “a wonderful tale of joy and love”; and Hewitt Anderson’s Great Big Life, which received the Society of Illustrators’ Gold Medal. Jerdine Nolen lives with her family in Ellicott City, Maryland.

X Are you a fan?

Find out about new releases by this author, recommendations, special offers, and more.

Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life will be released on January 01, 2013 in eBook
Jan 01, 2013
Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life is now available in eBook
Jan 01, 2013
News:
Eliza's Freedom Road has won an award
Dec 14, 2012
News:
Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life has won an award
Mar 01, 2012
News:
Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life has won an award
Mar 01, 2012
News:
Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life has won an award
Mar 01, 2012
Eliza's Freedom Road will be released on January 04, 2011 in eBook
Jan 04, 2011
Eliza's Freedom Road is now available in eBook
Jan 04, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Eliza's Freedom Road
Dec 22, 2010

Authors on the Web

San Jose Mercury News, February 7, 2013
...heroes and more. Here are some recommended titles: "Eliza's Freedom Road: An Underground Railroad Diary," by Jerdine Nolen (a Paula Wiseman Book, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, ages 8-12). In this gentle, fictionalized diary of a...
Columbia Patch, May 30, 2012
...Families; drop-in. Books available for purchase and signing. AUTHOR SCHEDULE: 10:45 am Katherine Paterson 11:30 am Jerdine Nolen 12 pm      Jacqueline Jules 12:30 pm Michael Buckley 1 pm        Pamela Duncan Edwards 1:30 pm  ...
San Jose Mercury News, February 7, 2013
...heroes and more. Here are some recommended titles: "Eliza's Freedom Road: An Underground Railroad Diary," by Jerdine Nolen (a Paula Wiseman Book, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, ages 8-12). In this gentle, fictionalized diary of a...
Inside Bay Area, February 7, 2013
...heroes and more. Here are some recommended titles: "Eliza's Freedom Road: An Underground Railroad Diary," by Jerdine Nolen (a Paula Wiseman Book, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, ages 8-12). In this gentle, fictionalized diary of a...
Savage-Guilford Patch, June 13, 2012
...County Central Library at 10:30 a.m. Other authors who also will be speaking and signing autographs include: Jerdine Nolen – 11:30 a.m. – Author of Eliza’s Freedom Road, a story about a girl who uses the underground railroad to escape from 1854...
Columbia Patch, June 12, 2012
...County Central Library at 10:30 a.m. Other authors who also will be speaking and signing autographs include: Jerdine Nolen – 11:30 a.m. – author of Eliza’s Freedom Road, a story about a girl who uses the underground railroad to escape from 1854...
Willits News, June 1, 2012
...the same level as the branches. Kayser has a few children's favorite reads. "I like Plantzilla' by Jerdine Nolen. "It's about a boy who takes home a plant that his teacher loans to him, which turns out to be carnivorous. Kids get familiar with...
Ukiah Daily Journal, May 31, 2012
...the same level as the branches. Kayser has a few children's favorite reads. "I like Plantzilla' by Jerdine Nolen. "It's about a boy who takes home a plant that his teacher loans to him, which turns out to be carnivorous. Kids get familiar with...
Willits News, May 31, 2012
...the same level as the branches. Kayser has a few children's favorite reads. "I like Plantzilla' by Jerdine Nolen. "It's about a boy who takes home a plant that his teacher loans to him, which turns out to be carnivorous. Kids get familiar with...