Alazar Press® is an imprint of Royal Swan Enterprises, Inc., a North Carolina based corporation with a focus on engaging readers with ideas through the arts and history. With the publication of the book, He Seemed Normal in 2024, Alazar Press opened a new line of business by publishing books for adults. Previously, the press exclusively published books for children.
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Genre:
Children’s picture book, fiction
Author:
Eloise Greenfield
Number of Pages:
32
Illustrator:
Daniel Minter
Publication Date:
September 2019
Trim size:
8.5 X 11 inches
Genre:
Art and music book, history, African American
Author:
Ashley Bryan
Number of Pages:
72
Illustrator:
Ashley Bryan
Publication Date:
April 2012
Trim size:
10.5 X 8.5 inches
Genre:
Art and music book, history, African American
Author:
Ashley Bryan
Number of Pages:
72
Illustrator:
Ashley Bryan
Publication Date:
April 2012
Trim size:
10.5 X 8.5 inches
Genre:
Children’s picture book, fiction
Author:
Rosemarie Gulla
Number of Pages:
32
Illustrator:
Gary Undercuffler
Publication Date:
April 2007
Trim size:
9 X 11 inches
Genre:
Children’s picture book, fiction
Author:
Julie Fortenberry
Number of Pages:
32
Illustrator:
Julie Fortenberry
Publication Date:
April 2014
Trim size:
8.25 X 8.25 inches
Genre:
Children’s picture book, fiction
Author:
Leslie Tryon
Number of Pages:
32
Illustrator:
Jan Spivey Gilchrist
Publication Date:
August 2017
Trim size:
9 X 12 inches
Join in with Alaina as she prepares to thank the audience at her elementary school play. Her imagination and exuberance result in something joyous and unexpected . . . With the guileless wonder, the innocence of a little girl, Alaina is profoundly changed by the performance of a school play. As she falls in love with the art of live theater, her enthusiasm lands her center stage. Alaina recounts “But when I opened my mouth, the right words didn’t come out. I was too excited to say that little speech. It wasn’t good enough for that great play, so . . .”
With many award-winning books to her credit, Eloise Greenfield has achieved her status among the most celebrated of children’s authors. Multiple lifetime achievement awards include the ALA Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, a Living Legacy Award, a Hope S. Dean Award, an NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children among others. She has been inducted into the National Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent.
Join in with Alaina as she prepares to thank the audience at her elementary school play. Her imagination and exuberance result in something joyous and unexpected . . . With the guileless wonder, the innocence of a little girl, Alaina is profoundly changed by the performance of a school play. As she falls in love with the art of live theater, her enthusiasm lands her center stage. Alaina recounts “But when I opened my mouth, the right words didn’t come out. I was too excited to say that little speech. It wasn’t good enough for that great play, so . . .”
With many award-winning books to her credit, Eloise Greenfield has achieved her status among the most celebrated of children’s authors. Multiple lifetime achievement awards include the ALA Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, a Living Legacy Award, a Hope S. Dean Award, an NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children among others. She has been inducted into the National Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent.
Join in with Alaina as she prepares to thank the audience at her elementary school play. Her imagination and exuberance result in something joyous and unexpected . . . With the guileless wonder, the innocence of a little girl, Alaina is profoundly changed by the performance of a school play. As she falls in love with the art of live theater, her enthusiasm lands her center stage. Alaina recounts “But when I opened my mouth, the right words didn’t come out. I was too excited to say that little speech. It wasn’t good enough for that great play, so . . .”
With many award-winning books to her credit, Eloise Greenfield has achieved her status among the most celebrated of children’s authors. Multiple lifetime achievement awards include the ALA Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, a Living Legacy Award, a Hope S. Dean Award, an NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children among others. She has been inducted into the National Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent.
Join in with Alaina as she prepares to thank the audience at her elementary school play. Her imagination and exuberance result in something joyous and unexpected . . . With the guileless wonder, the innocence of a little girl, Alaina is profoundly changed by the performance of a school play. As she falls in love with the art of live theater, her enthusiasm lands her center stage. Alaina recounts “But when I opened my mouth, the right words didn’t come out. I was too excited to say that little speech. It wasn’t good enough for that great play, so . . .”
With many award-winning books to her credit, Eloise Greenfield has achieved her status among the most celebrated of children’s authors. Multiple lifetime achievement awards include the ALA Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, a Living Legacy Award, a Hope S. Dean Award, an NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children among others. She has been inducted into the National Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent.
Join in with Alaina as she prepares to thank the audience at her elementary school play. Her imagination and exuberance result in something joyous and unexpected . . . With the guileless wonder, the innocence of a little girl, Alaina is profoundly changed by the performance of a school play. As she falls in love with the art of live theater, her enthusiasm lands her center stage. Alaina recounts “But when I opened my mouth, the right words didn’t come out. I was too excited to say that little speech. It wasn’t good enough for that great play, so . . .”
With many award-winning books to her credit, Eloise Greenfield has achieved her status among the most celebrated of children’s authors. Multiple lifetime achievement awards include the ALA Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, a Living Legacy Award, a Hope S. Dean Award, an NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children among others. She has been inducted into the National Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent.
Join in with Alaina as she prepares to thank the audience at her elementary school play. Her imagination and exuberance result in something joyous and unexpected . . . With the guileless wonder, the innocence of a little girl, Alaina is profoundly changed by the performance of a school play. As she falls in love with the art of live theater, her enthusiasm lands her center stage. Alaina recounts “But when I opened my mouth, the right words didn’t come out. I was too excited to say that little speech. It wasn’t good enough for that great play, so . . .”
With many award-winning books to her credit, Eloise Greenfield has achieved her status among the most celebrated of children’s authors. Multiple lifetime achievement awards include the ALA Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, a Living Legacy Award, a Hope S. Dean Award, an NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children among others. She has been inducted into the National Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent.
“With echoes of Lear and Stevenson, this journey into the land of dreams pairs a detailed Old World setting with a pulsing four-beat rhythm to pull readers into its magical realm . . . . Masterful wordplay, alliteration, imagery, and rhyme contribute to this 29-stanza poem, printed in its entirety at the opening and then woven throughout the densely populated pages in a hand-printed text . . . . Bileck and Bryan capture the stuff of dreams in this mesmerizing and multifaceted pageant.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Lines of prose are scattered among the illustrations, which will dazzle the eyes and stimulate the imagination. By Trolley Past Thimbledon Bridge has literally been decades in the making, but this beautiful picture book has been completely worth the wait.” —Holly Scudero, sanfranciscobookreview.com
“In a nod to art’s twin powers of subversion and of transformation, a very small painter makes a hardhearted king cry–and then smile.” –Kirkus Reviews
“An endearing protagonist who puts the very ‘spunk’ in ‘spunky.’ Julie’s vivid artwork pops off the page.” – Julie Danielson, Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
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