W. Nikola-Lisa, Author/Publisher, Gyroscope Books

Welcome

Early Childhood

123 Thanksgiving

America

Can You Top That?

No Babies Asleep

One Hole in the Road

Setting Turkeys Free

Storm

Wheels Go Round

Primary Grades

Bein' With You This Way

Hallelujah

My Teacher Can Teach

Night Is Coming

Shake Dem Halloween Bones

Summer Sun Risin'

Tangletalk

Till Year's Good End

To Hear Angels Sing

Intermediate/Middle

Dear Frank

Don't Say An X Word

Dragonfly

Folk Stories

Gaya Lives in Blue House

How We Are Smart

Magic in the Margins

Shark Man

Year with Grandma Moses

Young Adult and Beyond

Aren't You the Janitor?

Circles, Lines, Squiggles

Dog Eared

Lectern to Laboratory

Men Who Made the Yankees

This We Pray

About the Author

Complete Bookshelf

 
Complete Bookshelf




—Circles, Lines, and Squiggles: Astrology for the Curious-Minded (2021). Chicago: Gyroscope Books.

—This We Pray | Sea of People (2020). Chicago: Gyroscope Books. 

—Please Don't Say An X Word (2020). Chicago: Gyroscope Books. First Place, Independent Press Awards; category, "Picture Books - All Ages" (2020). 

—From Lectern to Laboratory: How Science and Technology Changed the Face of America's Colleges (2019). Chicago: Gyroscope Books. Finalist in the Education/Academic category of the Best Book Awards sponsored by the American Book Festival (2019). 

—Folk Stories (2018). Chicago: Gyroscope Books.

—Dog Eared: A Year’s Romp Through the Self-Publishing World (2017). Chicago: Gyroscope Books. Winner, Canadian Book Excellence Book Awards (2017); Runner Up, Readers Views Book Awards (2017); Finalist, Chicago Writers Association Book Awards (2017).

—Shark Man (2015). Chicago: Gyroscope Books.

—The Men Who Made the Yankees: The Odyssey of the World's Greatest Baseball Team from Baltimore to the Bronx (2014). Chicago: Gyroscope Books. Winner, Spark Award, Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators (2015); Runner-up, Chicago Writers Association Book Awards (2015); Lumen Award, Literary Classics International (2014).

—Gaya Lives in a Blue House (2012). Illustr. Barbara Cooper. Chicago: Gyroscope Books. 

—Dear Frank. Babe Ruth, the Red Sox, and the Great War (2011). Illustr. Hugh Spector. Chicago: Gyroscope Books. Gold Seal for Historical Fiction, Literary Classics International (2012). 

—Hey, Aren’t You the Janitor? And Other Tales from the Life of a Children’s Book Author (2011). Chicago: Gyroscope Books.

—Dragonfly: A Childhood Memoir (2010). Chicago: Gyroscope Books.

—Magic in the Margins (2007). Illustr. Bonnie Christensen.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

—How We Are Smart (2006). Illustr. Sean Qualls. New York: Lee & Low. Winner, Christopher Award (2007); Honorable Mention, Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Awards (2007); Great Lakes Great Books Award List, Michigan Reading Association (2007). 

—Setting the Turkeys Free (2004). Illustr. Ken Wilson-Max. New York: Disney/Hyperion Jump at the Sun.

—My Teacher Can Teach…Anyone! (2004). Illustr. Felipe Galindo.  New York: Lee  & Low.

—To Hear the Angels Sing (2002). Illustr. Jill Weber. New York: Holiday House.

—Summer Sun Risin’ (2002). Illustr. Don Tate. New York: Lee & Low Books. Indiana Hoosier State Masterlist of Recommended Books (2005); Best Book of the Year, Banks Street College (2003). Golden Crown Award Nominee, National Christian Schools Association (2003); Renaissance Learning Accelerated Reading Program Selection (2003); Success for All Foundation’s KinderCorner “City Gardens/Country Farms” CD (2003). 

—Can You Top That? (2000). Illustr. Hector Viveros Lee.  New York: Lee & Low.

—The Year with Grandma Moses (2000). Paintings Grandma Moses.  New York: Henry Holt. Golden Crown Award Nominee, National Christian Schools Association (2000). Licensed for Japanese Translation (2002). 

—Hallelujah: Christmas Celebration (2000). Illustr. Synthia Saint James. New York: Athenaeum.

—Tangletalk (1997). Illustr. Jessica Clerk.  New York: Dutton. 

—Till Year's Good End (1997). Illustr. Christopher Manson. New York: Athenaeum. “Best Books of the Year,” Smithsonian Magazine.    

—America: My Land, Your Land, Our Land (1997). Multiple Artists. New York: Lee & Low. Nominated for Best Illustrations of the Year, Society of Illustrators (1997).

—Shake Dem Halloween Bones (1997). Illustr. Mike Reed. New York: Houghton Mifflin. Winner, Golden Archer Award, State of Wisconsin (2001);  Selection, Scholastic Book Fair and Book Club ( 1997).

—One Hole in the Road (1996). Illustr. Dan Yaccarino. New York: Bill Martin, Jr./Henry Holt. Children’s Book-of-the-Month Club (2006). 

—No Babies Asleep (1994). Illustr. Peter Palagonia.  New York: Athenaeum.

—Wheels Go Round (1994). Illustr. Jane Conteh-Morgan. Garden City, New York: Doubleday.

—Bein' With You This Way (1994). Illustr. Michael Bryant. New York: Lee & Low. Jane Gangi’s “Diverse Early Literacy Books for Social Studies” (2011); Reading Is Fundamental‘s K-4 Multicultural Booklist (2007); Anti-Defamation League’s “Close the Book on Hate” Reading List (2005); PBS Families Magazine feature (Sept. 2004); included in Lee & Low's 10th Anniversary of Publishing Retrospective (2004); Children’s Book-of-the-Month Club (2004); Reading-Magic Award, Parenting Magazine (1995);  Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Honoree (1995); Scholastic Book Fair and Book Club 1995; "Best Book" Award, Child Magazine (1994); American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists" (1994); featured by Valerie Lewis on CBS This Morning (1994).

—Storm (1993). Illustr. Michael Hays. New York: Atheneum. American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists" (1993). 

—1, 2, 3 Thanksgiving (1991). Illustr. Robin Kramer. Chicago: Albert Whitman.

—Night Is Coming (1991). Illustr. Jamichael Henterly. New York: Dutton. Scholastic Book Fair and Book Club (1991); Best Book of the Year, Smithsonian Magazine (1991); Featured Entry, McCracken Educational Catalog (1994).


 
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