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Terry Widener

Terry Widener

Terry Widener

Terry Widener is an award-winning illustrator whose picture books include Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man (a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book and an ALA Notable Book) and The Babe & I (a recipient of the California Young Reader Medal), both by David A. Adler, and Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings (a Junior Library Guild Selection) by Deborah Hopkinson. Mr. Widener lives with his family in McKinney, Texas.

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Pittsburgh City Paper, March 20, 2013
...while focusing on Mays' winning personality and on-field majesty. Both aspects of the man are gorgeously captured in Terry Widener's flowing, hand-painted illustrations in rich, muted colors. It's a home run. History imprint Arcadia Publishing mines...
New York Times, March 8, 2013
...book is a definite home run. (Kakiiin!) YOU NEVER HEARD OF WILLIE MAYS?! By Jonah Winter. Illustrated by Terry Widener. 40 pp. Schwartz & Wade. $17.99. (Picture book; ages 4 to 9) The lenticular cover of this magnificent biography is no mere...
School Library Journal, March 6, 2013
...brief history of baseball in both countries. You Never Heard of Willie Mays?! By Jonah Winter. Illus. by Terry Widener. Random/Schwarz and Wade. 2013. Trade $17.99. ISBN 978-0-375-86844-3; Library Edition $20.99. ISBN 978-0-375-96844-0; ebook $10.99....
School Library Journal, March 4, 2013
...978-0-8027-2311-6; PLB $13.89. ISBN 978-0-8027-2312-3. LC 2011046330. WINTER , Jonah. You Never Heard of Willie Mays?! illus. by Terry Widener. 40p. charts. glossary. websites. Random/Schwartz and Wade. 2013. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-375-86844-3; PLB...
Kirkus Reviews, January 26, 2013
...Horace Pippin, self-taught African-American artist; and You Never Heard of Willie Mays?!, by Jonah Winter and illustrated by Terry Widener, an appropriately enthusiastic and energetic biography of the Giants great. Older readers share in the Black...
Coventry Patch, December 18, 2012
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South Brunswick Patch, December 12, 2012
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Coventry Patch, December 18, 2012
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South Brunswick Patch, December 12, 2012
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Emmaus Patch, December 10, 2012
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PublishersWeekly.com, December 10, 2012
...CD of the speech. You Never Heard of Willie Mays?! (Jan., $17.99) by Jonah Winter, illus. by Terry Widener. A picture book biography about the man many consider to be the greatest all-around baseball player of all time, complete with sidebars containing...
East Brunswick Patch, December 9, 2012
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Oakdale Patch, December 7, 2012
...Are you enjoying the football and basketball seasons? Kids across the country sure are! You can be an ALL-STAR parent without missing even one of the season’s big games! And we don’t just mean you’ll be playing and watching and cheering, but...
East Cobb Patch, December 5, 2012
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