Books for Kids
Written and Illustrated by Violet Lemay
Michael Sampson Books
Awards
🏆 2024 Reading the West Book Awards Winner – Picture Books
🏆 2024 CBC Children’s Favorites Winner
🏆 2024 CBC Librarian Favorites Winner
🏆 2024 CBC Teacher Favorites Winner
🏆 2024 Eric Hoffer Grand Prize Winner
🏆 2024 Nautilus Book Awards Gold Winner
🏆 2024 TheBookfest Gold Winner for Children’s Historical
🏆 2024 Next Generation Indie Silver Winner
🏆 2024 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Finalist
Midwestern Book Review
Synopsis: Alithia Ramirez dreamed of studying art in Paris. She drew the world as it should be -- full of color and joy, creativity and fun. From her teachers to her family and friends, Alithia shared her gifts with an open heart. Being an artist is never easy, but she drew every day to practice her skills and help everyone feel the love that art can bring.
Written to honor Alithia and all the lives affected by the Uvalde school tragedy, "Alithia Ramirez Was an Artist" by author/artist Violet Lemay will help preserve the memory of this talented young girl through her story and her artwork.
Critique: With the inclusion of additional artwork by Alitha Ramirez, this picture book biography is a fun and informative read from start to finish. Simply stated, this hard cover edition of "Alithia Ramirez Was an Artist" from Michael Sampson Books is an extraordinary and unreservedly recommended addition to family, elementary school, and community library biography picture book collections for children ages 5-10.
All author proceeds fund the Alithia Haven Ramirez Memorial Summer Seminar Scholarship.
Order signed copies from one of these lovely independent bookstores:
Page 158, Wake Forest NC
E. Shaver Bookseller, Savannah GA
Brazos Bookstore, Houston TX
The Novel Neighbor, Webster Groves MO
Books of Wonder, New York NY
The Twig Book Shop, San Antonio TX
Or of course, you can always order an UNSIGNED copy from amazon. :o)