Books with author Joanna Clark

When the people of Flint, Michigan, turned on their faucets in April 2014, the water pouring out was poisoned with lead and other toxins. Through a series of disastrous decisions, the state government had switched the city’s water supply to a source that corroded Flint’s aging lead pipes. Complaints about the foul-smelling water were dismissed: the residents of Flint, mostly poor and African American, were not seen as credible, even in matters of their own lives.It took eighteen months of activism by city residents and a band of dogged outsiders to force the state to admit that the water was poisonous. By that time, twelve people had died and Flint’s children had suffered irreparable harm. The long battle for accountability and a humane response to this man-made disaster has only just begun.In the first full account of this American tragedy, Anna Clark's The Poisoned City recounts the gripping story of Flint’s poisoned water through the people who caused it, suffered from it, and exposed it. It is a chronicle of one town, but could also be about any American city, all made precarious by the neglect of infrastructure and the erosion of democratic decision making. Places like Flint are set up to fail―and for the people who live and work in them, the consequences can be fatal.

When the people of Flint, Michigan, turned on their faucets in April 2014, the water pouring out was poisoned with lead and other toxins. Through a series of disastrous decisions, the state government had switched the city’s water supply to a source that corroded Flint’s aging lead pipes. Complaints about the foul-smelling water were dismissed: the residents of Flint, mostly poor and African American, were not seen as credible, even in matters of their own lives.It took eighteen months of activism by city residents and a band of dogged outsiders to force the state to admit that the water was poisonous. By that time, twelve people had died and Flint’s children had suffered irreparable harm. The long battle for accountability and a humane response to this man-made disaster has only just begun.In the first full account of this American tragedy, Anna Clark's The Poisoned City recounts the gripping story of Flint’s poisoned water through the people who caused it, suffered from it, and exposed it. It is a chronicle of one town, but could also be about any American city, all made precarious by the neglect of infrastructure and the erosion of democratic decision making. Places like Flint are set up to fail—and for the people who live and work in them, the consequences can be fatal.

When the people of Flint, Michigan, turned on their faucets in April 2014, the water pouring out was poisoned with lead and other toxins. Through a series of disastrous decisions, the state government had switched the city’s water supply to a source that corroded Flint’s aging lead pipes. Complaints about the foul-smelling water were dismissed: the residents of Flint, mostly poor and African American, were not seen as credible, even in matters of their own lives.It took eighteen months of activism by city residents and a band of dogged outsiders to force the state to admit that the water was poisonous. By that time, twelve people had died and Flint’s children had suffered irreparable harm. The long battle for accountability and a humane response to this man-made disaster has only just begun.In the first full account of this American tragedy, Anna Clark's The Poisoned City recounts the gripping story of Flint’s poisoned water through the people who caused it, suffered from it, and exposed it. It is a chronicle of one town, but could also be about any American city, all made precarious by the neglect of infrastructure and the erosion of democratic decision making. Places like Flint are set up to fail―and for the people who live and work in them, the consequences can be fatal.

Aunt Pajama has ten nieces and nephews and lots of fun adventures. In the first book of this series, "Meet Aunt Pajama" we are introduced to this funny aunt and two of her nieces. In this second book of the series, two of Aunt Pajama's nephews help her find a dog to adopt as a pet. Aunt Pajama discovers that owning a dog is not as easy as just wanting one. But through time, with love and patience, Lucy becomes a nice pet.

Aunt Pajama has ten nieces and nephews and lots of fun adventures. The whimsical characters and colorful illustrations are sure to draw children into the stories. The third book of this series, "Aunt Pajama and the Big Storm," deals with Hurricane Irma, and the real danger that many families faced. Homes and schools were damaged and families were displaced, but Aunt Pajama finds a way to help her niece and nephew weather the storm and its aftermath. This book is an excellent tool to help children deal with real-life situations in a comfortable way.

The Aunt Pajama Children's Books are based on the adventures of an aunt with her nieces and nephews. The whimsical characters and colorful illustrations are sure to draw a child into the stories. In this fifth book of the series, the older nieces and nephews want Aunt Pajama to help them babysit for the younger children, which leads to lots of fun and a few misadventures.

THE PENNY NICHOLS MYSTERY SERIES contains the complete series in Mildred Wirt Benson's (writing as Joan Clark) popular detective stories for girls series. Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.PENNY NICHOLS FINDS A CLUEPENNY NICHOLS AND THE MYSTERY OF THE LOST KEYPENNY NICHOLS AND THE BLACK IMPPENNY NICHOLS AND THE KNOB HILL MYSTERYJoan Clark was a pseudonym of Mildred A. Wirt Benson, (1905-2002) a prolific author of books for young readers. A trained journalist, Benson is best known as a ghostwriter for the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Under the house pen-name Carolyn Keene, Benson completed 23 of the first 25 Nancy Drew mysteries and wrote a number of others until 1984. Benson also wrote several of her own mystery series from the 1930s to the 1950s.