Author
Don Brown
3 books here
Older Than Dirt: A Wild But True History of Earth
Nonfiction · ages 8–12 · 730L · 2017
Don Brown makes 4.5 billion years visceral without condescension — the illustrations and conversational tone turn geological deep time into genuine awe, and kids retain the sequence.
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans
Nonfiction · ages 8–12 · 720L · 2015
The gold standard for teaching kids how to read a real disaster honestly — Brown's illustrations and restrained prose let the scale speak without sensationalizing, and the focus on recovery grounds the story in agency, not helplessness.
The unwanted
Picture book · ages 5–9 · 600L · 2018
A picture book that treats the refugee crisis with unflinching honesty and child-centered emotion—heartbreaking and necessary, not preachy.