Illustrated by Darcie ParkFrom the manmade glitter of the Las Vegas strip to the natural splendor of Lake Tahoe, Nevada\'s riches go beyond the silver and gold found in Virginia City.
Darcie makes her home in Lake Tahoe..
She started her freelance illustration career in college and illustrated her first children\'s book, The Reluctant Dragon, her first year out of college.
She graduated with a BFA in illustration form California State University, Long Beach.
Darcie Park was born and raised in Long Beach, California, and started drawing when she was five years old.
Her previous children\'s books include Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes and The Big Balloon Race.
Eleanor has written children\'s books, lectured, and visited schools across the United States and abroad.
She taught children\'s literature at Monterey Peninsula College and creative writing at Chapman College in California.
Eleanor Coerr began her professional life as a newspaper reporter and editor of a column for children.
S is for Silver showcases the hardy wildlife (the Desert Bighorn Sheep and the desert tortoise) and even hardier pioneers (the builders of the Hoover Dam) who shaped Nevada\'s landscape and character.
From the man-made glitter of the Las Vegas strip to the natural splendor of Lake Tahoe, Nevada\'s riches go beyond the silver and gold found in Virginia City.
Darcie makes her home in Lake Tahoe.
She started her freelance illustration career in college and illustrated her first children\'s book, The Reluctant Dragon, her first year out of college.
She graduated with a BFA in illustration form California State University, Long Beach.
Darcie Park was born and raised in Long Beach, California, and started drawing when she was five years old.
Eleanor shares her time between Henderson, Nevada and Pebble Beach, California.
Her previous children\'s books include Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes and The Big Balloon Race.
For the past 25 years, Eleanor has been writing children\'s books, lecturing, and visiting schools across the United States and abroad.
She taught children\'s literature at Monterey Peninsula College and creative writing at Chapman College in California.
S is for Silver showcases the hardy wildlife (the Desert Bighorn Sheep and the desert tortoise) and even hardier pioneers (the builders of the Hoover Dam) who shaped Nevada\'s landscape and character.
Eleanor Coerr began her professional life as a newspaper reporter and editor of a column for children.
Illustrated by Darcie ParkFrom the manmade glitter of the Las Vegas strip to the natural splendor of Lake Tahoe, Nevada\'s riches go beyond the silver and gold found in Virginia City
