Elise Broach
Elise Broach is the New York Times bestselling author of Masterpiece, Shakespeare’s Secret and Desert Crossing, Missing on Superstition Mountain, the first book in the Superstition Mountain Trilogy, as well as several picture books. Her books have been selected as ALA notable books, Junior Library Guild selections, a Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book, a New York Public Library Best Book for the Teenage, an IRA Teacher’s Choice, an E.B. White Read Aloud Award, and nominated for an Edgar Award, among other distinctions. Ms. Broach holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in history from Yale University. She was born in Georgia and lives in the woods of rural Connecticut, walking distance from three farms, a library, a post office and two country stores.
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Masterpiece by Elise Broach--Audiobook Excerpt
Listen to this audiobook excerpt from Elise Broach's children's book Masterpiece. Marvin lives with his family under the kitchen sink in the Pompadays' apartment. He is very much a beetle. James Pompaday lives with his family in New York City. He is very much an eleven-year-old boy. After James gets a pen-and-ink set for his birthday, Marvin surprises him by creating an elaborate miniature drawing.
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Elise Broach; illustrations by Kelly Murphy
Holt Books for Young Readers
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Book 5 in the Masterpiece Adventures chapter book series featuring Marvin the beetle and his best friend, James.
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Elise Broach; illustrations by Kelly Murphy
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Book 4 in the Masterpiece Adventures chapter book series featuring Marvin the beetle and his best friend, James.
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Bedtime for Little Bulldozer
Elise Broach; illustrations by Barry E. Jackson
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Little Bulldozer struggles to fall asleep in Bedtime for Little Bulldozer, a sweet and clever bedtime picture book by New York Times bestselling author Elise Broach with...
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Elise Broach; illustrations by Alice Ratterree
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There are some kinds of trouble you never see coming, like those thunderstorms that start from nothing at all. One minute the sky is bright blue and distant. Then, all of a sudden, it's dark and...
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