Suzanne Buckingham Slade is the award-winning author of over 85 books for children.
She spends most days doing what she loves – dreaming up new story ideas, reading children’s books, researching, and best of all – writing! She also enjoys visiting schools and sharing her love of books. Ms. Slade lives near Chicago with her husband and two children. She holds a B. S. in Mechanical Engineering and worked in the engineering field before beginning her writing career.
What's New?
Virtual school author visits via Skype! (Plus earn free books for your school.) Click here for all the details.
Climbing Lincoln's Steps (Albert Whitman, illus. by Coretta Scott King Honor artist, Colin Bootman)
-won the 2011 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People (PreK-3 category)
- named a 2011 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
- selected by Scholastic for their School Book Fairs!
Multiply on the Fly won a California Reading Association 2011 Eureka! Silver Honor Award
Susan B. Anthony-Fighter for Freedom and Equality was named to the 2008 Amelia Bloomer Recommended Titles list.
Upcoming Picture Books
The House That George Built (Charlesbridge, 2012)
* a 2012 Junior Library Guild Selection!
The Great Divide (Sylvan Dell, 2012)
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