By TOPIC Award Winning Books African American Children's Books Biography & Autobiography Diversity & Inclusion Foreign Language & Bilingual Books Hispanic & Latino Children's Books Holidays & Celebrations Holocaust Books Juvenile Nonfiction New York Times Bestsellers Professional Development Reference Books Test Prep.By GRADE Elementary School Middle School High Schoolīy AGE Board Books (newborn to age 3) Early Childhood Readers (ages 4-8) Children's Picture Books (ages 3-8) Juvenile Fiction (ages 8-12) Young Adult Fiction (ages 12+).BESTSELLERS in EDUCATION Shop All Education Books.She likes to cook and can bake a prize-worthy apple pie. This popular young adult book received three starred reviews and was named to several annual lists of “best” books, including Kirkus’s Best Books for Teens, Bank Street College’s Best Children’s Books and the Amelia Bloomer Project List.Īmong Catherine’s other notable books are FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE: THE COURAGEOUS LIFE OF THE LEGENDARY NURSE, recipient of four starred reviews, an Outstanding Science Trade Book and a Notable Social Studies Trade Book and VICTORIA: PORTRAIT OF A QUEEN, one of the Denver Library's Best and Brightest Books for 2017 and Bank Street College's Best Books of 2017.Ĭatherine works hard at her writing, but she also loves to travel, read, work with her hands and spend time with her family and friends. One of Booklist’s Top Ten Arts Books for Youth 2014, FRIDA & DIEGO received starred reviews from Kirkus, School Library Journal and Booklist.Ĭatherine also wrote THE BRONTE SISTERS: THE BRIEF LIVES OF CHARLOTTE, EMILY, AND ANNE. This story of love, tragedy and survival gained for Catherine the NOBLE Award for Young Adult Nonfiction and was named to several year-end 'best' lists.Ĭatherine's dual biography, FRIDA & DIEGO: ART, LOVE, LIFE, explores the lives and work of two remarkable artists admired in Mexico and throughout the world, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, in a colorful, richly illustrated format. Her most recent book, MARY SHELLEY: THE STRANGE TRUE TALE OF FRANKENSTEIN'S CREATOR, introduces the woman who, at eighteen, authored one of the world's most enduring horror classics.

In recent years Catherine has specialized in biography. Her many books for young people and adults have earned wide recognition.

Catherine Reef is the recipient of the 2020 Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award, which recognizes her significant contribution to the quality of nonfiction for young readers.

Mary Shelley by Catherine Reef