Lisa Robinson. Riverhead, $27.95 (368p) ISBN 978-1-59448-714-9
During her 40 plus years as a music writer and columnist (New Musical Express, NY Post, Vanity Fair), Robinson has conducted a wealth of high-profile interviews—Patti Smith, Led Zeppelin, Michael Jackson, Jay Z, Eminem. These immersive tales from...
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Lisa Robinson. Holt, $27.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-62779-490-9
Music journalist and Vanity Fair contributing editor Robinson (There Goes Gravity) highlights the challenges of being a woman in the music business in these passionate, insightful essays. Here she shares excerpts from 5,000 hours of taped...
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Lisa Robinson, illus. by Hadley Hooper. Holiday House/Porter, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8234-5266-8
Tired of New York City’s “cars, crowds, and skyscrapers,” Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986), who’d been painting large, lush flowers, escapes to the “canyons, mesas, and skyscapes” of New Mexico. There, she gets in touch with both the land and her...
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Lisa Robinson, illus. by Eda Kaban. Two Lions, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-5420-9275-3
Emma, the heroine of Robinson’s debut, is first spied eagerly packing up her cutlass, spyglass, and treasure map on the first day of kindergarten, but she is soon navigating rocky waters. With a hearty “Ahoy,” she confidently reports to her former...
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Lisa Robinson and Mary Mackenzie, illus. by Nicole Michels. Sounds True, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-6496-3065-0
Jackal is furious when best friend Giraffe befriends Aardvark, the new animal in class. “I don’t want to play with anyone but you!” Jackal yips at Giraffe. Spurning invitations to be included, Jackal intentionally sends unwitting Aardvark into a...
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Lisa Robinson, illus. by Rebecca Green. Schwartz & Wade, $17.99 (44p) ISBN 978-0-525-57997-7
Eighteenth-century circus child Marguerite-Antoinette Lalanne wants to be a tightrope dancer. Her resolution is so firm that even after her circus performer parents forbid it—they do not want her to suffer a career-ending fall like her father—she...
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