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Emily Arnold McCully

Biography

Emily Arnold McCully

Emily Arnold McCully received the Caldecott Medal for MIRETTE ON THE HIGH WIRE. The illustrator of more than 40 books for young readers, she has a lifelong interest in history and feminist issues. She divides her time between Chatham, New York, and New York City.

Emily Arnold McCully

Books by Emily Arnold McCully

How to Eat Fried Worms
written by Thomas Rockwell with illustrations by Emily Arnold McCully - Children's, Children's 8-12, Fiction, Youth Fiction
Dreaming in Code: Ada Byron Lovelace, Computer Pioneer
by Emily Arnold McCully - Biography, Fiction, Technology, Women's History, Young Adult 13+
She Did It!: 21 Women Who Changed the Way We Think
written by Emily Arnold McCully illustrations by Emily Arnold McCully - Children's Nonfiction, History, Inspirational, Women's History, Women's Studies, Women’s Issues
She Did It!: 21 Women Who Changed the Way We Think
written by Emily Arnold McCully illustrations by Emily Arnold McCully - Children's Nonfiction, History, Inspirational, Women's History, Women's Studies, Women’s Issues
A Promising Life: Coming of Age with America
by Emily Arnold McCully - Coming of Age, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Young Adult 12+
Caroline's Comets: A True Story
by Emily Arnold McCully - Children's Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Science, Women's History, Women’s Issues
Clara: The (Mostly) True Story of the Rhinoceros who Dazzled Kings, Inspired Artists, and Won the Hearts of Everyone...While She Ate Her Way Up and Down a Continent
by Emily Arnold McCully - Children's 4-8, Historical Fiction, History, Picture
Queen of the Diamond: The Lizzie Murphy Story
by Emily Arnold McCully - Picture
Strongheart: The World's First Movie Star Dog
by Emily Arnold McCully
Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business --- and Won!
by Emily Arnold McCully - Biography, History, Nonfiction, Young Adult 12+

Born in 1857 and raised in oil country, Ida M. Tarbell was one of the first investigative journalists and probably the most influential in her time. Her series of articles on the Standard Oil Trust, a complicated business empire run by John D. Rockefeller, revealed to readers the underhanded, even illegal practices that had led to Rockefeller's success.

Dare The Wind
written by Tracey Fern, illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully - History
The Field of Dogs
written by Katherine Paterson, illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully