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Janis Herbert

Biography

Janis Herbert

Janis Herbert is the author of six books for young people, including ABRAHAM LINCOLN FOR KIDS, LEWIS AND CLARK FOR KIDS, MARCO POLO FOR KIDS and several others. Young readers of her Lewis and Clark book will lean about ecology and the ways of native peoples while crossing North America with the brave members of the Corps of Discovery. She wrote MARCO POLO FOR KIDS hoping kids would find excitement in the history of ancient civilizations as well as learn a bit about other cultures and world religions. She has worked in bookstores, libraries, offices, restaurants, in grade schools, and on college campuses. She grew up on the south side of Chicago and is now living in Northern California.

Janis Herbert