Glenda Armand

Glenda Armand is the author of many picture and chapter books. She won Lee & Low's New Voices Award for the manuscript Love Twelve Miles Long. Glenda has had a long career as a teacher and school librarian. She loves reading about history and is passionate about sharing the stories of important but little-known historical figures. She lives in Los Angeles, California. To learn more, visit glenda-armand.com.


Books

  • The Story of Trailblazing Actor Ira Aldridge
    By Glenda Armand, Floyd Cooper
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    The Story of Trailblazing Actor Ira Aldridge

    The Story of Trailblazing Actor Ira Aldridge

    By Glenda Armand, Floyd Cooper
    This new entry in the innovative "Story" line of chapter-book biographies features Ira Aldridge, an African American actor considered one of the greatest Shakespearean performers of the nineteenth century, and an outspoken advocate for the abolitionist movement in the United States.

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  • Ira's Shakespeare Dream
    By Glenda Armand, Floyd Cooper
    Paperback: $12.95
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    Ira's Shakespeare Dream

    Ira's Shakespeare Dream

    By Glenda Armand, Floyd Cooper
    The inspiring biography of Ira Aldridge, a Black actor who overcame racism to become one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of the nineteenth century.

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  • Love Twelve Miles Long
    By Glenda Armand, Colin Bootman
    Paperback: $11.95
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    Love Twelve Miles Long

    Love Twelve Miles Long

    By Glenda Armand, Colin Bootman
    A moving story about young Frederick Douglass and his mother, who walks twelve miles at night from a nearby plantation to visit him.

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