Amy Nathan

Photos shows the author at age five, on a family vacation in Western Maryland; signing books at Voracious Reader bookstore in Larchmont, NY; at a book signing at the bookstore at the Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial in Washington, DC.

For more information on Amy Nathan, author of nonfiction books for young people and adults, please visit her Web site:

www.AMYNATHANBOOKS.com

BOOKS BY AMY NATHAN:

Together: An Inspiring Response to the “Separate-But-Equal” Supreme Court Decision that Divided America (Coming Feb. 2021)

A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story (Coming January 2020 - co-author with Sharon Langley)

Making Time for Making Music: How to Bring Music into Your Busy Life

The Music Parents' Survival Guide: A Parent-to-Parent Conversation

The Young Musician's Survival Guide

Yankee Doodle Gals: Women Pilots of World War II

Count On Us: American Women in the Military

Round and Round Together: Taking a Merry-Go-Round Ride into the Civil Rights Movement

Take a Seat -- Make a Stand: A Hero in the Family

Meet the Musicians

Meet the Dancers

Surviving Homework

The Kids' Allowance Book

These books have their own Facebook pages, with photos and news of events:

--A Ride to Remember

--The Music Parents' Survival Guide

--The Young Musician's Survival Guide

--Yankee Doodle Gals: Women Pilots of World War II

--Round and Round Together

--Take a Seat—Make a Stand

Amy is available to speak with school, parent, and community groups about her books. More information on these visits is available on her website: www.AmyNathanBooks.com

IN THE NEWS:

Recent articles about her books:

- PEN “These Truths” Podcast with authors of A RIDE TO REMEMBER

https://pen.org/these-truths-fatima-shaik-amy-nathan-and-sharon-langley/

- NPR Interview: on WNYC-FM: https://www.wnyc.org/story/desegregating-amusement-park/?fbclid=IwAR3P89l0Wt11WIuPV1pFxwYOjeh4O9Ol2bUBA45v9NF_j_r48FHPFhG3JVw

- Interview on Picture Book Buzzhttps://www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/2020/01/08/The-Picture-Book-Buzz---Joint-Interview-with-Sharon-Langley-Amy-Nathan

- Interview on Deborah Kalb blogspot: https://deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2020/02/q-with-amy-nathan.html

-- Washington Post on MAKING TIME FOR MAKING MUSIC - Washington Post: “Music is Way Too Fun to Leave to the Pros”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2018/07/26/music-is-way-too-fun-to-leave-to-the-pros-a-new-book-argues/?utm_term=.31b1633309ff

- NPR Interview on WYPR, on MAKING TIME FOR MAKING MUSIC:

http://wypr.org/post/making-time-making-music

- BAY STATE PARENT magazine article on "The Music Parents' Survival Guide":

http://www.baystateparent.com/September-2015/10-Tips-to-Encourage-Your-Child-to-Practice/

- Article on MUSICOVATION website on "The Music Parents' Survival Guide":

http://www.musicovation.com/blog/2014/11/11/music-survival-guides-for-kids-parents-and-teachers-too

- WASHINGTON POST OP-ED on "Round and Round Together":

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-march-and-the-merry-go-round/2013/08/23/4b4afa1c-09e2-11e3-8974-f97ab3b3c677_story.html

- PEN BLOG POST on "Round and Round Together":

http://www.pen.org/blog/different-kind-book-prize

- NCSS REVIEW on "Round and Round Together":

http://www.amynathanbooks.com/files/_NCSS_Review_RoundandRound_.pdf

Blog Articles:

“Avocational Music Making—While Socially Distant”

http://www.amynathanbooks.com/blog/posts/36615

“Music schools respond to COVID-19 shutdown”

https://blog.oup.com/2020/05/music-schools-respond-to-covid-19-shutdown/

“How after school music programs have adapted to online music playing”

https://blog.oup.com/2020/06/how-after-school-music-programs-have-adapted-to-online-music-playing/

A NEW, UPDATED version of YANKEE DOODLE GALS from National Geographic -- with new photos and text added to the end of the book about the crowning honor the WASP women pilots of WWII received: the Congressional Gold Medal: www.AmyNathanBooks.com