Deborah Hopkinson is the author of more than 50 books for young readers, including picture books, middle-grade fiction and nonfiction. Her critically acclaimed picture and chapter books include “Keep On!,” Sweet Land of Liberty,” “Under the Quilt of Night” and “Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York 1880-1924.” Her new book, “Thanks to Frances Perkins: Fighter for Workers’ Rights” (Peachtree), is about the first woman Cabinet secretary, who developed Social Security and other programs for workers.
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