Lesa Cline-Ransome
Lesa Cline-Ransome is the author of many award-winning and beloved picture books. Her picture-book biography titles include Before She Was Harriet; Satchel Paige; Major Taylor, Champion Cyclist; Young Pelé: Soccer's First Star; Helen Keller: The World in Her Heart; Before There Was Mozart; Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass; and Light in the Darkness: A Story About How Slaves Learned in Secret.
Originally from Malden, Massachusetts, Lesa has worked as a proofreader, fashion copywriter, publicist, and teacher in the New York City schools, and has taught writing for adults. She has a BFA in Merchandising and Management from Pratt Institute and an MA in Education from NYU.
She lives in Rhinebeck, New York, with her husband and frequent…
She Persisted Audio Collection: Volume 1
Various and Chelsea Clinton
She Persisted: Claudette Colvin
Lesa Cline-Ransome with introduction by Chelsea Clinton; illustrated by Alexandra Boiger and Gillian Flint
Not Playing by the Rules: 21 Female Athletes Who Changed Sports
Lesa Cline-Ransome
Young Pele
Lesa Cline-Ransome; illustrated by James E. Ransome
Ida B. Wells and the Untold Truth of a Country
Lesa Cline-Ransome
Of Walden Pond
Lesa Cline-Ransome
For Lamb
Lesa Cline-Ransome
They Call Me Teach
Lesa Cline-Ransome
One Big Open Sky
Lesa Cline-Ransome
The Story of the Saxophone
Lesa Cline-Ransome
Just a Lucky So and So
Lesa Cline-Ransome
Being Clem
Lesa Cline-Ransome
Overground Railroad
Lesa Cline-Ransome