Biography
Joan Axelrod-Contrada writes both fiction and nonfiction for children and young adults. The author of over twenty books for young people, she is also a journalist, writing teacher and graduate of the MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Joan lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Awards
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Zeke the Weather Geek: There’s a Lizard in My Blizzard
2025 - 2025-26 Mountain Laurel Book Awards; 3-6, Pennsylvania School Librarians Association (PASL), Long-Listed
Early Chapter Books
Zeke the Weather Geek: There’s Mud in My Flood!, 2025
Zeke the Weather Geek: There’s a Lizard in My Blizzard, 2023