Kerry Madden-Lunsford’s Books
Awards | Reviews | Nominations
Junior Library Guild Gold Selection!
Fifth grader, Angus is obsessed with old movies and Shakespeare, thanks to his older brother. When he fears losing his older brother to a spate of risky behavior, he immerses himself in those obsessions to get his brother to act normal again.
February 2025
<ENTER> the adventures in Angus’s head with the Charlesbridge Moves Activities Page and Readers Group Guide
An empowering picture book set in 1940s North Carolina about a determined five-year-old girl who embarks on a journey to deliver milk to her neighbors in the holler.
March 2019
Film produced and edited by Jessica Chriesman | All music written and recorded by Tomi Lunsford | Sound by Norah Madden-Lunsford
A true story about the unlikely friendship of Alabama storyteller, Kathryn Tucker Windham and Alabama artist, Charlie Lucas. Illustrated by Kerry’s daughter, Lucy.
April 2013
Kerry Madden conducted extensive research for this Up Close biography, which reveals Lee to be a down-to-earth Southern woman who prefers to live simply, like her neighbors do, despite the fact that she is a treasured literary legend.
Viking 2009
12-year-old Livy Two Weems knows there’s a whole world to see beyond the North Carolina hills – which is the only place she’s ever been. But she also knows family is more important than daydreams.
Viking 2005 | Reprint March 2007
LOUISIANA’S SONG continues the saga of the Weems family – begun in the author’s acclaimed debut young adult novel GENTLES’ HOLLER – through storyteller, Livy Two Weems, one of ten sisters and brothers in a North Carolina holler.
Viking, May 2007
