Christina Dendy (she/her) is a children's and educational author based in Dayton, Ohio. For 20+ years, she has written and edited a variety of K-12 social studies, ELA, and other textbooks and related materials. Her published works include the picture books The Wall and the Wild (Lantana Publishing, 2021) with illustrator Katie Rewse and Hide and Shh! (Cardinal Rule Press, 2023) with illustrator Nathalia Takeyama; the science readers Astronauts (North Star Editions, August 2024) and Physical Science (Early Encyclopedias, August 2024); and four early reader Sports Legend biographies, Simone Biles, Caitlin Clark, Jalen Hurts, and Lionel Messi (Capstone Publishing, 2026). Other published works include the historical graphic novels The Underground Railroad (2011), Bringing Home the Constitution (2011), and The North-West Resistance (2011); numerous articles in EBSCOhost's academic publications; and various poems, short stories, opinion pieces and other curious items. Her writings highlight creative problem-solving, flexibility, compromise, perseverance, empathy, and kindness. She believes heartily in learning from one’s mistakes (even if it takes many of them). Christina loves just about anything that involves exploration, on or off the printed page, and regularly tumbles down rabbit holes of one sort or another. 

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