Sometimes the word “love” doesn’t need to be spoken. A deaf man and a hearing woman fall in love.  This is a story about reaching across distances, and the things we do to get through to each other.  This is a short story, approximately 6,500 words. (15 pages) An earlier version of this short story was published in The Iowa Review. The story is also an excerpt from Teri Kanefield’s novel, Turn On the Lig...

Meet the rebels, robbers, radicals, determined teenagers, and ordinary Americans who shaped our Constitutional rights.The first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution—known as the Bill of Rights—include the guarantee that no person may be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. Yet this soaring vision of human rights was written by enslavers who deprived others of these rights. The struggle to resolve this paradox continues to the presen...

This biography for young readers examines the life of a brilliant lawyer who successfully argued the case that ended legal racial segregation in America.Thurgood Marshall, the great grandson of a slave, was born at a time when African Americans were denied equal rights in America. Segregation was legal. Lynching was common. In some places, African Americans were entirely excluded from public life; they were forbidden to enter public parks and museums or use public s...

Lies destroy. Disinformation tears at the fabric of democracy.A Firehose of Falsehood: The Story of Disinformation breaks down disinformation tactics and offers tools for defending and restoring truth.From Darius I of ancient Persia (522-486 BCE), to blood libel of the Middle Ages, to Soviet disinformation tactics and modern election deniers, Teri Kanefield and Pat Dorian show how tyrants and would-be tyrants deploy disinformation to gain power.

Rebecca misses her Mama, who died four years ago. When Papa gets engaged to Melody, Rebecca is thrilled. Then Melody is jailed for theft--and Rebecca knows she didn't do it. But who did? And who is trying to pin the crime on Melody? Rebecca must find out! TERI WON THE 2015 JANE ADDAMS CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD for The Girl From The Tar Paper School.

A time travel adventure.Mattie, a girl from Los Angeles, learns how it feels to walk in the shoes of Mary Queen of Scots.She discovers that being the pampered darling of the French court isn't all it's cracked up to be. While being kissed by a real prince has a certain appeal, and turning down the marriage proposal of a king can give a girl confidence, a young queen who does not learn to distinguish flattery from true friendship is bound to come to a tragic end.

(Book 1 in this series is currently being offered FREE!)Six teenagers determined to create a utopia discover that it may not be possible. After all they’ve been through and done, will they now have to accept defeat?The conclusion of the trilogy.TERI'S BOOKS HAVE RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS:The Girl From The Tar Paper School:--Jane Addams Children's Book Award for Older Readers, 2015

To bridge our deepest divides, we must first understand them.“This is a book for any common-sense person who has looked around at the political division and outrage-fueled information environment and said, ‘What the hell is going on?’ or ‘How did we get here?’”—Dannagal Young, Professor of Communication and Political Science at the University of Delaware“Kanefield synthesizes insights from prominent scholars across different academic fields to give us a deeper under...

Joshua enjoys being the star of his soccer team--until a new player joins, who is just as good as Joshua--or better.  Will their rivalry cause the team to lose their most important game?  For kids who love sports! Teri Kanefield's awards and distinctions include the 2015 Jane Addams Book Award for The Girl From The Tar Paper School.  

Unlike other biographies, the Making of America series goes beyond individual narratives linking influential figures to create an overarching story of America's growth that will deepen understanding of the country we live in today. This bundle featuring Alexander Hamilton, Abraham Lincoln, and Andrew Jackson tells the story of American constitutional history from the founding of the nation through the end of the Civil War. Listeners will begin by learning about Alexander Hamilton, a man wh...

Award-winning author Teri Kanefield’s biography of Alexander Hamilton is the first in the Making of America series.The America that Alexander Hamilton knew was largely agricultural and built on slave labor. He envisioned something else: a multi-racial, urbanized, capitalistic America with a strong central government. He believed that such an America would be a land of opportunity for the poor and the newcomers. But Hamilto...

Before the Little Rock Nine, before Rosa Parks, before Martin Luther King Jr. and his March on Washington, there was Barbara Rose Johns, a teenager who used nonviolent civil disobedience to draw attention to her cause. In 1951, witnessing the unfair conditions in her racially segregated high school, Barbara Johns led a walkout—the first public protest of its kind demanding racial equality in the U.S.—jumpstarting the American civil rights movement. Ridiculed by the white superintendent and...