Chapter book · Fiction
Ways to Make Sunshine
Renée Watson; illustrated by Nina Mata
About the book
Ryan Hart tries to stay positive through a move and her family's changing circumstances, finding ways to "make sunshine" for herself and others.
Reading notes
A Ryan Hart story — upbeat realistic fiction for newly independent readers.
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Book details
- Author
- Renée Watson
- Illustrator
- Nina Mata
- First published
- 2020
- Suggested ages
- Ages 6–9 (editorial estimate — children vary)
- Reading mode
- Developing reader
- Topics
- family, resilience
- Edition shown
- ISBN 9781547600564 · Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2020
- Catalog record
- Open Library work record · edition record
Metadata verified against Open Library on 2026-11-11. Other editions and formats exist; ISBNs differ by edition.
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