This Book of Mine

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Product Details
Price
$17.99  $16.73
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Publish Date
Pages
32
Dimensions
7.2 X 9.2 X 0.4 inches | 0.65 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780374305468

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About the Author
Husband-and-wife duo Sarah Stewart and David Small have worked together on several picture books, including The Gardener, a Caldecott Honor Book, among many other awards; and The Library, loved around the world. Small has also illustrated other acclaimed books, including the 2001 Caldecott Medal winner, So You Want to Be President? by Judith St. George, and his graphic memoir for adults, Stitches, finalist for the National Book Award. Stewart and Small live in a historic home filled with thousands of books on a bend of the St. Joseph River in Michigan.
Reviews

"A lovely salute to the power of reading. . .Book lovers everywhere are encouraged to remember their own book friendship, a small 'treasure for a lifetime' and a celebration of the devoted relationship between reader and book." --School Library Journal, starred review

"Stewart and Small celebrate the friendships between books and readers. . .A book likely to be snapped up by book lovers." --Kirkus Reviews

"Those who live and breathe books will understand the passion that Stewart and Small celebrate." --Publishers Weekly

The Quiet Place:
"A warm, gentle portrait of an immigrant's isolation and the ways that creativity and a loving family can offer both a safe haven and a bridge." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"A moving, memorable portrayal of one child's immigrant experience." --Booklist, starred review

"Stewart and Small offer a stirring, backyard-size metaphor for the determination and drive for self-betterment that characterize the immigrant experience." --Publishers Weekly, starred review