Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart by Williams, Vera B. (9780060294601)

Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart

by Williams, Vera B. , Williams, Vera B.

Hardcover - English

A funny book that makes you cry. A sad book that makes you laugh. A book about two sisters and their family that makes you wish you were part of it--and grateful that you are not. In short, this book is one surprise after another. The only thing that is not a surprise is that Vera B. Williams has created a wholly unforgettable, absolutely wonderful portrait of Amber, Essie, and their world. Open the book. You will never be the same again.

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ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

0060294604

EAN

9780060294601

Publisher

GREENWILLOW

Publication Date

21 Aug 2001

Pages

Age Group

8 to 12

Grades

03 to 07

Weight (kg)

0.37

Dimensions (cm)

25.3 x 17.3 x 1.2

Award(s)

Bookseller's Choice - Winner

Jane Addams Children's Book Award - Honor Book

About Author

Vera B. Williams is the creator of many distinguished books and was the U.S. Illustrator Nominee for the 2004 Hans Christian Andersen Award. She lives in New York City.<P>In Her Own Words...<P>"Throughout my childhood I was encouraged to make pictures, tell stories, act, and dance&#8212all of this at a heaven in our New York City neighborhood called the Bronx House.<P>"On Saturdays I painted with a crusading art director, Florence Cane. In her book The Growth of the Child Through Art, I appear under the name Linda. I was sixteen when the book appeared and embarrassed by it. But at age nine I h