by Melissa Sweet (Author)
6 Starred Reviews! New York Times Bestseller! A People Magazine Best Children's Book! A Washington Post Best Book! A Publishers Weekly Best Book! Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Award Honor recipient
Caldecott Honor winner Sweet mixes White's personal letters, photos, and family ephemera with her own exquisite artwork to tell the story of this American literary icon. Readers young and old will be fascinated and inspired by the journalist,
New Yorker contributor, and children's book author who loved words his whole life. This authorized tribute, a New York Times bestseller, includes an afterword by Martha White, his granddaughter.
Author Biography
Melissa Sweet celebrates the natural world, E. B. White-style, with her winsome mixed-media artwork. She received a Sibert Medal for Balloons Over Broadway and Caldecott Honors for both The Right Word and A River of Words by Jen Bryant. She lives on the Maine coast. Visit her website at www.melissasweet.net.
Number of Pages: 176
Dimensions: 0.8 x 9.1 x 7.1 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: October 04, 2016
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Some Writer! the Story of E.B. White
Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8
Reading Level: 6.5
Point Value: 2
