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40 pp.
| Viking |
October, 2008 |
TradeISBN 978-0-670-06292-8$16.99
(3)
K-3
In this admiring biography, Wanda Gág, best known for her Newbery Honor–winning book Millions of Cats, emerges as a single-minded and passionate artist. Using research from "a treasure trove" of Gág's diaries and other documents, Ray describes her subject's difficult childhood and rise to success. Textured paintings will engage readers' imaginations, transporting them back to the first half of the twentieth century. Bib.