Praise for Miz Berlin Walks "This poignant book conveys through simple words the power of stories to build bridges between two very different people."
Booklist "Yolen is pitch-perfect in her delivery of this tender tale."
Publishers Weekly "A storyteller's dream."
Children's Literature"
Praise for Miz Berlin Walks "This poignant book conveys through simple words the power of stories to build bridges between two very different people."--
Booklist "Yolen is pitch-perfect in her delivery of this tender tale."--
Publishers Weekly "A storyteller's dream."--
Children's Literature
Jane Yolen (janeyolen.com) needs no introduction! She has been called the "Hans Christian Andersen of children's literature" (
Time) and has won countless awards for her wide-ranging body of work -- picture books, poetry, nonfiction, middle-grade fiction, YA novels, and novels and poetry for adults. She was also the editor of her own imprints at Harcourt (Jane Yolen Books and the reprint line Magic Carpet Books), where she published best-selling authors Patricia C. Wrede, Bruce Coville, and Anne McCaffrey, among many others.
Floyd Cooper (floydcooper.com) started drawing when he was three years old and has never stopped. He has been awarded the Coretta Scott King Award for
The Blacker the Berry, three Coretta Scott King Honors for
Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea,
Meet Danitra Brown, and
I Have Heard of a Land, and an NAACP image award. He was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and graduated with a degree in fine arts from the University of Oklahoma.