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A Room of Your Own: A Story Inspired by Virginia Woolf’s Famous Essay by Beth Kephart
Category: Picture Books
A picture book about the places we go to create, inspired by Virginia Woolf and her noted essay Sometimes Virginia Woolf wrote her stories in a garden shed. Sometimes she wrote them among stacks of books in a cool basement. And you? Where do you go to think, to dream, to be? The shade beneath a tall tr ...Show more
And I Painted it: Henriette Wyeth’s World by Beth Kephart
Category: Picture Books
A poetic picture-book biography about artist N.C. Wyeth's daughter, Henriette, a talented painter in her own rightAnd I think of the girl I am and the girl I'll be:A painter, like Pa.An actress (maybe).A fairy with wings.A father and daughter sneak away from their big, busy family to paint in the wild l ...Show more
Beautiful Useful Things: What William Morris Made by Beth Kephart
Category: Picture Books
A poetic story about the life and work of William Morris, maker of beautiful, useful things, sure to engage young dreamers and artists alike William Morris is best known for his colorful wallpapers and textiles, inspired by the English forests and wild foliage where he grew up. But did you know this ic ...Show more
Going Over by Beth Kephart
Category: Children's
It is February 1983, and Berlin is a divided city with a miles-long barricade separating east from west. But the city isn't the only thing that is divided. Ada lives among the rebels, punkers, and immigrants of Kreuzberg in West Berlin. Stefan lives in East Berlin, in a faceless apartment bunker of Frie ...Show more
Good Books for Bad Children - The Genius of Ursula Nordstrom by Beth Kephart; Chloe Bristol (Illustrator)
Category: Learning
In this lively, lyrical picture book biography, meet the groundbreaking, outspoken, legendary editor of the best-loved books for children, and see how she inspired Maurice Sendak, Margaret Wise Brown, and others to create Where the Wild Things Are, Good Night Moon, and many more classics. "Ursula Nordst ...Show more
Great Upending by Beth Kephart
Category: Junior Fiction
“[For] readers who love good storytelling and spirited heroines.” -Booklist (starred review) “[A] gentle, lovely tale of a deeply bonded family, replete with a clever mystery.” -Kirkus Reviews When a troubled children’s book author moves to their farm, t ...Show more
Handling the Truth: On the Writing of Memoir by Beth Kephart
Category: Languages and Reference
In the tradition of Anne Lamott's "Bird by Bird," a critically acclaimed National Book Award finalist shares inspiration and practical advice for writing a memoir. Writing memoir is a deeply personal, and consequential, undertaking. As the acclaimed author of five memoirs spanning significant turning p ...Show more
One Thing Stolen by Beth Kephart
Category: Young Adult
Something is not right with Nadia Cara. She's become a thief. She has secrets she can't tell. And when she tries to speak, the words seem far away. In Florence, Italy, with her epicurean brother, professor father, and mother who helps at-risk teens, Nadia finds herself trapped by her own obsessions and ...Show more
Small Damages by Beth Kephart
Category: Young Adult
Kenzie should be looking forward to prom and starting college in the fall, but instead she is mourning the loss of her father. Consumed by grief, she finds solace in the arms of her boyfriend, and she soon finds herself pregnant. Embarrassed, her mother sends her to southern Spain for the summer, where ...Show more
Wild Blues by Beth Kephart
Category: Children's
This stunning novel from National Book Award finalist Kephart follows 13-year-old Lizzie on a harrowing journey through the wilds of the Adirondacks as she searches for her missing friend, who's been kidnapped by two escaped convicts.
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