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LeslĂŠa Newman is the author of more than 60 books for adults and children, including Abrams' Here is the World, The Eight Nights of Chanukah and A Sweet Passover, which was given the Sydney Taylor Notable Book Award. She has received many literary awards including Poetry Fellowships from the Massachusetts Artists Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, and a Parent's Choice Silver Medal. She lives in Holyoke, MA. Additional information about Ms. Newman and her work may be found at www.lesleakids.com. Â Amy Bates is the illustrator of Abrams' Bear in the Air, Minette's Feast, and The Dog Who Belonged to No One. She lives in Pennsylvania.âMixed-media images by Bates (The Big Umbrella), washed in yellows and browns and framed by woodblock motifs, give readers a vivid sense of the historical context while infusing the story with a timeless emotional immediacy. Newman (Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed) skillfully modulates her narration, capturing her protagonistâs feelings of excitement, loneliness, and fear. The ending, handled with both restraint and warmth, relies on one of those improbable twists of good fortune that define so many immigrant storiesâand itâs based on a real event.â
- Publishers Weekly,
âLeslĂŠa Newman has drawn from two stories told in her family for the beautiful picture book âGittelâs Journeyâ, a moving account of a young Jewish girlâs voyage from czarist Russia to America⌠In Amy June Batesâs superb illustrations, framed by woodcut-style borders, we see the child, so small in the world of adults, her red scarf bright amid the muted hues of the late 19th century.â
- Wall Street Journal,
âA book about immigration, as seen through the eyes of a child who makes the journey to America alone and must find her way in a strange new world.â
- The New York Post,