Hester Bass

The Latest News:

WINNER of the 2010 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children!

On the 2010 CCBC Choices, the Best-of-the-Year list selected by the Cooperative Children's Book Center in Wisconsin!

A "Long List" Nominee for the SIBA Book Award! Southern Independent Bookseller Alliance will announce the finalists in April and the winners in July.

Chosen as an NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People by the National Council for the Social Studies and the Children's Book Council!

KIRKUS Reviews has chosen The Secret World of Walter Anderson as one of the Best Children's Books of 2009!

NOW AVAILABLE from Candlewick Press: The Secret World of Walter Anderson, illustrated by the celebrated E.B. Lewis! This picture book biography of one of America's most enigmatic artists tells the story of a man who risked everything to bring himself and nature into one thing called art. Wait till you see those gorgeous watercolors!

Chosen by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance as a Fall 2009 SIBA Okra Pick meaning it's a "Great Southern Book!" A SIBA Bestseller!

Starred Review in Kirkus!

Chosen to represent Mississippi at the Pavilion of the States at the 2009 National Book Festival in Washington, D. C.!

For more information about Walter Anderson, visit:
www.walterandersonmuseum.org
or
www.walteringlisanderson.com

And for more information about Candlewick Press, visit:
www.candlewick.com

Visit the website of E. B. Lewis at:
www.eblewis.com

For news of the Stimola Literary Studio:
www.stimolaliterarystudio.com

In Other News...
The first print run of the library-bound edition of So Many Houses SOLD OUT in less than nine months! It has now been restocked. The paperback edition is also available. Thank you for your support!