| Vendor | |
|---|---|
|
Mohrbooks Literary Agency
Annelie Geissler |
| Categories | |
THE STORY I'LL TELL
Jessica Lanan Nancy Tupper Ling
In this tender story of international adoption, a mother weaves a magical web of tales to explain how her child came to be part of the family.
A young child asks his mother to tell the story of where he came from. "I might tell how you came from a land far away in a hot air balloon. The basket slowly drifted down like a feather into our yard. I dropped the firewood I was carrying and ran to you." Or maybe it was a lark - and not a stork - that brought the child to the mother. Or perhaps he was rescued from a dragon! Each lyrical and fantastic tale contains a small kernel of truth that pieces together the baby's journey across a wide ocean into his new mother's arms.
Beautifully illustrated by Jessica Lanan, THE STORY I'LL TELL is a gentle and moving story of adoption and parental love that is sure to touch the hearts of readers everywhere, no matter how they came to be a family.
Nancy Tupper Ling is the winner of the Writer's Digest Grand Prize and the Pat Parnell Poetry Award, and founder of Fine Line Poets, a website for poets who live in New England. She was inspired to write THE STORY I'LL TELL by the multicultural background of her own family and the experiences of friends who have adopted children from all over the world. Jessica Lanan received her B.A. In art at Scripps College and has traveled extensively in Asia and Europe. Ling resides in Walpole, Massachusetts, with her family. You can visit her online at nancytupperling.com.
Jessica Lanan is an award-winning author, illustrator, and painter who also illustrated Lee & Low's Good Fortune in a Wrapping Cloth. She received her B.A. in Art from Scripps College and then traveled extensively throughout Asia and Europe. She lives in Boulder, Colorado with her family. You can see more of her work at jessicalanan.com.
| Available products |
|---|
|
Book
Published 2015-11-01 by Lee & Low |