Description: "A home named Walter learns how to heal his broken heart after a family he loves moves away in this poignant picture book about loss and renewal."--Amazon.
Brief description: Ginnie Hsu is an illustrator, designer, animator, maker and educator living in upstate NY where she teaches illustration at the University of Syracuse. Her love for drawing began in her childhood in Taiwan, and her work is often inspired by everyday life, nature, human living, travel and old artifacts she randomly finds. She loves mixing new and traditional media to create magic for all. Her illustrated books include A Home Named Walter and Lady Bird Johnson, That's Who! and her publishing clients include Quarto, Old Dungate Press, Henry Holt, and Feiwel and Friends at Macmillan.
Review Quotes:
"The project succeeds by spotlighting the growing emotional intelligence of Little Girl and Walter. In this cozy home, open hearts prevail."--Kirkus Reviews
"In acrylic gouache, colored pencil, and digital art, Hsu depicts Walter with simple facial features, including a mouth that frowns, pouts, and eventually smiles, in conjunction with Lin Wallace's emotionally focused storytelling." --Publishers Weekly