Description: "A picture-book biography of painter Henriette Wyeth, depicting a day in her childhood, learning how to paint and be inspired from her father, painter N. C. Wyeth"--
Brief description: Amy Bates is the illustrator of many books for children, including The Boy and the Sea, Gittel's Journey, Minette's Feast, and The Dog Who Belonged to No One. She lives in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Review Quotes: "Dreamlike and sparkling stream-of-consciousness writing brings to mind Virginia Woolf--and for Henriette, the outdoors clearly provided a room of her own."
--Kirkus