Rashin Kheiriyeh is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning illustrator, author, animation director and painter who has published more than 65 children's books around the world. Born in Iran, she is now a professor at the University of Maryland College Park and lives in Washington, DC, USA. Paul Czajak struggled with reading and writing as a kid, and never thought he'd end up writing books. But after working as a scientist for twenty years, he discovered that his creativity could no longer be contained to the laboratory. Now he hopes his books will be the seeds to a new generation of book gardeners! Paul lives in New Jersey, USA.
"This story’s optimistic view of creativity and resistance is
fairly irresistible" — Kirkus Reviews
"...shines a light on the importance of the written word,
creativity, and the idea that even censorship cannot stop ideas
from growing and blooming... a beautiful book with a beautiful
message" — Emily Golightly, ESL Teacher, President of the
Crystal Coast Reading Council
"This delicate and subversive little parable of a book, with its
lyrical text and anarchic pictures, is just what we need in today's
world" — Jane Yolen, award-winning children's author
"A lovely work of art from the embossed title on the cover to the
beautiful book-filled endpapers" — Writers' Rumpus
"A powerful tribute to the power of books" – Books My Kids Read
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