The Secret World of Walter Anderson (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780763635831)

Enter the fascinating world of reclusive nature-lover Walter Anderson -- perhaps the most famous American artist you've never heard of.

Residents along the Mississippi Gulf Coast thought Walter Anderson was odd, rowing across twelve miles of open water in a leaky skiff to reach Horn, an uninhabited island without running water or electricity. But this solitary artist didn't much care what they thought as he spent weeks at a time on his personal paradise, sleeping under his boat, sometimes eating whatever washed ashore, sketching and painting the natural surroundings and the animals that became his friends. Here Walter created some of his most brilliant watercolors, work he kept hidden during his lifetime. In a beautifully crafted picture book biography, writer Hester Bass and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator E. B. Lewis pay homage to an uncompromising American artist.
Back matter includes a bibliography.

Author: Hester Bass
ISBN-10: 0763635839
ISBN-13: 9780763635831
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 09/08/2009
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 10.60h x 9.90w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.9
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 134485 / Secret World of Walter Anderson

Award: Orbis Pictus Award - Winner
Award: Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize - Winner
Award: Mississippi Authors Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 08/01/2009
Publishers Weekly 08/10/2009 pg. 57
Booklist 08/01/2009 pg. 65
School Library Journal 09/01/2009 pg. 138
Kirkus Best Children's Books 11/15/2009 pg. 3
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2010 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Foreword 08/17/2009