Honored as America's poet laureate from 1981 to 1982, MAXINE KUMIN has been the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize as well as the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize and an American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award. In addition to her seventeen poetry collections, novels, and essay collections for adults, she is the author of many children's books including Oh, Harry! (illustrated by Barry Moser), What Color is Caesar? (illustrated by Alison Friend), Mites to Mastodons (illustrated by Pam Zagarenski), The Microscope (illustrated by Arnold Lobel), When Great-Grandmother Was Young and When Grandmother Was Young (illustrated by Don Almquist) and Follow the Fall, Spring Things, Summer Story, and A Winter Friend (illustrated by Artur Marokvia). Seven Stories Press is re-releasing four of Kumin's out-of-print children's books for kids ages 5 to 8, co-written with Anne Sexton- Eggs of Things and More Eggs of Things (illustrated by Leonard Shortall) and Joey and the Birthday Present and The Wizard's Tears (illustrated by Evaline Ness). She and her husband live on a farm in the Mink Hills of Warner, New Hampshire, where they raised horses for forty years and enjoyed the companionship of several rescued dogs.
"Lizzie Peterlinz might just pull her wheelchair up to the table
and take her place alongside Anne Shirley and Pippi Longstocking.
She’s smart. She’s sassy. She’s curious. She’s courageous. And she
loves Latin and words of all kinds. Told by one of the great
American poets, Lizzie! is a flat-out wonderful read. I
couldn’t put it down." —Barry Moser
"Smart, spunky, and delightfully quirky, Lizzie is an unforgettable
heroine. She contemplates the mystery of words and analyzes their
origins, intuits the hidden natures—good or bad—of the people
around her, solves a crime in her neighborhood, and tells us her
story in a wonderfully forthright voice. Maxine Kumin’s portrayal
of Lizzie’s life after a diving accident is at once unflinching and
hopeful. Some things Lizzie lost will never come back, but her
indomitable spirit will always keep her connected to the forces
that nurture and protect the world. Lizzie! is a tough-minded and
kind-hearted tale of adventure with a memorable cast of supporting
characters.” —Kyoko Mori, author of Shizuko's Daughter
"I love Lizzie—the novel and the delightful, spirited girl at the
heart of it. Like the sublime Maxine Kumin, she rivets the reader
with her passion for language, adventure, and the natural
world." —Hilma Wolitzer, author of Introducing Shirley
Braverman and Out of Love
"As a blind author and lover of literature, I have always wanted to
read a story about a hero or heroine with a disability whose
disability isn't central to the plot. Lizzie! is a wonderful read
about just such a character. She happens to use a wheelchair, but
the adventures in her life, and the places she finds herself have
nothing to do with her disability, and she goes through life just
like any other middle schooler. Any young reader who picks up this
book will be educated and entertained, while also getting pulled
into the unexpected twists and turns of Lizzie's first year in
Miami Florida." —Laurie Rubin, author of Do You Dream in
Color?
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