内容简介
HereareLittleGuy,LittlePumpkin,andLittleBird.Theirgrownupslovethem.Sowillyou.
作者简介
VeraB.WilliamslivesinNewYorkCity.InHerOwnWords..."ThroughoutmychildhoodIwasencouragedtomakepictures,tellstories,act,anddance--allofthisataheaveninourNewYorkCityneighborhoodcalledtheBronxHouse."SaturdaysIpaintedwithacrusadingartdirector,FlorenceCane.InherbookTheGrowthoftheChildThroughArt,IappearunderthenameLinda.Iwassixteenwhenthebookappearedandembarrassedbyit.ButatagenineIhadbeentotallyproudwhenapaintingofminewasexhibitedattheMuseumofModernArtandIwaslatershownintheMovietoneNewsexplainingtoEleanorRooseveltitsYiddishtitle,"Yentas.""In1945IwenttoBlackMountainCollegeinNorthCarolina,auniqueeducationalcommunity.Igraduatedin1949ingraphicart,whichIstudiedwithJosefAlbers.AlongthewayIplantedcorn,madebutter,workedontheprintingpress,andhelpedtobuildthehouseinwhichIlivedwithPaulWilliams,afellowstudentImarriedthere."Iwantedthatconnectionofartandcommunitytocontinue.AnditdidattheGateHillCooperative,acommunitywebuiltwithotherBlackMountainpeople,apoet,musicians,andpotters.Ilivedandworkedtherefrom1953-1970(afterwhichImovedtoCanada).Mychildren(Sarah,Jenny,Merce)grewupthere.Forthem,webranchedoutintoaschool,partoftheSurnmerhillmovement.ThegingerbreadhousesthatledtomyfirstbookforGreenwillowIfirstmadeinstickyvarietyatourschool.Ihavealwayslikedtoteachandhavetaughtart,cooking,writing,naturestudy,fornurseryageon."Atforty-six,nolongermarried,livinginahouseboatonthebayatVancouver,BritishColumbia,Ididmyfirstbook.Butbeforethatcouldhappen,thefatesdecreedastintofcookingandrunningabakeryatasmallschoolintheOntariocountryside.MyloveaffairwithCanadaincludedalsoa500-miletripontheYukonRiver.ManyofthoseadventuresIputinThreeDaysonaRiverinaRedCanoe."Ialsowriteanddrawforadults-shortstories,leaflets,andposters.Asaloverofchildren,ItrytodowhatIcantohelpsavetheirearthfromnucleardisaster.Thispursuit,too,hasaddeditsexcitementtomybiography,including,in1981,amonth'sstayinthefederalpenitentiaryinAlderson,WestVirginia(anoutcomeofawomen'speacefulblockadeofthePentagon).Perhapsthisexperiencewillsomedayappearinoneofmybooks.SofarI'vefoundchildren'sbooksawonderfullyaccommodatingmediumwhereanyofmyvariousactivitiesmightpopup."
