She is Born

Brief Description: Baby girls are welcomed with different words, traditions, and possibilities in different cultures around the world. Brief Description: The author's and illustrator's careful research, poetic prose, and soft, colorful illustrations depict a diverse array of rituals, celebrations, and traditions that mark the beginning of a girl's life as she is named, cradled and given gifts. Publisher Marketing: "She Is Born" is a lyrical celebration of daughters everywhere. Through fluid prose and magical illustrations, this book describes the many traditions used to welcome daughters all over the world. She will be heralded with pink balloons strung on porch railing or animals drawn in the sand. Her name will be proclaimed in a church, a temple, or a grove of trees. Filled with rich cultural details, this book both inspires and educates. Above all, it rejoices in and affirms the powerful bond between mothers and daughters in every land and time. Review Citations:

Booklist 07/01/2000 pg. 2040 (EAN 9781885223944, Hardcover)

School Library Journal 08/01/2000 pg. 186 (EAN 9781885223944, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2000 pg. 272 (EAN 9781885223944, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2000 pg. 272 (EAN 9781885223944, Hardcover)

School Library Journal 08/04/2000 (EAN 9781885223944, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Kroll, Virginia Virginia Kroll is a prolific writer, with over sixty books published since 1992. A full-time author and speaker as well as a writing instructor with the Institute of Children's Literature, she writes on topics ranging from African folktales to universal themes such as siblings and heroes. She has received a long list of awards, including the 1998 Benjamin Franklin Silver Award for a parenting book, the Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year in 2004, and the International Reading Association/Children's Book Council 2004 Children's Choice Award. Contributor Bio:  Teis, Kyra KyraTeis learned her distinctive paper-collage technique from her father, Dan Teis, an esteemed contemporary artist and academic. Kyra earned a Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators Magazine Merit Award in 1997. She holds workshops and talks for school-aged children about illustration and the art of storytelling. She lives with her family outside of Albany, New York. Contributor Bio:  Rowe, John John Rowe, was born in Surrey, England, and received his training at the Epsom School of Art and Design. He held a wide variety of jobs before first publishing his illustrations in 1990 in a childrenA[a¬a[s book based on one of Rudyard KiplingA[a¬a[s "Just So Stories. " Since then, he has written and illustrated several childrenA[a¬a[s books and has won numerous international awards for his work. "Amazing Animal Hide and Seek" is his first book for BarronA[a¬a[s.