Harriet Rohmer

Honoring Our Ancestors: Stories and Pictures by Fourteen Artists Harriet Rohmer

Publisher Marketing: This remarkable book brings together fourteen outstanding and diverse artists to honor the ancestors who most touched their lives and to pay playful tribute to the influential and loving people who came before them. Caryl Henry honors her grandmother and Madame C. J. Walker, America's first Black woman millionaire. Nancy Hom honors her father who worked in a Chinese restaurant but possessed the strength of a mighty warrior. George Crespo honors his Puerto Rican grandfather and his Taino ancestors. Mira Reisberg honors her Jewish grandparents who were killed in the Holocaust and the ancestors in spirit who shaped her life." Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/18/1999 pg. 339 (EAN 9780892391585, Hardcover) Kirkus Review - Children 02/01/1999 pg. 228 (EAN 9780892391585, Hardcover) Booklist 02/01/1999 pg. 970 (EAN 9780892391585, Hardcover) School Library Journal 06/01/1999 pg. 120 (EAN 9780892391585, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1999 pg. 361 (EAN 9780892391585, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2001 pg. 263 (EAN 9780892391585, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1999 pg. 361 (EAN 9780892391585, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 375 (EAN 9780892391585, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 603 (EAN 9780892391585, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Rohmer, Harriet Harriet Rohmer is the founder and former publisher/executive director of Children's Book Press, the award-winning publisher of bilingual and multicultural picture books. Her books have won over 100 major awards and many have become classics, including artist Carmen Lomas Garza's Family Pictures/Cuadros de familia. She lives in San Francisco.