Kate Banks

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Kate Banks


Born
in Farmington, Maine, The United States
February 13, 1960

Died
February 24, 2024

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Kate Banks has written many books for children, among them Max’s Words, And If the Moon Could Talk, winner of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, and The Night Worker, winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Award. She grew up in Maine, where she and her two sisters and brother spent a lot of time outdoors, and where Banks developed an early love of reading. “I especially liked picture books,” she says, “and the way in which words and illustrations could create a whole new world in which sometimes real and other times magical and unexpected things could happen.” Banks attended Wellesley College and received her masters in history at Columbia University. She lived in Rome for eight years but now lives in the South of France with her husband and two so ...more

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Max's Words (Max's Words, #1)

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Pup and Bear

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How to Find an Elephant

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City Cat

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Close Your Eyes

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The Bear in the Book

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The Cat Who Walked Across F...

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Max's Dragon

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Max's Castle (Max's Words, 3)

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The Winter Bird

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4.03 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions
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“I am not alone," said Tadis. "You are not alone. No one is ever alone, because that is not the human condition. Each of us is unique, different. Yet we are all the same, all one. That is the greatest wisdom I can give you.”
Kate Banks, The Magician's Apprentice

“We are all heading toward the same destination," Tadis said. "That is the least significant. What is most interesting is our journey. When you come to see this, then you've learned real magic.”
Kate Banks, The Magician's Apprentice

“You must use your mind and not let it use you.”
Kate Banks, The Magician's Apprentice