Beginning with a celebration of childhood and ending with praise for the renewed creativity of age, this giftbook marries poems illuminating the journey of life with art from the collection at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA. Four paintings from Thomas Cole create the book's framework.
Catharine (Kate) Farrell has always loved stories. During her years teaching high school in the mid-1960s in San Francisco, stories spoke a special language. Gaining a Masters in Library Science (UC, Berkeley), Kate returned to the City schools. When the Zellerbach Family Fund awarded her a grant to teach storytelling to California teachers, Kate conducted a successful decades-long project. Now a published author of educational books, Kate is a high school librarian and lives in Sonoma County."