Paperwhite

by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace

Miss Mamie and Lucy plant a paperwhite bulb and patiently wait through a long, dark winter for the arrival of spring, nurturing the bulb and growing closer to each other in the process.

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

First published August 28, 2000

About the author

Nancy Elizabeth Wallace attended the University of Connecticut, and majored in sociology and psychology with a minor in art history, then continued on for a master’s degree in child development.

For many years, she worked at Yale-New Haven Hospital with children and teenagers as Child Life Specialist helping children to understand what was going to happen if they needed to have a medical test or an operation or a cast.

Then she took two adult education courses, one was about traditional Scherenschnitt (share- en -sssh -nit) scherren means scissors, schnitt means cut. The other was about writing and illustrating children’s books. When she brought in a
cut-paper illustration, the teacher said, “You’ve found your medium!”

Nancy is married to Peter Banks. They have been married for more than 30 years. He is a high school Physics teacher.

They live in Branford, Connecticut.

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has sweet illustrations and walks the reader simply through the process of planting Paperwhite flowers. It makes me want to order some bulbs. :)

[Emma · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lucy and Miss Mamie grow Spring in the Winter.

[Edna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Miss Mamie and Lucy spend the winter together creating things including planting a bit of "spring." Illustrations are brightly colored, and very cute, paper cut-outs.