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Susan B. Katz

    Susan B. Katz is an accomplished author and illustrator whose works explore themes of mindfulness and biography, often with a bilingual perspective. Drawing from her extensive background as an elementary educator, Katz crafts engaging and educational narratives for young readers. Her approach uniquely blends artistic expression with a deep understanding of child development, making her books both inspiring and informative. Katz's distinctive voice resonates through her stories, encouraging curiosity and contemplation.

    Meditation Station
    Gaudi - Architect of Imagination
    The Story of Walt Disney: A Biography Book for New Readers
    Is It a Honeybee or a Wasp?
    The History of Pearl Harbor: A World War II Book for New Readers
    LIMITS OF LIGHT
    • 2024

      Little Brown Bear and You

      • 34 pages
      • 2 hours of reading

      Little Bear finds himself lost and alone. He is looking for someone to love. He finds many possible friends along his way but none of them seem to be interested in him. He spends a long, lonely night, but wakes to a wonderful surprise in the morning, you! One of Little Bear's adventures is a joyful exploration of how he alerts Vadie and Natie to the fact that they forgot to take him to bed with them. The story is told through the limitless scope of a child's imagination and the delight of rhyme. In Little Bear's Garden, Bear discovers the fun to be found in growing your own garden and the rewards of eating the wonderful veggies he has grown. All three stories are interactive at the end, inviting young readers to imagine what they would do if they were Little Bear.

      Little Brown Bear and You
    • 2023

      Susan A. Katz has had a love affair with poetry since the age of six. She has read it, written it, even dreamed it, and it has shaped her life and her view of the world, and of herself. Susan finds inspiration for her poems in the everyday business of living, of family joys and sorrows, in the stories of others, and in the vast and ethereal landscape of the natural world. Her poems reveal her intense passion for the living quality of language. On the Edge captures, with intensely personal poems, the human experience and examines the ways in which we are all connected through our shared humanity. Her poems have been called "meditative and lyrical... exhibiting a strong sense of wistfulness and loss," by poet Colette Inez, and "terribly powerful... oddly strong... wonderful," by poet Dan Masterson.

      On the Edge
    • 2023

      2024 NAPPA Award winner A playful, rhyming book for kids ages 3-7 on how to send loving, kind thoughts to yourself and others to make the world a better place. ​ Keep sharing your love from morning till night. See the change you can make with a love that shines bright. Worried or sad, grateful or glad, you can send good wishes to yourself, others, and the whole world with your thoughts! Just repeat these simple phrases: “May you be protected and safe. May you feel happy and pleased. May your body be healthy, and may you live with ease.” This book teaches young readers that even from far away, you can wish others happiness, good health, peace, and safety. Starting with the individual child and extending outward to the whole universe, the rhyming couplets and beautiful art carry the reader through the thoughtful process of extending love and kindness to yourself and all those around you. The book makes a great daily ritual to increase lovingkindness, and if a child is having a rough time or witnessing outside struggles, they can use the repeated phrases in the book to find peace and calm.

      Share Your Love
    • 2023

      Blinker, Blinker Little Car

      • 22 pages
      • 1 hour of reading

      Get ready for bed with this charming board book set to the tune of the beloved nursery rhyme, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. Blinker, blinker little car, how I love to zoom so far! After a busy day of play, including a thrilling race in the park, follow an adorable car as it gets ready to sleep in this rhyming bedtime story.

      Blinker, Blinker Little Car
    • 2023

      Lots of toys are made of plastic. But what if a toaster was made out of plastic? Would it actually work? Plastic is in lots of items you use every day. Find out about different types of plastic, what they are used for, and if you could really make a toaster from it.

      Can You Make a Toaster Out of Plastic?
    • 2022

      Is It a Frog or a Toad?

      • 32 pages
      • 2 hours of reading

      A brownish creature with bumps and lumps sits on a rock. Is it a frog or a toad? From the colour of their skin to how they move, frogs and toads are not the same. Dive right in to discover how they are alike and how they are different. Filled with stunning photos and engaging text, this book is just right for early learners.

      Is It a Frog or a Toad?
    • 2022

      Your dreams can change the world! Colorful mosaics, playful flowing forms, imaginative facades—Barcelona shines with the buildings of Antoni Gaudí. How did the son of a Catalan blacksmith become a world-famous architect? The first years of Gaudí's life were challenging. Because of an illness, young Gaudí couldn’t attend school and was often alone. Many of his days were spent out in nature, which he would later call his great teacher. Even during his training as an architect in Barcelona, his teachers were puzzled, wondering: is he a “genius or a fool?” Many considered his unusual ideas eccentric, sometimes even crazy. But Gaudí was simply ahead of his time. His buildings are now a UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World Heritage Site.   With an insightful eye into the world of an inspired genius, award-winning author Susan B. Katz tells of Gaudí's life and work. Linda Schwalbe's dazzling and powerful illustrations reflect the inventive, daring, and flamboyant style of Gaudí's work.

      Gaudi - Architect of Imagination
    • 2022

      Each step we take, brings us closer to a moment in our life that may change it forever. Dreaming Missouri explores the nooks and crannies of a life; each moment filled with indelible, occasionally startling, events. Sometimes they happen to us. Sometimes they happen to others. But life impacts life, and Dreaming Missouri uses the lens of poetry to examine the ways in which our lives interconnect, the way that a place you've never been or someone you've never met, collides with you and changes who you are, forever. From love to loss, from love that struggles to survive, to children who leave the nest emptied and lonely, to those whose names we read about in newspapers or hear about on the 6 o'clock news, this raw and throbbing collection of poems will draw you in and remind you that we are all vulnerable and susceptible to the hazards of living.

      Dreaming Missouri