A large, loving family in the 1930s Dust Bowl finds a "tumbleweed baby" -- a wild baby. The other children discover the ways she fits and doesn't fit into the family, ultimately deciding her wildness makes her one of them. The voice feels like a classic tall tale and it pairs perfectly with the dreamy, warm art from master illustrator Charles Vess.

 

This book was recognised in the Storyteller category by the Spur Award.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2014 by Abrams .

Anna Myers is the author of almost twenty books, including, most recently, Time of the Witches and Spy. Tulsa Burning was a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age, and Spy was an Oklahoma Book Award winner. Anna lives in Oklahoma. www. annamyers. info