Drawing with Whitman

A middle-grade novel that deals with tough subjects, including a parent¿s depression, through the lens of a young girl who finds the strength to navigate and face her family¿s struggles thanks to the transformative power of art.

About the author

Before becoming an award-winning author, Kristin McGlothlin was the assistant curator of education at the Norton Museum of Art, where she designed and managed the Norton¿s art and music programs. She has a BA in Art History and a BA and MA in English. Her Master¿s thesis was on the author/illustrator Edward Gorey. McGlothlin wrote and created the artwork for the children¿s picture book Andy¿s Snowball Story, about the contemporary artist Andy Goldsworthy. Her poem ¿California T-shirt¿ was published in the literary magazine Coastlines, and ¿Roman Ruins in a Modern City¿ won a haiku contest and was read on Travel with Rick Steves. McGlothlin¿s short story ¿The Red Door¿ was one of twenty-three finalists among more than four hundred entries in the Florida Weekly 2018 Writing Challenge. Drawing with Whitman, is the first in the four-book Sourland Mountain Series, which includes the recently released Listen. Drawing with Whitman is the winner of the 2019 Moonbeam Silver Medal for Pre-Teen Fiction. A writer since she was thirteen, only now, like a million years later, has she settled upon it as her career.

Product details

• Authors: Kristin McGlothlin
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.10.2021
• EAN: 9781954854017
• ISBN: 978-1-954854-01-7
• No. of pages: 146
• Illustrations: illustrations
• Series: Sourland Mountain Series
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Art, Children's / Teenage personal & social topics: mental health, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Parents