Words Are Like Faces

Edith Baer came to the United States in her teens. She earned a BA in English Literature, and a Masters degree in Library Service from Rutgers University. She has taught college workshops on Writing for Young Readers for many years. When visiting schools to read from her books, she enjoys the lively participation of her audience and listening to the response of the children for whom she writes. She has published a number of picture books, including the multicultural This is the Way We Go to School (starred review in School Library Journal); This is the Way we Eat our Lunch; and The Wonder of Hands. Her award-winning YA novel, A Frost in the Night, and its sequel, Walk the Dark Streets (starred review in Publishers Weekly), are set in the Germany of her youth. About Words are like Faces, Publishers Weekly wrote: ¿One of the rare creations that is seldom overlooked. Baer's jaunty verses scan and encompass many important ideas about the strength of words....¿ And Reading Instruction Journal (N.J. Reading Association) said: ¿This delightful picture book will go a long way to help develop the concept of a word....Because of its value in developing this important reading prerequisite, this little book...is a welcome and needed addition to the growing collection of concept books for young children.¿ Since its first publication, Words are like Faces has also appeared in leading print and electronic collections for children. Edith Baer and her husband live in northern New Jersey. They are the parents of a son and daughter and have two grandchildren.Baer, Edith is the author of 'Words Are Like Faces ', published 2007 under ISBN 9781595721082 and ISBN 1595721088.