Step By Step - Couverture rigide

Diane Wolkstein has been teaching, performing, and writing for over thirty-five years. She is the author of numerous award-winning books of folklore, including The Magic Orange Tree, and Other Haitian Folktales and Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer. Known for her meticulous research as well as her great range as a performer, Ms. Wolkstein traveled to Australia three times while preparing this story. She gives workshops on storytelling worldwide and lives in New York City.

"I love stories. They give me strength, Inspiration, courage, and great delight. For thirty years I've told stories at the statue of Hans Christian Andersen in Central Park. I love watching the eyes of my audience light up as they enter stories. Stories let us explore the farthest places in the universe and the deepest recesses of the human heart. They present possibilities. They let us try out different emotions and characters. Stories are treasures which last forever.

"I also enjoy gardening, dancing, swimming, painting, and creating stories with music. My daughter, Rachel Zucker, is a poet, photographer, and the mother of a little boy named Moses."

The world is a very big when you are very small. But that doesn't stop a little ant from leaving home to visit her friend. Step by step she goes:
over a stone,
across a leaf,
under a branch...
until she arrives.

Tiny children, who also travel through a very big world, will share the wonder of this little ant's big adventure, as well as the feeling of accomplishment at journey's end.

Diane Wolkstein's engaging story of a delight-filled visit and Jos. A. Smith's richly textured pictures from an ant's point of view create a world that will amaze you -- all young adventurers.