ANew York Times Bestseller
Winner of the Orbis Pictus Award
APeople Magazine Best Children’s Book
AWashington Post Best Book
APublishers Weekly Best Book
Boston Globe–Horn Book Nonfiction Award Honor recipient

Caldecott Honor winner Sweet mixes White’s personal letters, photos, and family ephemera with her own exquisite artwork to tell the story of this American literary icon. Readers young and old will be fascinated and inspired by the journalist,New Yorker contributor, and children’s book author who loved words his whole life. This authorized tribute, aNew York Times bestseller, includes an afterword by Martha White, his granddaughter.