by Hester Bass and illustrated by E.B. Lewis

Part of Candlewick Biographies and Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children

Reading age: 8-12 years

In a beautifully crafted biography, Hester Bass and Caldecott Honor winner E. B. Lewis pay homage to the most famous American artist you’ve never heard of 🙂 Reclusive nature-lover Walter Anderson spent weeks at a time on an uninhabited island, sketching and painting the natural surroundings and animals to create some of his most brilliant watercolors, which he kept hidden during his lifetime. Only after his death they were revealed to the world, for all of us to be able to admire his true talentand love for painting and nature.