About this item
There once was a little, little girl... with a BIG, BIG voice. One day she went to find someone to play with. In this vibrantly illustrated picture book, one loud little girl looks for a friend to play with. She searches the jungle high and low for a pal but her BIG voice scares all the animals away! One by one, an elephant, a snake and a croc quickly retreat away from her booming vocals, until at last she finds the perfect playmate-whose "roar" is even louder than hers!
About the Author
Kristen Balouch has illustrated picture books for other authors as well as written and illustrated her own, including The Little Girl with the Big Voice and Mystery Bottle which was the winner of the Ezra Jack Keats Book Award and Middle East Book Award, and a Bank Street Best Children's Book. She is also a fabric designer and a literary agent. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit Kristen at http://www.kristenbalouch.comRecently interviewed by Harvey at harvey. Listen here: https://mailchi.mp/a9460eb824c5/harveyatharvey-episode-4-kristenbalouchWhen she was just 17 years old Kristen, a brave, forward-looking young woman with a vague idea that she could build a creative life in New York City, left home and followed her inner muse to Brooklyn. Decades later, she's a prolific self-employed artist whose body of work encompasses objects, furniture, illustration, writing, textile design, and yes, parenting.Gifted with an intensely curious mind Kristen seems to always be busy, busy, busy, creating new works not out of ego, but a desire or perhaps more accurately a compulsion, to share stories. In all its varied forms Kristen's work tells gentle and whimsical yet profound stories that empower children and adults. Her own story is told more through her creations than through words and her manifestations of creativity bring joy to the world.... - Bill Harvey
