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Precocious Veronica Veetch is worldly beyond her years. She talks about opera and oysters. She fences, ballroom dances, and ties nautical knots. When her classmates decide she's too snooty to be their friend, Veronica invites them to her house to embark on an around-the-world trip. Their surprise at what they find there is surpassed only by their newfound love of literature. This ode to bookish friendships, written in Seussian verse, turns ideas about social class on their heads and encourages children to look beyond the surface and into the heart.
About the Author
Jean Hanson's essays and short stories have appeared in dozens of publications including North American Review, Zoetrope, Indiana Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, and Creative Nonfiction.
An MFA graduate from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, received an artist fellowship from the Colorado Council on the Arts, the Hackney Prize in the short story, the Literal Latte Prize for nonfiction, and the Poets & Writers, Inc. award for emerging authors.
She has read her work at the National Arts Club in New York City, Minneapolis' The Loft, as well as at museums, bookstores, libraries, and performing arts centers throughout the Mountain West. She has also been a speaker and/or taught courses at the University of Wyoming, the University of Iowa, Colorado State University, and several community colleges.
The 5,000 Friends of Veronica Veetch is her first book for children. In conjunction with her commitment to children's literacy, she volunteers visits to libraries, bookstores, and schools. She is also happy to talk to writers groups, parents' organizations, or book clubs. Contact her through the www.veronicaveetch.com website or through the publisher's website, www.bailiwick.com.
Jean lives with two cockatoos and thousands of "friends" in Colorado.
