"My cave is big enough for two " a bear declares to a rabbit, inviting his small friend to share his den through the longest, coldest season. com..
The artist invites you to visit his website at jerrypinkneystudio.
He lives with his wife, author Gloria Jean Pinkney, in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.
He was also the first children\'s book illustrator elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
He has won the Coretta Scott King Award five times, the Coretta Scott King Honor four times, and has been nominated for the prestigious Hans Christian Anderson Award.
He has the rare distinction of being the recipient of five Caldecott Honors and the winner of the 2010 Caldecott medal for The Lion and the Mouse, and has since created two companion picture books: The Tortoise & the Hare and The Grasshopper & the Ants.
About the Author: Jerry Pinkney is one of the most heralded children\'s book illustrators of all time.
The rabbit readily accepts the bear\'s offer, but no sooner have the two curled up than the lively rabbit jumps up to wonder: Wouldn\'t it be better to be out in the crisp winter air, free to leap through the starlight and the sparkling snow? In this paperback reissue of a long out-of-print winter tale (originally titled A Starlit Somersault Downhill), Caldecott Medal winner Jerry Pinkney\'s rich watercolors create a cozy winter world that perfectly complements Newbery Medal winner Nancy Willard\'s charming poetry. "My cave is big enough for two " a bear declares to a rabbit, inviting his small friend to share his den through the longest, coldest season
