A simple retelling of the Travels of 17th century Japanese poet, Basho, across his island homeland.
Demi is the award-winning creator of numerous books for children, including The Empty Pot
Buddha
The Dalai Lama
The Legend of Saint Nicholas
Gandhi, which was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book and received an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award; and Muhammad, which was named a Kirkus Reviews Editors\' Choice selection, a Booklist Editors\' Choice selection, one of the Booklist Top Ten Religion Books for Youth, and a Book Links "Lasting Connections" selection, and was cited in a Publishers Weekly starred review as a "timely, exceptionally handsome biography [that] serves as an excellent introduction to Islam." Demi lives in Carnation, Washington..
Presently Dawnine teaches literature at Sterling College and was a recent member of the Vermont Anti-Hunger Corps.
She has taught the Japanese novel and poetry at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
She lives in rented farmhouses where old maples line the dirt road, near violet mountains where cold and poverty protect the beauty of the land.
About the Author: Dawnine Spivak is living and writing in Vermont.
The book includes examples of the haiku verses he composed.
A simple retelling of the Travels of 17th century Japanese poet, Basho, across his island homeland
