“It’s good to have a Goffstein,” said
The New York Times Book Review
. Here’s something even better—twenty-six of M. B. Goffstein’s best-known, and best-loved, books for children and adults.
Groundbreaking when first published, and perhaps more resonant today than ever, Goffstein’s work champions the value of simplicity, nature, self-reliance, spiritual connections, and living a creative and meaningful life. With humor and insight, Goffstein enlarges our world from seemingly small details. With lyrical artist biographies, poetic gems, stories of family and making one’s way in life,
Words Alone
is also a celebration of a singular writer and artist.
The text of each story is published without the original illustrations because Ms. Goffstein believed the words stood alone. This collection includes:
The Gats!
,
Sleepy People
Brookie and Her Lamb
Across the Sea
Goldie the Dollmaker
Two Piano Tuners
A Little Schubert
Me and My Captain
Fish for Supper
My Crazy Sister
Family Scrapbook
My Noah’s Ark
Natural History
Neighbors
Laughing Latkes
An Artist
Lives of the Artists
A Writer
My Editor
Our Snowman
School of Names
Artists’ Helpers Enjoy the Evenings
Artists’ Helpers Visit New York
An Actor
A House, a Home
, and
Sweet Sleep Canoe
Originally published for children, but always intended just as much for adults, this collection will be appreciated by anyone who appreciates a small story, perfectly told.
This is one of four volumes in the collected writing of M. B. Goffstein series:
Words Alone: Twenty-Six Books Without Pictures
Art Girls Together: Two Novels
Daisy Summerfield’s Art: The Complete Flea Market Mysteries
Biography of Miss Go Chi: Novelettos & Poems