Vinnie and Abraham
The amazing true story of the young woman who immortalized Lincoln's face in stone.
Vinnie Ream is a small girl with a giant gift for sculpture. She starts by playing in the Wisconsin clay, but when the Civil War breaks out, her family moves to Washington D.C., setting Vinnie on a whole new path: apprentice to a famous sculptor, depictor of Congressmen and politicians, eventual sculptor of the Lincoln bust. After Lincoln's assassination, she fights doubt and prejudice for the honor of sculpting the full-size statue of Lincoln that now stands in the Capitol rotunda.
Catherine Stock was born in Sweden, the daughter of a diplomat stationed in Stockholm. After graduating college, Catherine taught art and art history at a teacher's training college in South Africa. Soon she moved to London to get her teaching certificate and taught at the Loughton School of Further Education in the East End. Catherine is the illustrator of books for children, including Vinnie and Abraham, Emily and Carlo, After the Kill, and the Gus and Grandpa series (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). She is the author and illustrator of A Spree in Paree (Holiday House) and Porc in New York (Holiday House). Catherine lives part time in New York City and part time in France.
Karl, Get Out of the Garden!
Anita Sanchez (Author); Catherine Stock (Illustrator)
Emily and Carlo
Marty Rhodes Figley (Author); Catherine Stock (Illustrator)
After the Kill
Darrin Lunde (Author); Catherine Stock (Illustrator)