When the Sky Is Like Lace

Elinor Lander Horwitz (1929 - 2022), the author of fourteen books for children, young adults, and general audiences, received several book and journalism awards. Her feature articles on travel and a vast range of other subjects have appeared in the Washington Post, the Washington Star, the New York Times, and numerous magazines. Horwitz was a Connecticut native and Smith College alumna.

Author photo by Lucas McGowen

In the News:

• Islandport to Reissue Barbara Cooney picture book

  (December 16, 2014)

Barbara Cooney (1917-2000) was a renowned children's book author and illustrator who published more than a hundred books during her illustrious career, including Miss Rumphius, Ox-Cart Man, and Chanticleer and the Fox. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she lived much of her life in Maine. A two-time winner of the Caldecott Medal, she was the recipient of countless other honors and distinctions, and was declared a Living Treasure of the State of Maine in 1996.

"Cooney's cheeky, ethereal watercolors of otters eating pasta and rabbits playing dominos are a big part of Like Lace's appeal. The rest of its charm owes to the bewitching text by Elinor Lander Horwitz, who writes in the tradition of nonsense literature, like Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear . . . It evokes summer evenings of tingling possibility . . ." 
Down East Magazine

"Such a story deserves fantastic illustrations, and there they are––an unforgettable feast for the eyes." 
––Charles Sutton, Vermont Country Sampler