Praise for Three Pieces of Broken Glass

***STARRED REVIEW***"A beloved relative's treasured artifacts convey events personal and historical in this meaningful telling from Barth Isler (The Color of Sound), making a picture book debut inspired by a family story, and Stamper (A Knot Is Not a Tangle)."
Publishers Weekly

***STARRED REVIEW***"Balancing soft washes of color for tender moments with images of glass cracking and shattering, Stamper's lovely watercolor and gouache illustrations bring life and depth to the events and the pale-skinned characters...Sweet, heartfelt, and altogether wonderful."
Kirkus Review

***STARRED REVIEW***"A beautiful blend of concrete objects and memory, of past and present."
Booklist

[A] heartfelt . . .way of teaching children about culture and important historical moments...VERDICT Add to picture book collections to expand on Jewish culture and history through the prism of a warm, intergenerational afternoon.
School Library Journal

About the Authors

Emily Barth Isler is the award-winning author of the middle grade novels AfterMath and The Color of Sound. Her writing has appeared in Allure, Oprah Daily, O Quarterly, Kveller, Publisher’s Weekly, Today.com, and more. As the cofounder of the Burbank Book Festival in Southern California, Isler loves providing opportunities for all kinds of stories to be heard. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their two kids. Vesper Stamper writes and illustrates books that tell stories of broken things being put back together. Her debut novel, What the Night Sings, was a Sydney Taylor Book Award winner, a National Book Award nominee, and a National Jewish Book Award finalist. She and her husband, Ben Stamper, have all sorts of artistic escapades near New York City, where Vesper teaches illustration at the School of Visual Arts.

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