Books with author Katherine Vaz

"Delightful."—weloveyouso.com (Spike Jonze’s blog) "…spontaneous and full of vitality."—Rich Kreiner, tcj.com "Katherine Roy is a gifted illustrator reminiscent of Jeff Smith (Bone)."—Rob Clough, tcj.com Have you ever tried to draw something but it just doesn't look right? Caterpillar, a charming and adventurous bug, is desperately trying to draw the perfect snowman and it never seems to come out right. But when she learns of a truly perfect snowman in the snow-covered mountains far far away, Caterpillar and her loyal robot dog set off on an amazing adventure across valleys, deserts, and treacherous mountain peaks, where they'll meet new furry friends, try new bizarre foods, see the world, and learn once and for all what it takes to draw the perfect snowman. The Perfect Snowman is the first book in the "charming" and "delightful" Caterpillar Tales comics series for readers of all ages. BONUS STORY INCLUDED: Watch Caterpillar as she battles against the legendary deep sea monster, the Kraken! How will she get out of this daring adventure? Find out in 25 Cents.

A pristine planet is about to undergo a terrible change. Hepitia, the Star Goddess, watches a spaceship careen out of control through her galaxy. Embroiled in an old quarrel with her goddess sisters, Hepitia allows the ship to crash land on a green and silver planet, knowing it will unleash chaos where Arianhod and Ulyia rule. Augustus carries the last of his species in the spacecraft. They crash on a forested hill the natives consider a god-place. Before long Augustus finds the planet is unlike anything he’s ever experienced. Megaliths stand silent in the forest. Strange beings flit in and out of their vision. There are strange water-filled portals to the goddesses’ Otherworld.When a young man of the planet and a daughter of Augustus’ people disappear, the two species come together to search for their lost ones. When they locate Ruulf and Isabeaux, what will they find? Who will live and who will die?

”Delightful."—weloveyouso.com (Spike Jonze’s blog)"…spontaneous and full of vitality."—Rich Kreiner, tcj.com"Katherine Roy is a gifted illustrator reminiscent of Jeff Smith (Bone)."—Rob Clough, tcj.comHave you ever tried to draw something but it just doesn't look right?Caterpillar, a charming and adventurous bug, is desperately trying to draw the perfect snowman and it never seems to come out right. But when she learns of a truly perfect snowman in the snow-covered mountains far far away, Caterpillar and her loyal robot dog set off on an amazing adventure across valleys, deserts, and treacherous mountain peaks, where they'll meet new furry friends, try new bizarre foods, see the world, and learn once and for all what it takes to draw the perfect snowman.The Perfect Snowman is the first book in the "charming" and "delightful" Caterpillar Tales comics series for readers of all ages.BONUS STORY INCLUDED: Watch Caterpillar as she battles against the legendary deep sea monster, the Kraken! How will she get out of this daring adventure? Find out in 25 Cents.

Katherine Boo's first book "Beyond the Beautiful Forever" rises beyond journalism as it follows the life of a group of youngsters for a while in a slum called Annawadi near Mumbai's Sahar airport. The book has gathered great reviews already. Joseph Lelyveld called it the "best piece of journalism to come out of India in the last fifty years". Shashi Tharoor and Jonathan Shinin, the editor of Caravan, have very high praise for it. The lives of the children are blighted by the utter lack of prospects and their knowledge of it. That the stunted rag picker, Sunil, has a spurt of growth in the brief months when he turns into a thief, tells us of the kind of deprivation these children live in. They are in danger from corrupt policemen, their means of livelihood, and, some, even from their parents. These children are not free agents; they are prey. All this will not surprise an Indian reader. What surprises is that the view of life is entirely from the children's eyes. The book gets its power by entering their minds, where the awful circumstances of their lives almost appear ordinary. This unswerving viewpoint brings us to understand that they are not statistics, they are individuals, with individual motivations and failures. In doing this the book rises beyond journalism to reach towards the psychological understanding of a novel. Katherine Boo makes an appearance only in the last chapter where she writes about the methods that enabled her to enter the minds of children and teenagers who are not very expressive. This too is a fascinating insight, although to a different world: the motives and methods of a Pulitzer-winning journalist.

A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.\nIn this brilliant, breathtaking Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Boo, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human through the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in Annawadi, a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport. As India starts to prosper, the residents of Annawadi are electric with hope. Abdul, an enterprising teenager, sees "a fortune beyond counting" in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. Meanwhile Asha, a woman of formidable ambition, has identified a shadier route to the middle class. With a little luck, her beautiful daughter, Annawadi's "most-everything girl," might become its first female college graduate. And even the poorest children, like the young thief Kalu, feel themselves inching closer to their dreams. But then Abdul is