My Name Is Georgia: A Portrait by Jeanette Winter Book

The story of a girl who had the courage to follow her dreams-and so found her way to become a great American artist From the time she was just a young girl, Georgia O'Keeffe viewed the world in her own way. While other girls played with toys and braided their hair, Georgia practiced her drawing and let her hair fly free. As an adult, Georgia followed her love of art from the steel canyons of New York City to the vast plains of New Mexico. There she painted all day, and slept beneath the stars at night. Throughout her life Georgia O'Keeffe followed her dreams - and so found her way to become a great American artist.

Jeanette Winter has long been fascinated by the art and ideas of Georgia O'Keeffe. Her previous children's books include Follow the Drinking Gourd and Diego, a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year, written by her son Jonah. Ms. Winter divides her time between the canyons of New York City and the hills of Texas.

— Riverbank Review - Martha Davis Beck

In vivid paintings accompanied by spare, poetic text, Jeanette Winter has created a sensitive portrait of an important American artist.