M.B. Goffstein

Across the Sea

“The singular charm of Goffstein’s . . . stories and drawings makes her one of the few modern author-illustrators who are assured classic status.”— Publishers Weekly

“Goffstein is a minimalist, but her text and pictures carry the same emotional freight as William Blake’s admonishment to see the world in a grain of sand and eternity in an hour.”
— Time

“M.B. Goffstein is one of the finest illustrator/writers of our time. Like porcelain there is more to her work than meets the eye. Beneath the delicacy and fragility is a core of astounding strength.”
— Washington Post Book World

“A book by M.B. Goffstein is a beautifully simple and simply beautiful thing.”— The New York Times Book Review

Bibliography American editions: The Gats!, Pantheon, 1966 Sleepy People, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1966; revised edition, 1969 Brookie and Her Lamb, FSG, 1967; revised edition, 1981 Across the Sea, FSG, 1968 Goldie the Dollmaker, FSG, 1969; paperback edition, FSG, 1985; new paperback edition, FSG, 1997 Two Piano Tuners, FSG, 1970 The Underside of the Leaf, novel, FSG, 1972; paperback edition, Dell, 1974 A Little Schubert, Harper & Row, 1972; revised edition, hardcover and paperback, David R. Godine, 1984 Me and My Captain, FSG, 1974 Daisy Summerfield's Style, novel, Delacorte, 1975; paperback edition, Dell, 1979 Fish for Supper, Dial, 1976; paperback edition, Dial, 1986 My Crazy Sister, Dial, 1976 Family Scrapbook, FSG, 1978 My Noah's Ark, Harper & Row, 1978 The First Books, trade paperback collection, includes: The Gats!, Sleepy People, Brookie and Her Lamb, Across the Sea, Goldie the Dollmaker, and Me and My Captain, Avon, 1979 Natural History, FSG, 1979 Neighbors, Harper, 1979 An Artist, Harper, 1980 Laughing Latkes, FSG, 1980 Lives of the Artists, biographies of five artists: Rembrandt, Guardi, Van Gogh, Bonnard, and Nevelson, FSG, 1981 A Writer, Harper, 1984 An Artists Album, biographies of five artists: Vermeer, Boudin, the Woodland Indians, Cézanne, and Monet, Harper, 1985 My Editor, FSG, 1985 School of Names, Harper, 1986 Our Snowman, Harper, 1986 Your Lone Journey, a song by Rosalie and Doc Watson, Harper, 1986 Artists' Helpers Enjoy the Evenings, Harper, 1987