Originally from Michigan, she currently lives in Osaka, Japan. Rebecca Green is the author and illustrator of How to Make Friends with a Ghost and the illustrator of many other celebrated picture books.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Larissa Theule holds an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and is the author of the picture books Born to Ride: A Story About Bicycle Face, A Way with Wild Things, and How Do You Do? She lives in Pasadena, California. Kafka and the Doll is a testament to living life to the fullest and to the life-changing power of storytelling. The legend of Kafka and the doll has captivated imaginations for decades as it reveals the playful and compassionate side of a man known for his dark and brooding tales. Kafka told her the doll wasn't lost, but instead, traveling the world and having grand adventures! And to reassure her, Kafka began delivering letters from the doll to the girl for weeks. But the author, Larissa Theule, is careful to explain in her note to readers, that this work.

Others are slice of life narratives that show one important aspect of a subject’s life. Some biographies take their subjects from cradle to grave. She'd lost her doll and was inconsolable. Kafka and the Doll Perfect Picture Book Friday. In the fall of 1923, Franz Kafka encountered a distraught little girl on a walk in the park. 'This reimagined telling has an engaging charm that rings true.Inspired by a true story, Kafka and the Doll recounts a remarkable gesture of kindness from one of the world's most bewildering and iconic writers. K-Gr 2Theule recounts the true story of Kafka, on a walk with his partner Dora, encountering a small girl named Irma crying over the loss of her doll.Kafka transforms the loss of the doll into an adventure. A winsome tale for the young, this could also be of value in high school collections where Kafka is taught.” - School Library Journal, starred review By Larissa Theule, Rebecca Green, ISBN: 9780593116326, Hardcover.

this charmingly enhanced tale has it all: the kindness of a stranger, the loss of a beloved toy, adventures, and even closure. Inspired by a true story, Kafka and the Doll recounts a remarkable gesture of kindness from one of the worlds most bewildering and iconic writers. Writer most of us perhaps only think we know.' - Booklist, starred review Lines as in them. A tribute to the way words can change lives, as well as a rare glimpse of a Quiet encounters between a writer and a child has as much going on between the spare, poetic ★'Spun from a true anecdote and likely to move adult readers as well as younger ones, this set of

Kafka and the Doll by Larissa Theule