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Kate Banks

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Kate Banks has written many books for children, among them Max’s Words, And If the Moon Could Talk, winner of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, and The Night Worker, winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Award. She grew up in Maine, where she and her two sisters and brother spent a lot of time outdoors, and where Banks developed an early love of reading. “I especially liked picture books,” she says, “and the way in which words and illustrations could create a whole new world in which sometimes real and other times magical and unexpected things could happen.” Banks attended Wellesley College and received her masters in history at Columbia University. She lived in Rome for eight years but now lives in the South of France with her husband and two so...more

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Average rating: 3.63 · 1,794 ratings · 516 reviews · 38 distinct works · Similar authors

	Max's Words by Kate Banks, Boris Kulikov (Illustrator) 4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 321 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bear in the Book by Kate Banks, Georg Hallensleben (Illustrations) 3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Max's Castle by Kate Banks, Boris Kulikov (Illustrator) 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Max's Dragon by Kate Banks, Boris Kulikov (Illustrator) 3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2008	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cat Who Walked Across France by Kate Banks, Georg Hallensleben (Illustrator) 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 100 ratings — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Close Your Eyes (New York Times Best Illustrated Books (Awards)) by Kate Banks, Georg Hallensleben (Illustrations) 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	And If the Moon Could Talk by Kate Banks, Georg Hallensleben (illustrator) 4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1998 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eraserheads by Kate Banks, Boris Kulikov (Illustrator) 3.22 of 5 stars 3.22 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fox by Kate Banks, Georg Hallensleben (Illustrations) 3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lenny's Space 3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2007	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars