SOLVED. Picture book about a woman who lived alone on top of a mountain, could talk to the wind? [s]

[Krista]

I'm looking for a picture book I read in the mid to late nineties, possibly published a few years before that. I don't remember much about the plot, except that it was about an old woman who lived on top of a mountain and I'm pretty sure she could talk to the wind or something else in nature. She had long hair and may have been African American. I seem to recall one spread where she was sitting on a swing that looked out over a valley. The art style was very flowing and sweeping and watercolor-y, with a lot of greens and purples.

[Kris]

"The Wind Woman" (1992) by Ron Bacon? Here are some illustrations - https://eabatt.wordpress.com/tag/chil...

[Krista]

I don't think so. I'm fairly sure it was an old woman; her hair might have been white. And now that I think about it, I'd say the art was actually more like pastels/crayons than watercolor.

My mom thinks that it might have been a Cynthia Rylant book, but I've looked through the previews I can on Amazon and nothing rings a bell (but maybe this would for someone else).

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

I also immediately thought of Cynthia Rylant when I read this, but I don't know her work enough to say what it might be.

[Mir]

The Girl Who Loved the Wind?

[Krista]

No, that's not it either. Thanks, though!

[Krista]

I found this; it was The Gates of the Wind.