"We lost Paige. That's what my Grandma said "lost". My Parents said she died. I wondered if I could find her again." So begins the story of one child's search for understanding after the death of her sister. If someone could be "lost" could they also be "found"? Dealing with her own grief and accepting the emotions of those around her this child finds her way toward healing.
Ellen Yeomans hauls herself out of bed way too early every morning to feed sheep, goats, pigs, and calves. As a farmhand for nearby 150-year-old Abbott's farm, she shears sheep, mixes feed, mucks stalls and moves around far too many bales of hay and straw. She also tries out some of her best lines on these barnyard friends. While they seem to offer no editorial advice, the animals do provide a rapt audience. Or perhaps they are just hanging around hoping for another handful of molasses feed. When not working at the farm, Ellen teaches writing courses at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse and writes almost daily. She is the author of picture books: Jubilee (2004) and Lost and Found, Remembering a Sister (2000), and a young adult novel Rubber Houses (2007) from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Additionally, she is the SCBWI Regional Advisor Emeritus for Upstate New York. Ellen has her MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
