ABOUT THE BOOK

DAD’S DESK tells a story about the love and admiration a girl has for her father. From early childhood, the girl is fascinated by her father’s desk and its use by him, and as she grows up she uses the desk herself, first to help her father with his work and later for her own writing. DAD’S DESK is a heart-warming story about a close child-parent bond and the continuity of family values.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Born in Israel (then called Palestine ), Judith Weinshall Liberman came to the United States in 1947 to pursue higher education. She earned four American university degrees including two in law, a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School and an LL.M. from the University of Michigan Law School. After settling in the Boston area in 1956, she studied art and creative writing. Beginning in the early 1960s, and for four decades thereafter, Ms. Liberman created numerous series of artworks. Her art has been widely exhibited, and is represented in the collections of museums and other public institutions. During her long career in visual art, Ms. Liberman wrote several books, among them some picture books. Her book THE BIRD’S LAST SONG (Addison-Wesley, 1976), which she also illustrated, won a citation as one of the fabulous books of the year. Since 2012, she has published additional picture books, including ICE CREAM SNOW, THE LITTLE FAIRY, COLOR IN OUR WORLD, THE VERY OLD PAINTER AND HER HUSBAND, HAIFA, ANGEL’S PUPPIES, THE GIANT HOUSE, THE BEE AND THE BUTTERFLY, THE MOUNTAIN, THE TUNNEL, THE OLD DOLL, FIFTEEN FABLES, TWELVE MORE FABLES, A PARAKEET FOR ERIC, TALES OF HUMAN FOIBLES, IN THE MILITARY CEMETERY, MORE TALES OF HUMAN FOIBLES, MICHAEL AND THE FLAG, IF I HAD THE POWER, IF I WERE RICH, THE WHIRLPOOL, THE LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET, TALE OF THE ROMAN NUMERALS, THE BRIDGE, GRANDMA’S GLASSES, ANNE FRANK IN MY ART, RUTHIE AND HER ANCESTORS, AN INTRODUCTION TO MY JUDAICA ART, HEAVENLY GARDENS, HOLOCAUST PAINTINGS, HOMO SAPIENS, SELF PORTRAITS OF A HOLOCAUST ARTIST, THE RAINBOW, THE TRAIN, THE WAILING WALL, THE BLANKET, EXPULSION, THE SINKING OF THE PATRIA, BEN AND THE BISHOP, THE VISIT TO LATRUN, ROKITNO SQUARE, MY FRIEND GERARD, ADON AND HIS GRANDPA, SARAH AND HER GRANDMA, and MIRIAM’S DIARY. Judith Weinshall Liberman’s archives can be found in the Arts Department of the Boston Public Library and at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art.

ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR

DAD’S DESK is the sixteenth book on which Judith Weinshall Liberman, the author, has collaborated with Gau Family Studio, the illustrator. They had previously collaborated on THE LITTLE SONGBIRD, THE BIRD WHO WENT TO HEAVEN, THE GIRL AND THE PIGEONS, WHAT WILL I BE?, LUCY AND THE SNOWMAN, IF I HAD A LITTLE SISTER, IF I WERE A MOM, THE SECRET, SHOP AND SHOP, RONNIE’S ALARM CLOCK, YOUR GRANDPA, MY BIRTHDAY, THE FUTURE, QUEEN ESTHER, and on THE KING. Since Ms. Liberman did not feel that, in view of her deteriorated eyesight, she could do justice to illustrating DAD’S DESK herself, she turned to Gau Family Studio to create the illustrations under the author’s guidance. In the present book, Gau Family Studio beautifully captures the spirit of the story and of its characters.