Fall 2008 Official Selection

Max's Words by Kate Banks

The book tells the story of a young boy, Max, who is fascinated by his big brothers’ stamp and coin collections. Frustrated by his brothers’ unwillingness to share their hobbies, Max starts his own collection—words! Soon, words become stories and the boy’s brothers come to realize Max’s hobby is the best of all as they join forces to create their own story.

Kate Banks began working with children’s books at Alfred A. Knopf and has written many award-winning books for children including, And If the Moon Could Talk, winner of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, and The Night Worker, winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Award.

Meet Kate Banks at the Book Fair!
Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus
(in Children’s Alley)

This year One Picture Book, One Community, an early childhood education project that encourages children and their families to read the same book, celebrates its sixth anniversary with the selection of Max’s Words by Kate Banks with illustrations
by Boris Kulikov.

This year, the program will give away more than 25,000 copies of Max’s Words to first graders, their teachers, reading specialists and school libraries throughout Miami-Dade and Broward counties.