Susan A. Katz is a poet, author, teacher, and workshop facilitator. She is the author of six books of poetry, two textbooks espousing the integration of the arts into school curriculum, numerous articles exploring the benefits of integrated teaching, and has had her poetry appear in national and international magazines, journals, and anthologies. Her venture into the realm of children’s stories was inspired by her seven grandchildren. She wrote Little Bear and You for her granddaughter who was feeling “under loved”. Little Bear took on a life of his own and Susan continues to write her stories, even though her grandchildren are now grown. “Our characters become a part of us,” Susan says, “and it is hard to let them go.”
Little Bear finds himself lost and alone. He is looking for someone to love. He finds many possible friends along his way but none of them seem to be interested in him. He spends a long, lonely night, but wakes to a wonderful surprise in the morning, you! One of Little Bear’s adventures is a joyfu...
Susan A. Katz has had a love affair with poetry since the age of six. She has read it, written it, even dreamed it, and it has shaped her life and her view of the world, and of herself. Susan finds inspiration for her poems in the everyday business of living, of family joys and sorrows, in the stori...