The Shy One by Dorothy Nathan

From the Book: The Shy One | Written by Dorothy Nathan & Illustrated by Carolyn Cather

Dorothy sat on the porch steps and stared up at the sky. Suddenly she saw a single star, the first star of evening. She clasped her hands and softly chanted:

"Star light, star bright
First star I see tonight.
Wish I may, wish I might
Have the wish I wish tonight."

She waited a long time, going over in her mind all the things she might wish for. Then, from within the deepest layers of her heart, Dorothy wished to stop being shy.

Book Description

Dorothy doesn't know how she can stand it. Her fourteen-year-old Uncle Max has been put into her own fifth-grade classroom!

Dorothy knows she should be nice to him—he's just come from Russia and doesn't know English. But she's never been so ashamed!

Oh, why does it have to happen to her-just when she's beginning to make friends?

About the Author

Dorothy Nathan was born in Oregon and spent part of her childhood in a small town near Portland. She re-ceived her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, and also holds a Master's degree in educa-tion. She has worked in a social agency and as a teacher, but in recent years has devoted most of her time to her family, and to writing. Her first book was Women of Courage.

Married to writer Paul Nathan and the mother of three children, Dorothy Nathan again lives in a small town, this time in New York State.

About the Illustrator

Carolyn Cather studied art history at Duke University, and later learned to draw while working for the news-paper Stars and Stripes in Japan after World War II.

She now lives in New York City, where she devotes her time to book illustration. She provided the illustrations for Dorothy Nathan's first book, Women of Courage.