“I am wrapping this up on Valentine’s Day,” she continued, “and the most genuine, non-vase-oriented gift I can hope for is<br />that the right person reads this, finds Jason, and another love story begins.”<br />Her husband said in a statement afterward, “When I read her words for the first time, I was shocked at the beauty,<br />slightly surprised at the incredible prose given her condition and, of course, emotionally ripped apart.”<br />Since 2005, Ms. Rosenthal has written 28 spirited children’s picture books, two quirky, poignant memoirs (“Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal,” in 2016,<br />and an alphabetized “Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life,” in 2005); delivered TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) Talks and NPR commentaries; and produced short films and YouTube videos of what she called social experiments, with titles like “ATM: Always Trust Magic,” “The Money Tree” and “The Beckoning of Lovely.”<br />“I tend to believe whatever you decide to look for you will find, whatever you beckon will eventually beckon you,” she told one audience.<br />Rabbit!” and “Little Oink.” Ms. Rennert said Ms. Rosenthal had completed seven more picture<br />books before her death, including a collaboration with her daughter, “Dear Girl.”<br />In Book Review in 2009 Bruce Handy said of her work: “For all I know, she may suffer torment upon torment in front of a blank screen,<br />but the results read as if they were a pleasure to write.” He added, “Her books radiate fun the way tulips radiate spring: they are elegant and spirit-lifting.”<br />Amy Renee Krouse was born on April 29, 1965, in Chicago to Paul Krouse and the former Ann Wolk, both publishers.
